{"id":5956,"date":"2021-12-01T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positive-impacts.com\/newsletter-december-2021\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T16:39:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T14:39:56","slug":"newsletter-december-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positive-impacts.com\/en\/newsletter-december-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"December 2021 Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"pi-newsletter\">\n<p><em>This article was originally shared in our <strong>Newsletter \u2014 December 2021<\/strong>.<br \/>\n  <a href=\"\/en\/subscribe\/\">Subscribe here<\/a> to receive future updates.<\/em><\/p>\n<header>\n<h1>Positive Impacts Newsletter \u2014 December 2021<\/h1>\n<p><strong>In this edition:<\/strong> CSRD adoption \u00b7 Impact Accounting milestones \u00b7 Financial integration \u00b7 Outlook 2022<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<section id=\"csrd\">\n<h2>CSRD Adoption \u2014 A New Era of Corporate Transparency<\/h2>\n<p>The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) reached political agreement. It expands sustainability disclosure requirements to around 50,000 companies across the EU, replacing the previous NFRD framework.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduction of double materiality \u2014 inside-out and outside-in perspectives.<\/li>\n<li>Mandatory assurance for sustainability information.<\/li>\n<li>Detailed disclosure structure via ESRS standards (first draft expected 2022).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>PI\u2019s frameworks are designed to help companies meet these new expectations efficiently and meaningfully.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"impact-accounting\">\n<h2>Impact Accounting \u2014 Key Milestones of 2021<\/h2>\n<p>This year, we expanded the PI Impact Accounting Framework with new modules for biodiversity, health, and social impacts, complementing the climate and water pillars. The system now allows a comprehensive impact balance across all sustainability dimensions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Full topic coverage for ESRS and SDG mapping.<\/li>\n<li>Standardized methodology for monetary quantification of impacts.<\/li>\n<li>Practical templates for companies and investors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"value-risk\">\n<h2>Financial Integration \u2014 Linking Impact to Value &amp; Risk<\/h2>\n<p>The PI Value &amp; Risk Framework provides a consistent bridge between sustainability impacts and financial performance. It quantifies how impact results affect risk premiums, cash flows, and long-term valuation metrics.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Connect sustainability data with investment-grade analytics.<\/li>\n<li>Showcase resilience and opportunity creation in business models.<\/li>\n<li>Enable board-level discussions grounded in data, not perception.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"outlook\">\n<h2>Outlook for 2022 \u2014 From Reporting to Strategy<\/h2>\n<p>As sustainability data becomes mandatory, the next step is to use it for decision-making. In 2022, we will focus on strategy integration and on training managers to interpret impact and risk data effectively.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Launch of the PI Strategy Framework for ambition setting.<\/li>\n<li>CSRD readiness workshops for finance and sustainability teams.<\/li>\n<li>Further development of context-based valuation and NPI\u00ae forecasts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<footer>\n<p><strong>Contact:<\/strong><br \/>\n      <a href=\"mailto:info@positive-impacts.com\">info@positive-impacts.com<\/a> \u00b7 +49 221 95490139 \u00b7<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.positive-impacts.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a> \u00b7<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/positive-impacts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally shared in our Newsletter \u2014 December 2021. Subscribe here to receive future updates. Positive Impacts Newsletter \u2014 December 2021 In this edition: CSRD adoption \u00b7 Impact Accounting milestones \u00b7 Financial integration \u00b7 Outlook 2022 CSRD Adoption \u2014 A New Era of Corporate Transparency The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) reached political [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positive-impacts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positive-impacts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positive-impacts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positive-impacts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positive-impacts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5956"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positive-impacts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5983,"href":"https:\/\/positive-impacts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5956\/revisions\/5983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positive-impacts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positive-impacts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positive-impacts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}