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      Access the early access version of the new Sustainability Code Database, where you can create your CSRD-compliant report (currently only available in German).

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Access the early access version of the new Sustainability Code Database, where you can create your CSRD-compliant report (currently only available in German).

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You can access the previous Sustainability Code Database here. It will be available to you until November 2025 for the creation of reports.

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Report

You have the option of creating your sustainability reports in the new DNK platform or the old database.

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CSRD Report

Instead of the previous reporting standard, the Sustainability Code will offer a wide range of support for CSRD reporting starting at the beginning of 2025.

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DNK Platform

With our user-friendly DNK platform, you can create your CSRD report digitally and free of charge while benefiting from various application aids.

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DNK Checklist

We have summarized the complex ESRS reporting requirements for you in a clear and easy-to-understand checklist.

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DNK Sustainability Campus

Our helpdesk team will accompany you on your way to your finished sustainability report. In addition, we offer a comprehensive and practical range of information and training in accordance with CSRD.

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DNK Report

In order to comply with the Sustainability Code, companies prepare a DNK declaration covering the twenty DNK criteria and a selected set of quantifiable performance indicators.

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Getting Started

Our five steps explain the process from prep to publication.

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Report Contents

A Code declaration of conformity must always include the 20 German Sustainability Code criteria as well as your chosen set of performance indicators.

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Reporting Options

In order to help structure the CSR reporting, we have integrated policy frameworks that directly relate to sustainability into the German Sustainability Code.

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View Reports

The database is at the heart of the Sustainability Code and is where you can find every declaration published to date from more than 1,000 user companies.

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Use this function to read what users report on individual criteria and performance indicators.

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The Code Office is happy to answer all questions regarding the creation of a declaration of conformity.

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The Code Office will provide feedback and support in navigating the database.

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Documents

If you need further information on the Code or how to use it, you will find all the relevant documents here.

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Glossary

Here you will find explanations of terms relating to the German Sustainability Code.

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Reporting Obligations

In this section, we provide an overview of the regulatory requirements for sustainability reporting and how companies can fulfill them with the DNK.

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Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)

The CSRD requires more than 15,000 companies in Germany to report their sustainability performance transparently in accordance with a uniform EU reporting standard.

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Important information

The CSRD determines which companies will be required to report on sustainability as of 2024 and how this reporting should be designed.

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Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)

The CSDDD aims to ensure that companies are held accountable for their respect of human rights and the environment in global value chains.

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Here you can find news and archived newsletters.

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About the Code

With the Sustainability Code, the German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE) aims to promote sustainable business practice.

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Benefits of the Sustainability Code

The Sustainability Code provides a framework for organisations and companies of any size or legal structure to report on their non-financial performance.

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Origin and Mission

A project of the German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE), the Sustainability Code is designed to promote sustainable business practice.

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Ongoing Development of the Code

The Sustainability Code became part of the political debate and continued to evolve with input from relevant stakeholders.

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Internationalisation of the Sustainability Code

The German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE) is contributing to the international debate with its experience of introducing the Code.

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RNE-News

06.05.2024 Minimising red tape: Companies to get help implementing new sustainability standards

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RNE-News

12.04.2023 German Sustainability Code hits 1,000 users

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Press Releases

31.10.2019 The Sustainability Code receives UN award for its contribution to sustainability reporting

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02.10.2019 RNE developing innovative solutions for sustainable business together with FinTech Arabesque

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Code-News

05.09.2019 The Code newsletter No. 2 / 2019

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11.04.2019 The Sustainability Code is coming to Turkey

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20.12.2018 The Sustainability Code – 2018 annual review: lots to read and lots still to be done

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26.07.2017 Fulfilling the CSR reporting obligation with the Sustainability Code

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RNE-News

10.03.2017 German Bundestag passes Law introducing CSR Reporting Obligations

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06.03.2017 The Sustainability Code Database is expanding its service: universal interfaces make it easier to report on Sustainability performance

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Commonwealth
Conduct that complies with the law
Consistency
Corporate citizenship
Corruption
CR-Kompass
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Eco-efficiency analysis
Ecological footprint
Economy for the common good
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EFFAS
EMAS
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Employees’ rights
Equal opportunities
EU Directive on Disclosure of Non-Financial Information
German Sustainable Development Strategy
Greenhouse Gas Protocol
GRI (Global Reporting Initiative)
Human rights
ILO (International Labour Organization)
Incentives
Innovations
ISO 14001
ISO 26000
ISO 50001
ISO 9000 group of standards
Life cycle approach
Lobby lists
Management systems relating to aspects of sustainability
Materiality
Materiality analysis and materiality matrix
National Action Plan for Business and Human Rights
Objectives
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Operationalising
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Policies
Political influence
Process
Product life cycle
Reliability
Resources
Resource efficiency
Risks
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SA 8000
Scope of reporting
Stakeholders
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Standard
Supplier management systems
Supply chain
Sustainability aspects
Sustainability Code
Sustainability process
Sustainability strategy
Sustainable Balanced Scorecard (SBSC)
Sustainable Development Goals
Sustainable value
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)
UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)
Value chain
VfU environmental performance indicators