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One of our key objectives is to support companies – especially small and medium-sized enterprises – in their sustainability reporting with as little red tape as possible. The legal guidelines are complex and leave many companies feeling unsure as to what is required of them. We want to help them get to grips with the requirements and make the reporting process as simple as possible for them. With the German Sustainability Code (DNK), we have an established tool that we are constantly developing further with regard to the legal guidelines and the need for improvement and simplification expressed by businesses. The Sustainability Code services are ideal for companies reporting voluntarily based on the VSME Standard, but they also support companies that are directly subject to mandatory CSRD reporting. The new DNK Platform saves both groups of companies considerable time and effort by guiding them step by step through the reporting process.

Sustainable reporting crucially helps strengthen companies’ responsibility for climate action, environmental protection and upholding human rights, along with pivoting gradually into sustainable business practices. The sustainability report is the product, but even more important is the internal process that emerges within the company from analysing its own activities and value chain. The companies themselves need this data to configure their business models sustainably and competitively.