The Produrable trade show is the unmissable annual event for all those involved in the social economy and sustainable development. As every year, many iQers are present to attend the conferences and exchange ideas with the solutions and companies that are shaking up the world of sustainable development. Positive Impact. Several themes caught their attention...
Key themes and issues at PRODURABLE 2023
Since 2007, PRODURABLE has been Europe's largest gathering of players and solutions for the sustainable economy. Organized under the patronage of the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesionthe PRODURABLE trade show brings together :
- 10,000 visitors ;
- 650 speakers ;
- more than 250 partners ;
- a community of 50,000 decision-makers.
We know how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions(...). But our culture and values prevent us from using what we know. The climate issue is less a technological challenge than a cultural one.
In 2021, we focused on the subject of Responsible Finance as the subject was so topical in both economic and regulatory terms (read : Impact Positif: will the net-zero transition of companies be able to suffice with the emergence of an ever more demanding regulatory framework?)
This year, in 2023, Produrable has chosen Culture(s) as its central theme.
Can digital technology be responsible?
Even with tools like digital technology, which are still "new" on the scale of the economy, practices have not integrated responsible issues by default.
Today, digital technology accounts for 4% of greenhouse gas emissions. While the Internet makes it possible to free ourselves from borders and limit travel, it is both a solution and part of the problem. We need to define the environmental footprint of the digital world through a common reference framework. However, the question with any benchmark is to know where it begins and ends, what is taken into account and what should not be.
From the Web giants to individual Internet users, everyone has a role to play in promoting more responsible practices.
On the one hand, the giants of the Web, and in particular of online video (streaming platforms, Youtube, social networks...) must question their practices. This is why Arcom has drawn up a list of recommendations for streaming platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and YouTube. Top of the list: reduced image quality and an "eco" mode to be offered to users.
On the other hand, it's also up to each individual user to adopt responsible digital habits. "Digital is our future, let's save it" could sum up the philosophy perfectly.
Finally, the challenge is also at the level of each website, with the measurement of the environmental index and " sustainability by design". "sustainability by design. We can see that, on certain subjects, regulations make it easier for everyone to adopt responsible practices. Take the RGPD. Before the RGPD, it was the Wild West of data. There were no common regulations to encourage the adoption of ethical practices on the collection and use of personal data. Now, it's become a reflex. The same reflex needs to be adopted when it comes to the design of websites and mobile applications.
Challenges and ambitions of CSRD deployment
Game-changing regulations for the finance industry
A number of regulations already in place have prompted companies to develop the monitoring of extra-financial information and KPIs by the finance function in connection with CSR (see our article : Finance at the heart of positive-impact initiatives) :
- NFRD (Non Financial Reporting Directive) and DPEF (Déclaration de la Performance Extra-Financière) in 2018: the European directive on non-financial reporting introduced the obligation for companies to publish a declaration of extra-financial performance (DPEF) in the management report for companies with more than 500 employees, for listed companies with sales in excess of 40 million euros turnover, and unlisted companies with annual sales in excess of 100 million euros.
- The Green Taxonomy Directive in 2021/2022: thisdirective introduces financial and extra-financial indicators: green sales, green Capex and green Opex.
The latest regulation adopted at European level is the CSRD in 2023. The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive aims to :
- standardize non-financial reporting ;
- increase the number of companies subject to the obligation ;
- introduce more standardized verification of non-financial information.
It replaces the current NFRD.
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