In der aktuellen Ausgabe der Fachzeitschrift BioHandel wird Brigitte Biermann, Geschäftsführerin von triple innova, zum Thema Nachhaltigkeit im Naturkosteinzelhandel interviewt. Sie gibt Antworten darauf, wie Nachhaltigkeitsindikatoren auszuwählen sind und wie die Messbarkeit von Nachhaltigkeitsleistungen möglich wird. Im Leitartikel der aktuellen Ausgabe „Wichtige Schritte zur Nachhaltigkeit“ gibt sie praktische Tipps, wie ein einzelnes Fachhandelsgeschäft das Thema Nachhaltigkeit für sich selbst praktisch angehen sollte. Dr. Brigitte Biermann identifiziert die 5 wichtigsten Schritte zur Nachhaltigkeit für Naturkostläden. Lesen Sie den Leitartikel und das Interview hier oder in der Ausgabe 05/12 der Zeitschrift.

During the network event “Better CSR advice for SMEs” triple innova will chair the introduction to the session „CSR Reporting and GRI for SME”. The event on 12^th and 13^th June 2012 in Berlin is part of the European Commission’s project „Networking for better Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) advice to Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs)”. About 100 experts and practitioners in CSR from the European Union Member States will come together to actively engage in peer-to-peer learning and share best practices across Europe. Please find out more about the event here.

The next training sessions will take place on the following dates:

•    8^th – 9^th  May
•    26^th – 27^th June

triple innova will give an input at the international workshop “Practical Aspects of Social Life Cycle Assessment” in Berlin on 17^th May on the topic “Social Hot Spot Analysis. Prioritizing social problems along the entire value chain in order to foster sustainable product innovation”. triple innova will also be represented in the panel discussion. triple innova will gs share experiences from the application of the Hot Spot Analysis. The method Hot Spot Analysis was developed by triple innova in co-operation with Wuppertal Institut and CSCP. The workshop will be organized by the consulting company Green Delta TC in cooperation with the Federal University of Technology of Paraná (Brazil) and Öko-Institut e.V.. Please find out more about the workshop and register here.

A triple innova team will compete in the running event “Bergischer Firmenlauf” on 8^th July 2012 in Wuppertal. The 3.4 Miles track runs right next to the place of the triple innova office and will lead the participants through Wuppertal’s city center. See you on the track!

triple innova will offer the three-hour workshop “How to make my company become more sustainable” on 28^th March 2012. The workshop is hosted by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Wuppertal-Solingen-Remscheid. The target audience is SMEs and other organisations from Wuppertal and the surrounding area.

triple innova will make a contribution to the BioFach congress, which is part of the Biofach trade fair 2012 from 15^th - 18^th February 2012 in Nürnberg. 

triple innova supports Switzerland's leading construction and construction services company Implenia AG in the development of its corporate sustainability strategy. In 2011 the focus was on the application of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Guidelines for sustainability reporting and as a result the first Implenia sustainability report will be published in mid 2012.