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Why verify you sustainability work?
EU legislation, CSRD will enter into force in 2024 where companies need to verify their sustainability work.
At a time when more and more companies are being sued of greenwashing and fraud, it is becoming increasingly important to be able to demonstrate their credibility!
Sanctions can be expected to be significant!
By verifying your organization's sustainability work by an accredited third party, you are transparent with what you do and show that you are reliable, which will strengthen your competitiveness and contributes to securing your organization's future!
Sustainability Standards & Frameworks
During the webinar you will learn about different standards and frameworks that are able to verify by an accredited third party, such as:
- ISO26000
- CSRD (EUs new legislation for reporting)
- GRI
- ISO14001
- UN Global Compact
- Sustainable Development Goals
Benefits
By verifying your sustainability work you:
- Become transparent and trustworthy
By getting verified by an accredited third party organisation, you strengthen your competitiveness and contribute to future-proof your company. - Access new markets
Align with EUs new CSRD for reporting, also you'll strengthen your company's competitiveness in both public and private procurement. - Secure funding
Banks, and investors require financial and non-financial (sustainable) reporting. - Attract the best talents
Today employees and talents want to work in companies with a clear higher purpose. - Can be used for Due Diligence of suppliers
You can use ISO26000 and its self-declaration for self-assessment and risk-based audits
HOW
The first step in the verification process is to do a temperature check of your sustainability work to see if you are ready for a verification. During the webinar, you will get access to the temperature check.
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING VERIFIED BY AN ACCREDITED THIRD PARTY BODY
For the verification to be credible, it is important that it is performed by an accredited third party body. VERIFY Agency of Sweden is accredited by the state agency SWEDAC to verify organizations' claims.
Your Host - Eva Vati
Eva Vati is an Entrepreneur & Business Sustainability Strategist who helps executives, businesses, and entrepreneurs future-proof their companies.
She is the CEO & founder of several companies of which VERIFY Agency is the first accredited company in the world to verify organisations statements and claims. The company is accredited by Swedac, Sweden's national accreditation body.
Eva is also Expert Advisor and Regulations Specialist for EFRAG SMEs and is a Technical Committee member of the Swedish Institute For Standards
Pressrelease July 15th 2021
The packaging company aPak was the first company in the world to verify its sustainability work according to the self-declaration ISO26000.
aPak was named winner of ‘Entrepreneur of the year 2021’ in Sweden, the justification was;
aPaks driving force is to run a sustainable company while at the same time having staff who thrive. Their CEO, Evelina Lindgren is passionate about sustainability and has ensured that everyone within the company has completed solid sustainability training focused on the UN's global goals and have invested in a full-scale solar plant that reduced electricity consumption by 80 percent while doubling the company's turnover.
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VERIFY Agency is accredited by Swedac to verify organisation’s
statements according to the international standard ISO17029.
Swedac is the national accreditation body for Sweden and belongs to the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
VERIFY Agency is so far the only company in the world to have this accreditation.