5. July 2023
Julia Kriegel
Why do we need VAST GREEN?
To date, there is no blueprint for SMEs to become sustainable. Today sustainability is a consultant market and certificate trade for many medium-sized businesses.
At VAST FORWARD we have gone our own way. By using our own method, we created orientation and outlined our own approach: a framework for implementation, an agile framework in which we can drive our initiative forward in sprints, test results and adjust the path again and again. We have been working on the results as a whole team since the beginning of 2021, involving every team member in the process.
In doing so, we share a common mindset:
We Do Not Just Compensate!
And in VAST GREEN’s underlying 2020 strategy, we set out to document our journey to our more sustainable future – on our blog https://vast-green.com as well as via our social media channels. On the one hand, for more transparency; on the other hand, it helps us to keep our long-term goals in view, to follow them flexibly and to share our journey openly. In this way, our documentation is also a clear sign against greenwashing.
In 2021, we went one step further: As an SME in the digital industry, we created a sustainability report – even though as a small organization we would not be required to do so.
Even though sustainability reporting requirements are becoming more specific and extended to more companies through the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), this will not apply to companies of our size in the near future.
It is interesting to note that in 2023 we continue encountering partner companies in our entrepreneurial environment for whom their own path to a more sustainable future still seems unclear. As we are aware that we are part of (digital) supply chains, we want to set a good example in the network of our stakeholders and show with the results and successes of our VAST GREEN initiative that sustainable practices are also possible in the everyday work context. Thus, we position ourselves as a sustainable partner in the digital industry.
That’s why our brand-new sustainability report for 2022 is now available – whoop whoop – with all the important findings and data from the past year.
In other words: Our Impact Report is live!
Yet what does a sustainability report actually contain?
First and foremost, our Impact Report provides an overview of facts and insights from the previous year.
In 2022, we focused specifically on the following topics:
In the report, we highlight the focus topics from 2022 and most importantly, look back at our successes – because as a team, we’ve accomplished a lot.
We don’t want to take all the suspense out of it, but here are a few quick facts from our Impact Report 2022:
And the direct link to the site:
https://impact.vast-forward.com/en/
Spoiler Alert: For the 2023 Impact Report, we’ve come up with something really special. One thing is for sure, it will be loud, colorful and even more sustainable!
Until then: Stay curious and Do Not Just Compensate!
