Bron afbeelding: Presentation B. Florian (9 juni 2023)
In 2023 and 2024 the City Science Initiative was looking for ways to make acceleration for climate adaptation in cities possible. Municipalities and other local governments are designed for maintaining public space and shared services. Adaptation and innovation require different competences. Two explorations were carried out:
1. Universities as Catalyst for Change: with students in different cities worksops took place about their futures
2. ESG for Cities: building upon the new CSRD and ESG frameworks, different scenario's for collaboration between public-private and civic sectors were sketched.
Europa wil klimaatneutraal worden en zet in op deze transitie naar een duurzame economie met een pakket beleidsinitiatieven: de Green Deal. Ook bedrijven moeten hun bijdrage leveren: sinds 2024 moet er naast financiële resultaten, ook gerapporteerd worden over ESG. ESG staat voor Environmental (milieu), Social (mens) en Governance (bestuur).
In deze collectie meer informatie over de Green Deal, de EU-verordening CSRD (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive) en de onderdelen van CSRD, de European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS).
Bron afbeelding: Presentation B. Florian (9 juni 2023)
'ESG for Cities' (ESG4C) is an exploratory research project initiated by the Chief Science Office (CSO) of Amsterdam and the ESG Innovation Collective (a city-led task force by the City of Amsterdam and the City of Berlin). The research took place between September - December 2023 to find out what the new CSRD laws and the ESG framework can contribute to cities policymaking.
The EU Commission has embraced a new strategy for keeping companies accountable for their ecological footprint and social impact (CSRD & ESRS). In business terms this means that companies have to acquire an ESG rating (Environmental, Social, Governance) in their yearly accounting reports. For the environmental impact assessment, many data sets are available. However, for Social Impact it is unclear how this will be measured. Large consultancy firms are hiring thousands of people to help companies acquire such ESG ratings.
ESG4C has been exploring the possibility of Cities positioning themselves in this landscape as being the experts on Social Impact. By offering certificates for ESG ratings, future public/private partnerships have a new potential for engaging with social and cultural initiatives in cities and regions that were not viable before. In collaboration with researchers from local universities, who can measure the impact with scientific quality, cities can take such a position. As researchers, as civil servants, and as Chief Science Officers this is an opportunity to make a difference for many initiatives in our cities that need this kind of new support.
To prepare ourselves as cities we, as the ESG Innovation Collective, are organizing a thinktank to explore how we can do this. In every city there are already examples of interesting public/private/civic partnerships that can lead to ESG ratings. We gather stories and insights on what works and does not work and hope to have a preliminary framework ready as of January 2024.
In this collection we gather all materials. You find all sessions (to see the overview click 'more information') and the presentations clustered per sector (civic, public and private). In the collection 'Results' you find the summaries of research insights.
Research insights and outlook 2024 (8th December 2023)
The website of the ESG Innovation Collective and their materials on openresearch.
Chief Science Office of the City of Amsterdam
'ESG for Cities' (ESG4C) is an exploratory research project initiated by the Chief Science Office (CSO) of Amsterdam and the ESG Innovation Collective (a city-led task force by the City of Amsterdam and the City of Berlin). The research took place between September - December 2023 to find out what the new CSRD laws and the ESG framework can contribute to cities policymaking.
See 'more information' for an overview of all sessions. Here you find the presentations per sector: public, private and social/civic.
Research insights and outlook 2024 (8th December 2023)
The website of the ESG Innovation Collective and their materials on openresearch.
Chief Science Office of the City of Amsterdam
'ESG for Cities' (ESG4C) is an exploratory research project initiated by the Chief Science Office (CSO) of Amsterdam and the ESG Innovation Collective (a city-led task force by the City of Amsterdam and the City of Berlin). The research took place between September - December 2023 to find out what the new CSRD laws and the ESG framework can contribute to cities policymaking.
On Friday 8th of December, the ESG for Cities research phase was wrapped-up in an online meeting. The research results and insights were presented by Caroline Nevejan. Afterwards, plans for further development in the near future were presented. In this collection you find each presentation.
9:00 Welcome by chair Caroline Nevejan
9:10 Our journey developing the funding framework- the evolution and summary of results [Caroline]
9:30 Collective memory & quotes from the participants
9:50 Amsterdam [Berci Florian]
10.00 Future developments: EU [Christian Iaione]
10.10 ESG Collective & call for action for cities, for private sector [Florian Wupperfeld]
10.20 DAO [Sergei Zhilin & Matthew Gardiner],
10:30 Participants suggestions, comments & feedback on the future path
11:00 End
See 'more information' for an overview of all sessions of the ESG for Cities research.
Research insights and outlook 2024 (8th December 2023)
The website of the ESG Innovation Collective and their materials on openresearch.
Chief Science Office of the City of Amsterdam
Hier verzamelen we onderzoek, publicaties en ander materiaal over nieuwe economische mogelijkheden vanwege het nieuwe ESG-raamwerk.
Here we gather information on ESG form the EU Commission
Het ESG Innovation Collective is 's werelds eerste door een stad geleide ESG-taskforce die bestaat uit een boeiend consortium van belanghebbenden uit de publieke, private en culturele sector en vertegenwoordigers van lokale gemeenschappen, evenals ratingbureaus. ESG Innovation Collective levert een nieuw ontwikkeld ESG-meetkader, een belangrijke kans voor culturele organisaties in steden over de hele wereld en een enorme opluchting voor lokale stadsbudgetten.
The Collective is een initiatief van Investitionsbank Berlin, Berlin Partner, visitBerlin en Leading Culture Destinations. De leiderschapsgroep bestaat uit opinieleiders zoals prof. dr. Caroline Nevejan (CSO gemeente Amsterdam), Burkhard Kieker (CEO, visitBerlin), dr. Philipp Rode (Executive Director, London School of Economics, LSE Cities), Florian Wupperfeld (CEO, Leading Culture Destinations), onder andere Hugo Cox (Journalist, Real Estate & Finance, Financial Times, TIMES, Londen) en Habidatum (Urban Tech & Data Partner).
In de komende drie maanden lanceren we de eerste pilotprojecten in samenwerking met de particuliere sector in Berlijn en Amsterdam op https://www.ihif.com/
Het doel van The ESG Innovation Collective is om de ecologische en sociale duurzaamheidsagenda voor burgers en lokale actoren vooruit te helpen door een uniform kader voor steden te creëren dat bepaalt hoe de 'S' van ESG in onze rechtsgebieden zal worden geactiveerd.
Het ESG Innovation Collective is onder meer betrokken met leiders uit het beleid, de academische wereld, stedelijke data, de impact- en financiële sector, ratingbureaus, vastgoedontwikkelaars en -exploitanten, culturele organisaties en gemeenschapsleiders om behoeften, drijfveren en gemeenschappelijke gronden te peilen om zo actiegerichte sociale investeringen te faciliteren die meetbaar kunnen zijn voor beleggers die waarde toevoegen aan hun ESG.
We worden gefinancierd door stakeholders uit de publieke sector (Berlijn, Amsterdam) maar ook door partners uit de private sector die zich inzetten om de ESG-agenda vooruit te helpen (Pinebridge, GSK.de).
Bron: All Things Urban. Bekijk ook: Leading Culture Destinations