Our working student Florentine Tinbergen is 24 and has worked at Eevery since December. Next to her job at Eevery, she is also doing a master's degree in Economic & Consumer Psychology at Leiden University and lives there. In just a few months, Florentine has developed enormously in various areas and is a full member of our Eevery team. In this blog, Florentine will explain her experience as a Working student in Sustainability and offer a look behind the scenes.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently released their sixth Assessment Report (AR6): the IPCC 2023 Climate Report. It brings together the latest research on climate change. As SMEs constitute a significant part of the global economy, it is crucial for these businesses to understand and adapt to the consequences of climate change. In this blog post, we will explore the key takeaways from the report and their implications for your business.

SMEs remain exempt from the new disclosure rules for the EU Taxonomy on sustainable finance. However, companies would do well to monitor its implications, including SMEs, experts write. Read about the content of the EU Taxonomy and its implications for your business in this blog.

Since 17 December 2022, it has been announced that all European Union residents will have to pay for their CO2 emissions. This applies to both individual residents and European companies.

With a new year comes a refreshed perspective. Therefore, as we welcome 2023, now seems the proper time for SMEs to prepare for the challenges that the next year will present and identify opportunities that can be utilised. This blog will help you as an entrepreneur in discussing the two trends that the year will be filled with.

Last weekend, a UN conference on biodiversity took place in Montreal. After much negotiation, an agreement was finally reached to combat the rapid loss of biodiversity. Nearly 200 UN countries agreed that by 2030, as much as 30% of the earth's total surface should be protected. For now, the figure is only 15%.

The outcomes of the annual report regarding "the state of SMEs" were recently presented to the dynamic policy-making landscape of Britain. The overall conclusion of the report was that British SMEs - more than ever - need the formulation of a long-term vision. Read more about the state of SMEs and its conclusions in this blog.

Regreener is a member of Eevery's Ecosystem, offering accessible and transparent carbon offsetting options. We are on a mission to combat climate change.

From 6 to 18 November, heads of state, ministers and negotiators, along with climate activists, mayors, civil society representatives and CEOs gathered in the Egyptian coastal city of Sharm el-Sheikh for the largest annual meeting on climate action; the COP27.

Corporate social responsibility is about managing risks and being accountable for them. The double materiality offers you an important tool in acting accordingly. In doing so, it underpins corporate sustainability reporting, as required by the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). For many businesses, the technicality of the term only speaks to the imagination.

There is a lot coming at entrepreneurs lately. It seems like crises are everywhere. While (energy) prices are skyrocketing, SMEs are expected to become more sustainable. Read in this blog how you, as an entrepreneur, can kill two birds with one stone by investing in a sustainable future and how.

Carbon offsetting promises to compensate for negative impacts on the climate, it seems too good to be true. Although such mechanisms are increasingly being attached to products, terms like carbon neutral, carbon offsetting and carbon reduction often only appeal to the imagination.