In 2006, German companies have to disclose material non-financial sustainability key performance indicators (KPIs) for the first time in their financial reports for the financial year 2005. In an empirical survey 87.5% of the answering DAX-30-companies will integrate such indicators in their financial reports. Of those companies 85.7% will disclose the indicators in their annual report / management commentary. The importance of non-financial sustainability KPIs will be increasingly more important for a company’s business development and position during the next years. For the year 2015 87.5% of the companies predict that KPIs will be (very)important. These are just some of the results.

The full survey “Added value, long term.” from sustainability consultant Axel Hesse - supported by Deloitte and the German Federal Ministry of the Environment - can be downloaded for free at:
[1] www.SD-M.de/Publications.htm