“We pursue our commitment to protecting the climate and lowering our specific CO2 emissions with great consistency and expertise. Thanks to high levels of investment, we are able to continually upgrade our portfolio with modern, highly efficient power plants, thus also reducing our specific CO2 emissions from our conventional power plant portfolio both in absolute terms and relative to the amount of electricity generated.”258 “We support ambitious political goals for climate protection, for expanding renewable energy and for improvement of energy efficiency at European level and at the level of the member states.”259 “To some extent, bioenergy has a better greenhouse-gas footprint than fossil-based energy. We intend to achieve complete climate neutrality for these emissions over the long term in order to achieve a sustainable alignment of our business model and as a contribution to limiting the consequences of climate change. Our corresponding corporate decisions in this area are significantly influenced and defined by the regulatory and legislative framework.”260 Statements on Human Rights “As in previous years, this year’s sustainability report simultaneously constitutes our progress report on the UN Global Compact. By signing the Global Compact, we declared our commitment to actively promoting human rights, decent working conditions and environmental protection within our sphere of influence, and taking decisive action against corruption and bribery. The progress report sets out how we at RWE implement the 10 principles of the Global Compact.”261 “Since January 2004, the RWE Group has been a member of the ‘Global Compact’ (GC) set up by former General Secretary of the United Nations Kofi Annan. By signing up to the ten principles underlying the Global Compact, RWE made a commitment to human rights and labour standards, promoting environmental protection in its business operations, and preventing corruption. We present the contribution we have made to global implementation of the principles of the Global Compact in an annual Progress Report. We also present our contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) adopted by the United Nations in September 2015 . . .”262 “National and international standards are becoming increasingly concrete in relation to the expectations for sustainable supply chain management. The risk of human rights violations in globalised supply chains tends to be low for companies which essentially have their business operations in countries with a reliable statutory and RWE, Our climate protection strategy for the energy transition of the future, available at https://www.group.rwe/en/innovation-and-knowlegde/responsibility-commitment/environment (last accessed on 12 September 2019). 259 RWE Aktiengesellschaft (2018), Our Responsibility, p. 34, available at https://www.group.rwe//media/RWE/documents/01-der-konzern/Verantwortung/cr-berichte/EN/en-bericht-2018.PDF (last accessed on 12 September 2019). 260 Id., p. 59. 261 Id., p. 5. 262 Id., p. 12. 258 Annex D: Corporate Statements on Climate Change and Human Rights | 69