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Michael Laermann

Michael Laermann

Founder
Reason & Rhyme Communications

Michael Laermann is an independent consultant, editor and founder of Reason & Rhyme Communications in Brussels, specialized in designing integrated communications and sustainability strategies.

Building on his former career in corporate marketing, Michael helps organizations achieve sustained growth from performing responsible businesses practices.

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Circular EconomyCircular Economy
Recyclate – A New Lease on Life for Consumer Packaging?
Recyclate – A New Lease on Life for Consumer Packaging?
Published on January 10, 2020
About a 8 minute read

Consumers appreciate recycled packaging as long as it doesn’t affect the quality, functionality and price of the product. But how do brands remain competitive in view of added costs for high-quality recycling and the low price of virgin plastics? ... View More

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Materials & Packaging
Chemical Recycling of Plastic: Waste No More?
Chemical Recycling of Plastic: Waste No More?
Published on April 10, 2019
About a 7 minute read

When it comes to the circular economy transition, plastics recycling is as much of a challenge as an opportunity. Could chemical recycling make the plastics value chain more circular whilst providing a profitable new industry branch? ... View More

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Finance & Investment
Less Medley, More Value: Creating a New Quality for Corporate Reporting
Less Medley, More Value: Creating a New Quality for Corporate Reporting
Published on December 4, 2018
About a 10 minute read

This week at the COP24 climate summit in Katowice, Poland, the discussion about how to implement the directives of the Paris Agreement is in full swing. ... View More

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Finance & Investment
“The Corporate Reporting Dialogue Is Looking for Alignment, Not for One Common Framework”
“The Corporate Reporting Dialogue Is Looking for Alignment, Not for One Common Framework”
Published on August 1, 2018
About a 10 minute read

Sustainable Brands recently talked to Wim Bartels, Program Lead at the Corporate Reporting Dialogue (CRD) about key issues and initiatives around the further development of corporate reporting. ... View More

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Marketing & CommunicationsMarketing & Communications
Machine-Readable Disclosure and ESEF 2020 – A New Era of Corporate Digital Reporting?
Machine-Readable Disclosure and ESEF 2020 – A New Era of Corporate Digital Reporting?
Published on May 23, 2018
About a 8 minute read

New regulation in the EU mandates public companies to file financial statements in digital format. Does the move to HTML and Big Data have the potential to push corporate reporting into the digital age? ... View More

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Marketing & CommunicationsMarketing & Communications
Unleashing the Power of Online Reporting
Unleashing the Power of Online Reporting
Published on February 15, 2018
About a 11 minute read

Confronted with an ever-growing demand for transparency and materiality, companies need to find an adequate format to publish both financial and pre-financial information to their stakeholders in an effective way. While traditional reporting reaches ... View More

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Marketing & CommunicationsMarketing & Communications
How Smart Sustainability Communication Is Bringing SMEs Out of the Shadows
How Smart Sustainability Communication Is Bringing SMEs Out of the Shadows
Published on October 30, 2017
About a 8 minute read

When it comes to sustainability communications, it seems like small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have been operating on the dark side of the moon. From a global perspective, even though many of these companies engage as good corporate citizens... View More

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Supply Chain
What about the ‘S’ in ESG? New Guidelines for Evaluating Companies’ Social Performance
What about the ‘S’ in ESG? New Guidelines for Evaluating Companies’ Social Performance
Published on May 28, 2017
About a 4 minute read

When it comes down to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues, more and more investors are looking at how companies perform on human rights. Guarding long-term investments against a potential fallout from social grievances has become part ... View More

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Marketing & CommunicationsMarketing & Communications
Assuring the Assurers: How the NOCLAR Standard Will Tackle Non-Compliance in Corporate Reporting
Assuring the Assurers: How the NOCLAR Standard Will Tackle Non-Compliance in Corporate Reporting
Published on April 13, 2017
About a 7 minute read

When it comes down to assessing corporate sustainability performance and impacts, investors, rating agencies and other stakeholders have developed a growing appetite for accurate, relevant, consistent and comparable data. In a globalized world prone ... View More

Article
New Metrics
ESG Ratings – Quo Vadis?
ESG Ratings – Quo Vadis?
Published on December 31, 2016
About a 6 minute read

The ESG ratings industry is in full transition. Driven by demand from institutional investors and the awakening of the retail investment market, asset managers increasingly consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues an integral part o... View More

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