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Webcast: ESG Ratings – AI Empowered

In the webinar ‘ESG Ratings – AI Empowered’, our colleague Kathinka Gruber, Consultant ESG/Sustainability at Kirchhoff Consult, discusses with Dr Julia Haake, MD, Head of ESG Rating Agency, EthiFinance, and Marcel von dem Berge, Account Executive, Briink, about how ESG rating practices are changing and what opportunities arise from combining high-quality ESG data with artificial intelligence.

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To date, no DAX company has published an accessible PDF version of its annual report

Kirchhoff Consult, one of the leading communications and strategy consultancies for financial communications and sustainability, has examined the PDF documents of the 2024 annual reports and 2025 half-year reports of all DAX40 companies: Not a single PDF passed the PAC test for the PDF/UA standard and received a test report.

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Kirchhoff analysis: One-third of SDAX companies do not yet consistently use LinkedIn as an IR channel

Hamburg-based communications and strategy consultancy for financial communications and sustainability Kirchhoff Consult has examined the LinkedIn communications of the 70 SDAX companies on the most important investor relations occasions in the period from January to September 2025 for the first time. The analysis shows that SDAX companies are not yet exploiting the potential of LinkedIn as an IR channel.

Opinion,

Back on the German stage

Trading approval for Swiss stock market values as opportunities for companies and investors.

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2.0°C – Kirchhoff Consult determines its own climate impact

Together with four other partner companies in the TEAM FARNER alliance, Kirchhoff Consult GmbH has measured, reported and obtained certification for its greenhouse gas emissions for the 2024 financial year.

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Comparison of disclosure management systems

Creating transparency. Recognising differences. Finding suitable solutions.

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Financial activism in the spotlight: How companies can protect themselves from short seller attacks

Identify targeted attacks, minimise risks, safeguard your reputation – prevention is key.

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Kirchhoff Consult is TISAX® certified

Kirchhoff Consult, one of the leading communications and strategy consultancies for financial communications and sustainability, has received TISAX® (Trusted Information Security Assessment Exchange) certification.

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Study on climate management in the DACH region: CSRD is having an impact

The majority of companies in the DACH region have already taken important steps towards adequate climate management in the face of worsening climate change and the associated environmental, social and economic implications as well as new regulatory requirements.

Opinion,

A highly complex simplification: What companies need to know now

Declarations of intent are rarely a good omen in the political arena. Those who deliberately seek to "simplify," "reduce bureaucracy," or "create clarity" often signal that everything is being called into question again. This leaves the way forward uncertain for a long time until, at some point, a degree of clarity returns. Last week, anyone dealing with the CSRD in Germany was able to experience this pattern firsthand. At least the chaos is gradually coming to an end. Those who set the right course now will be able to benefit.

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Between crisis and comeback – real estate stocks at the turning point

The Hamburg-based communications and strategy consultancy for financial communications and ESG, Kirchhoff Consult, has published the twelfth edition of the "Kirchhoff Sentiment Indicator for Real Estate Stocks". The analysts surveyed are cautiously optimistic about the further development of real estate stock prices: The sentiment index rises slightly to 53.3 points (H2 2024: 47.7 points), signaling a moderate but stable improvement in market sentiment.

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Kirchhoff Consult and DSW: Forecast transparency of DAX 40 companies declines slightly

The Hamburg-based communications and strategy consultancy for financial communications and ESG Kirchhoff Consult, together with the Deutsche Schutzvereinigung für Wertpapierbesitz e.V. (DSW), has once again examined the transparency of the forecast reports of DAX 40 companies. The study, which has been conducted regularly since 2005, evaluates both qualitative and quantitative statements on the future business development of companies. The current analysis is based on the forecast reports from the 2024 annual reports. There was one change in the DAX 40 compared to the previous year in terms of the companies examined: Covestro had to leave the index and was replaced by medtech company Fresenius Medical Care. In addition, Airbus and Qiagen did not submit forecast reports, which is why they were not included in the analysis.