The unprecedented growth in population and consumption, global resource depletion, and broadening expectations regarding social and environmental accountability are among the reasons for an increased focus on sustainability by leaders worldwide. Given the increasing role of accountancy firms in preparing >>> read more

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has released a corporate social responsibility (CSR) report which it claims is the first from an international law firm. Chief executive Hugh Crisp says CSR "is an important subject for our clients, staff and other stakeholders and >>> read more

The draft G3 Guidelines and protocols are available for a three-month public comment period between 2 January and 31 March 31 March 2006. The draft is the result of nearly a year’s worth of research, development, and consensus-seeking by multi-stakeholder >>> read more

A considerable portion of the estimated $2 trillion assets in the United States that are socially and environmentally responsible investments (SRI) would be “blinded” under the significantly reduced corporate disclosure resulting from a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal to >>> read more

Of the 17 companies in the consumer food, food production, and beverages sectors whose environmental and sustainability reporting were analyzed late this year by the Roberts Environmental Center, Anheuser-Busch (U. S.) had the highest overall score. The second highest scoring >>> read more

The december 2005 news update of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). [b]New Website for G3[/b] GRI launched a new website www.grig3.org to host the latest version of the Guidelines known as G3. The G3 Guidelines will be released in draft >>> read more

(by William Baue, SocialFunds.com) The Operating and Financial Review (OFR), the UK Department of Trade & Industry (DTI) regulation that came into force in March 2005 mandating annual corporate disclosure of non-financial environmental, social, and governance (ESG) information, was shot >>> read more

Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) has released a new report that reviews how well the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Economic Performance Indicators have been applied by 33 companies, including GE, McDonald’s, Novo Nordisk, Shell, Starbucks and Toyota. "Reporting on Economic >>> read more

The Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO) has published at the end of october its first sustainability report. In the report FMO explains the impact that FMO’s financing operations have on economic, environmental, social and administrative development in developing countries. With >>> read more

New UK regulations require Directors to report on their environmental KPIs and Trucost has helped Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) to produce the Environmental KPI Reporting Guidelines for UK Business. Elliot Morley, Minister of State for Climate >>> read more

The chairman of a Parliamentary enquiry into corporate social resposibility (CSR) says best practice guidelines for corporate sustainability reporting will be developed under the auspices of the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) and with reference to the Global Reporting Initiative. The >>> read more

CSR reporting has grown over the past few years, but the information provided by those reports isn’t always used for strategic advantage. Tying values and measures to a Balanced Scorecard could be the way to make good intentions more profitable. >>> read more