AccountAbility is pleased to announce the release of the latest AA1000 Assurance Standard Practitioners Note. This Practitioners Note was produced from a consultation with representatives from companies, assurance providers, non-governmental organisations, and government in Johannesburg, South Africa. AccountAbility has been >>> read more

The GRI Guidelines have enjoyed rapid uptake by large companies, but reporting by smaller companies is still rare. Initial feedback from Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) shows that there are some barriers to reporting, including that the Guidelines are >>> read more

In collaboration with the World Economic Forums Logistics and Transportation Corporate Citizenship Initiative, GRI began work to develop a Sector Supplement for this industry this month. The sector supplement will aim to help companies engaged in activities spanning shipping, air, >>> read more

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden officially opened the ISO conference on social responsibility in Stockholm today, declaring, "Social responsibility concerns us all". The conference, 21-22 June 2004, hosted by the Swedish Standards Institute (SIS), will provide feedback to assist ISO >>> read more

The United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), have the pleasure to invite you to contribute to the development of the GRI Financial Services Sector Supplement (Environmental Performance). BACKGROUND ON THE UNEP FI >>> read more

One measure of the development of corporate social responsibility (CSR), or the incorporation of ethical, environmental, and sustainability considerations into business practice, is the prevalence of CSR policies at companies. A report released last month by the University of Hong >>> read more

The European Commission /European Social Fund, an international consortium of academics, consultants and quality experts have developed a new generation management framework, and a set of stakeholder oriented (measurement) tools. This ECSF framework is able to support companies in demonstrating >>> read more

A new report by SustainAbility and WWF-UK, Through the Looking Glass: Corporate Responsibility in the Media & Entertainment Sector, calls for media and entertainment companies to be more transparent and accountable for their brain print on society. The biggest players >>> read more

Corporate Responsibility (CR) must be relevant to individual businesses according to new research from Ashridge, one of the worlds leading business schools, carried out in association with the British Quality Foundation (BQF). Other key findings reveal that for CR to >>> read more

The European Federation of Accountants, FEE, is today calling on the European Commissions Multi-stakeholder Forum to give Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reporting the same level of recognition as financial reporting. CSR reporting typically sees corporations reporting on their economic, social >>> read more

CERES and the Tellus Institute released the draft guidance for facility-level sustainability reporting for public comment. All interested parties are encouraged to submit comments through September 10, 2004. The Draft Facility Reporting Guidance is the product of the Facility Reporting >>> read more

The European Academy of Business in Society (EABIS) today launched Europes first on-line directory of education, training and research on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and business in society (BiS. Covering MBA programmes, executive education and under-graduate courses in Europes business >>> read more