United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan met today with key leaders from the German business community and non-governmental organizations to encourage their continued participation in the Global Compact, his signature initiative to promote corporate citizenship and cooperative responses to the challenges >>> read more
ACCA global launches of Environmental Reporting Awards schemes
Source: ACCA, 28 February 2002ACCA is launching two Environmental Reporting Awards schemes (ERA) in Asia in July. The first launch will be the ACCA Malaysian ERA on July 16. A three-day Malaysian GRI briefing and conference in Kuala Lumpur will follow this, July 17-19. >>> read more
France introduces mandatory environmental and social reporting
Source: Euractiv.com, 28 February 2002In a new law, the French Government is obliging listed companies to publish information on the environmental and social impact of their activities. France has taken up the challenge from the Commission’s Green Paper on corporate social responsibility. It has >>> read more
Global Reporting Initiative to be officially inaugurated at United Nations headquarters
Source: Global Reporting Initiative, 28 February 2002The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), an international sustainability reporting institution, will be formally inaugurated at a luncheon event to be held at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on 4 April 2002 at 13:00. Incubating under the auspices >>> read more
U.S. Should Adopt Triple Bottom Line Reporting in Light of Enron Debacle
Source: National Policy Association, 22 February 2002In the wake of the Enron bankruptcy, policymakers have an opportunity to rethink the scope of information required by the SEC. Investors need information about a firms environmental and social practices and performance, as well as their profit performance. Through >>> read more
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) update february 2002
Source: Global Reporting Initiative, 22 February 2002An update from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the international guidelines for sustainability reporting. Official Inauguration Event in April The Global Reporting Initiative will be inaugurated as an independent, permanent institution at a commemorative event on 4 April 2002 at >>> read more
WWF Report: Building a business case for sustainability
Source: WWF, 21 February 2002WWF and global communications company, Cable & Wireless plc, have published an innovative and comprehensive toolkit, entitled To Whose Profit?, which provides the first clear ‘route map’ for managers seeking ways to develop a business case for bringing environmental, social >>> read more
The European Response to Public Demands for Global Corporate Responsibility
Source: National Policy Association (USA), 11 February 2002The National Policy Association, an US organisation, has researched the CSR policy of some EU coutries. Europeans have sprung ahead of the United States in fostering an environment that has led to a plethora of innovative public policies. In the >>> read more
UN Global Compact and GRI Announce Cooperative Framework
Source: Global Reporting Initiative, 11 February 2002The GRI and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s Global Compact have formed a new cooperative framework. Companies endorsing the Global Compact’s nine-point principles covering human, labour and environmental rights, may now use GRI reporting to fulfill Global Compact participation expectations. "Companies >>> read more
Sir Peter Davis launched social responsibility reporting UK website
Source: Business in the Comunity, 5 February 2002Sir Peter Davis, the chairman of Business in the Community, launched of a new source of company information for City analysts, investors, consumers and other stakeholders. The Impact on Society Reporting Website is a new online research tool for those >>> read more
CSR topics in Global CEO Survey
Source: PriceWaterhouseCoopers UK, 5 February 2002CEOs the world over are taking decisive actions to address the challenges of the global economy, become more transparent in the information shared with investors, and capitalise on the promise of the Internet — all the while maintaining focus on >>> read more
New Report from Sustainability: ‘Good News and Bad’
Source: Sustainability, 31 January 2002SustainAbility is pleased to announce the launch of its latest report, Good News & Bad: The Media, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development. The media is one of the most powerful, yet least trusted and least accountable institutions in the >>> read more