Social reporting isn’t yet doing it’s job and holding big companies to account. That’s the view of a radical critique by NEF (The New Economics Foundation), which calls for a new audit radicalisation. The report "Corporate Spin: The Troubled Teenager >>> read more
Multinationals are becoming more transparent but fail to address major environmental and social impacts
Source: Sustainability/UNEP, 16 November 2000Report spotlights the top fifty corporate sustainability reports worldwide. The Global Reporters, SustainAbility’s latest research, benchmarks the top 50 corporate sustainability reports from around the world. Given recent anti-globalization protests and the increasing spotlight on corporate responsibility, such reporting will >>> read more
EPA Study Highlights Financial Link to Environmental Performance
Source: National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology Environmental Capital Markets Committee (US EPA), 3 November 2000Report encourages overcoming the barriers to integrating the value of environmental strategies into financial analyses. Social investors and environmental advocates have long argued that sound environmental performance is part of responsible business practice and can add to a company’s profitability. >>> read more
HSE Public register of UK prosecutions online
Source: Health & Safety Executive 2000, 31 October 2000An online Public register of HSE prosecutions of UK companies is now online by HSE. HSE enforces health and safety legislation for some industry sectors in the UK – it covers factories, building sites, mines, farms, fairgrounds, quarries, railways, chemical >>> read more
Danes strengthen corporate reporting rules
Source: ENDS Daily, 23 October 2000The Danish government has moved to tighten up its compulsory "green accounts" system for the most environmentally significant companies with presentation to parliament of a new bill. One aim of the legislative changes is to link the country’s system of >>> read more
Coming conference of GRI in Washington, a GRI update
Source: Global Reporting Initiative, 17 October 2000GRI Update – October 2000 * 2nd International GRI Symposium, Nov. 13-15, Washington * GRI Speaks to the United Nations * GRI on the Road – Briefings in Paris, Delhi, Mumbai, London * Feedback Wanted on Sustainability Reporting Guidelines * >>> read more
Online boekhandel voor milieu-, natuur- en duurzaamheidsboeken van start
Source: Van der Molen Environmental Internet Services, 10 October 2000Milieuboek uit Amsterdam bestaat niet meer, Milieuboeken.nl op internet is het moderne alternatief om uw boeken op het gebied van milieu, natuur en duurzaamheid eenvoudig te bestellen. Zowel voor professional als de consument. Milieuboek in Amsterdam was jarenlang de bekende >>> read more
GEMI Releases First-of-its-Kind HSE Web Depot: A Tool to Enhance Corporate Value Through the Management of HSE Information
Source: GEMI, 7 September 2000The Global Environmental Management Initiative (GEMI) announced the availability of a new HSE Web Depot, designed to help Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) professionals, facility managers and business unit leaders provide value to their companies by reducing costs and risks >>> read more
Non-Polluters Average $10.4 Billion Higher Market Value
Source: INFORMS, 6 September 2000Contrary to the belief that multinationals suffer from environmental regulation, large companies that adopt strict global environmental standards in developing countries are rewarded with higher stock market performance, according to a study published in a journal of the Institute for >>> read more
CICA supports GRI
Source: AccountingEducation.com, 17 August 2000The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) has announced its support for the recent release of the revised Sustainability Reporting Guidelines issued by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). The Sustainability Reporting Guidelines make recommendations for reporting on the economic, environmental >>> read more
UNCTAD-ISAR published manual for environmental accounting and reporting in financial reports
Source: UNCTAD, 16 August 2000Environmental financial accounting deals with accounting for and reporting on environmental transactions and events that affect, or will likely affect, the financial position of the business. One of the challenges is to ensure that 1) environmental costs and liabilities are >>> read more
New report about environmental reporting in Life and Science Sector
Source: Sustainability, 10 August 2000Sustainability/UNEP published their new report "Life and Science; Accountability, Transparency, Citizenship and Governance in the Life Sciences Sector". This report is the latest in the Engaging Stakeholders series looking at the quality of corporate communications. Given the consumer backlash against >>> read more