The Environmental Protection Agency of Mexico (PROFEPA) has released its first report rating thousands of the county’s companies on three environmental performance indices. For the last five years PROFEPA has collected data on 6,048 Mexican companies’ air emissions, generation of >>> read more
WBCSD: social responsibility vital to business survival
Source: WBCSD, 15 January 2000Managing social issues is a critical reputation asset, vital for the survival of todays corporations. This was the message today at the World Business Council for Sustainable Developments London launch of its second report on Corporate Social Responsibility, Making Good >>> read more
Changes in Danish mandatory environmental reporting
Source: ENDS/Danish EPA, 15 January 2000Denmark’s system of mandatory green reporting by companies with a significant environmental impact (the "green accounting system") is set for its first major overhaul in five years, under a proposal expected to go before parliament before the summer. The most >>> read more
Should banks be liable for pollution caused by companies that borrow from them?
Source: ESRC, 15 December 1999Modern environmental regulation holds polluters strictly liable for the costs of the pollution they cause. But does this liability extend to the banks that fund polluting firms? And if not, should it? New ESRC-funded research led by Professor Alistair Ulph >>> read more
New: The Copenhagen Charter – a management guide to stakeholder reporting
Source: , 15 December 1999"The Copenhagen Charter – a management guide to stakeholder reporting", has been published by the Danish offices of Ernst & Young, KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers and the House of Mandag Morgen. The Copenhagen Charter was launched at the Building Stakeholder Relations conference >>> read more
Socially responsible investing in U.S. tops two trillion dollar mark
Source: The Social Investment Forum, 15 November 1999More than $2 trillion is invested today in the United States in a socially responsible manner, up a strong 82 percent from 1997 levels, according to a study released today by the nonprofit Social Investment Forum. The $2.16 trillion includes >>> read more
GRI effort to Measure Social, Environmental and Economic Performance of Companies Receives $3 Million Grant From United Nations Foundation
Source: CERES/UNEP, 15 November 1999The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has received a grant totaling $3 million over two years from the United Nations Foundation (UNF) to support the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), an international effort designed to develop guidelines for measuring the social, >>> read more
Research of Innovest in the utility sector shows again postive relation environmental and financial performances
Source: Innovest Group, 15 November 1999A recent study by Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, a New York-based financial advisory firm, found that utilities with above average environmental performance outperformed those with below-average performance by over 600 basis points during the previous year. The study confirms nearly >>> read more
Reserach of Innovest in the utility sector shows again postive relation environmental and financial performances
Source: Innovest Group, 15 November 1999A recent study by Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, a New York-based financial advisory firm, found that utilities with above average environmental performance outperformed those with below-average performance by over 600 basis points during the previous year. The study confirms nearly >>> read more
EU study report published about environmental accounting and reporting
Source: EU website, 15 October 1999The European Union study report about environmental accounting and reporting has been published and is available online. The study has been carried out by the University of Sunderland (UK), by great suprise in the field of experts of environmental reporting >>> read more
De guidelines van Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) komen beschikbaar in het Nederlands!
Source: DHV, 15 October 1999De draft guidelines voor een sustainability report van het Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) komen binnenkort in het Nederlands beschikbaar. Het adviesbureau DHV, actief op het gebied van duurzaam ondernemen en milieuverslaggeving, en de Vereniging van Beleggers in Duurzame Ontwikkeling (VBDO) >>> read more
Again a study that shows Environmental Policies enhance Shareholder Value
Source: The Green Business Letter, 15 September 1999Again there a recent two-year study adds to the growing literature that shows a positive relationship between environmental performance and company shareholder value. Results indicate that going beyond compliance and developing environmental products enhance earnings per share and profitability. Deutsche >>> read more