The winners of the Ethical Corporation’s 9th Annual Responsible Business Awards has been announced at a glamorous Awards Dinner ceremony yesterday (9th October) in central London. In the category ‘Integrated Report of the Year’ ABN AMRO was the winner with it’s >>> read more

Dominic Barton, Senior Partner and former Global Managing Partner from 2009 to 2018 at McKinsey & Company, has been appointed Chair of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC), the global body driving reform in company reporting. Mr. Barton will bring >>> read more

Healthy and safe working conditions are recognized as a human right – yet it is estimated that close to 2.8 million people die from work-related injuries and illnesses every year, according to the International Labour Organization. A lack of robust >>> read more

The World Federation of Exchanges has recently published a revised sustainability reporting guidance for their member exchanges. The WFE ESG Guidance and Metrics is fully aligned with the GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards, and the guidelines have now been mapped against the >>> read more

The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) published its 2018 Status Report to the Financial Stability Board (FSB) today. The report provides an overview of current disclosure practices and their alignment with the core elements of the TCFD recommendations. In time >>> read more

In the latest report, EcoAct (Carbon Clear) presents their research into the environmental sustainability reporting trends within the of the UK’s largest companies. Download the report to find out how companies are managing climate risk and future proofing business operations; innovating >>> read more

The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) announced ahead of the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) last week that they will move forward soon with a Bloomberg-funded effort to bring their standards in line with >>> read more

The Amman Stock Exchange (ASE )has issued guidelines on the preparation of sustainability reports in both Arabic and English. The guide provides guidelines for publicly listed companies on how to prepare the sustainability report and the information to be included in >>> read more

Companies may be cherry-picking sustainability measures that make them look good, while huge variation in what’s reported makes meaningful comparisons across firms impossible, a new international study shows. Researchers say their findings reinforce the call for minimum requirements for sustainability >>> read more

Access to freshwater is essential for all life, and a human right recognized by the United Nations. However, millions of people around the world suffer from water scarcity, poor water quality, and inadequate sanitation. Companies operating in areas with water >>> read more

The Institute of Management Accounting has debuted a massive open online course, or MOOC, on sustainability reporting. The free course, “Improving Confidence in Sustainability Performance Data,” is being offered through openSAP. It fits into the trend of MOOCs, which have >>> read more

Energy and sustainability expert Schneider Electric today announced new external reporting features in the company’s cloud-based enterprise software platform EcoStruxure™ Resource Advisor. The updates will enable organizations to turn sustainability disclosure into an ongoing process and better use data collected throughout the year, reducing >>> read more