Data on the sustainability performance of companies – including carbon emissions, water use and human rights infringements – can now be easily revealed thanks to a new format for tagging data in sustainability reports, being launched today (Thursday 8 March >>> read more

Oil spills, carbon emissions and safety can now be reported on by companies in the oil and gas sector, thanks to new guidance published today (Wednesday 29 February 2012) by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). Since the Gulf of Mexico >>> read more

Companies should end quarterly financial reporting and start producing integrated reports, according to former vice president Al Gore and former Goldman Sachs Asset Management CEO David Blood. Read the full article by following the link.

The pressure to report may be increasing – but that doesn’t mean your company has to jump into the reporting pool. Elaine Cohen outlines ten valid arguments for the debut CSR report to be put on hold Read the full >>> read more

I have spent the first six weeks of 2012 working with companies to create sustainability reports, and the mix of companies has been refreshingly diverse—first-time reporters and experienced old-hands, reporters from developed and emerging markets, companies with huge direct impacts >>> read more

At the GreenBiz Forum in New York City last week, Ernst & Young offered a preview of fall 2011 survey results of sustainability program and reporting trends at leading companies in 24 sectors. Of the more than 270 respondents, 85 >>> read more

Last week, together with Wes Gee from Stantec and Sonya Fiorini from Loblaw, CBSR delivered a well attended webinar on sustainability reporting. Reflecting on the discussions from the webinar, I would like to emphasize some key points that aim to >>> read more

Two new reports call for mandatory reporting as sustainability becomes increasingly central to the future of business. Two recent developments in the Rio+20 context will help prompt welcome – and overdue – attention to the crucial role that corporate reporting >>> read more

Two influential documents – the Rio+20 negotiating text and the recommendations of the U.N. secretary general’s High Level Panel on Global Sustainability – both propose tighter sustainability reporting requirements for businesses, according to Chatham House fellow Paul Hohnen, writing in >>> read more

nspired by this post on Geenbiz.com entitled "I published my CSR Report. Where’s my media coverage?", in which Elin Nosewski offers some tips about how to get noticed by reporters and bloggers – mainly focusing on the report content, I >>> read more

Het Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) nodigt organisaties en experts uit een nieuw format voor het rapporteren van duurzaamheidsrapporten te testen op basis van de GRI-richtlijnen. Lees het volledige artikel via de link.

We help companies tell their stories. And these days, more and more of those stories are about sustainability. Often the starting point for this conversation is a shiny, new sustainability report. Whether it’s your first foray into reporting or your >>> read more