The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) – provider of the worlds most widely-used sustainability reporting guidance – announces the launch of the Food Processing Sector Supplement and NGO Sector Supplement during the Amsterdam Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency, 26 – >>> read more
New Report Offers First Guidelines for Companies on How to Communicate about Climate Policy Engagement
Source: BSR, 18 March 2010On the heels of last years failed climate negotiations in Copenhagen, more companies worldwide are attempting to advance national and international policies around climate change. Now, a new report from BSR offers the first concrete guidelines on how business can >>> read more
Second round of the GRIs Readers Choice Awards opening today
Source: Global Reporting Initiative, 18 March 2010The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has today announced the organizations that are still in the running for the Readers Choice Awards. Readers can now continue to vote on the shortlisted organizations from 13 different countries. They determine who deserve recognition >>> read more
Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability at large Hungarian companies
Source: KPMG, 16 March 2010A third of the 100 largest companies in Hungary reported on their non-financial results last year, and only 8 of them included third party opinion as independent external control, a decrease in numbers compared to a year earlier a >>> read more
Indian Corporate Affairs Ministry to upgrade website for CSR reports
Source: Business Standard, 12 March 2010The Corporate Affairs Ministry today said it is upgrading its website for enabling companies to file their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reports online. "The Ministry is in the process of designing an e-form under MCA-21 which will enable the corporates >>> read more
New book: "One Report, Integrated Reporting for a Sustainable Strategy"
Source: , 8 March 2010The new book "One Report" refers to an emerging trend in business taking place throughout the world where companies are going beyond separate reports for financial and nonfinancial (e.g., corporate social responsibility or sustainability) results and integrating both into a >>> read more
Last chance to have your say, 2 weeks to go as voting re-opens for the 2010 GRI Readers Choice Awards
Source: Global Reporting Initiative, 22 February 2010The Global Reporting initiative (GRI) have this week re-launched the 2010 sustainability reporting awards in a simpler, more user friendly format. Voting is now easy and quick, allowing everyone to easily shape the future of sustainability reporting. The GRIs Readers >>> read more
10 Trends in Sustainability Reporting
Source: Environmental Leader, 11 February 2010Businesses face three key challenges when it comes to sustainability reporting, according to a new report. They include multiple metric frameworks, a lack of uniform definitions, and a lack of consistent applications, which have resulted in variable and unreliable measurement >>> read more
New report shows increase in uptake of GRI reporting in the S&P 100
Source: SIRAN, 4 February 2010The latest edition of the annual Sustainable Investment Research Analyst Network (SIRAN) commissioned report – S&P 100 Sustainability Reporting Comparison – shows a marked increase in the number of firms issuing GRI reports. The number of Standard and Poors >>> read more
Boston College publication examines corporate social reporting
Source: Earth Times, 28 January 2010The number of companies reporting on the social and environmental impacts of their business is growing dramatically, and along with it the variety of those reports and their content. To help readers weigh the value of the information in those >>> read more
Airport Sustainability Reporting Guidelines open for public review
Source: Global Reporting Initiative, 27 January 2010The first draft of the Airport Sustainability Reporting Guidelines is now available for public consultation. This consultation process is an important step towards developing uniform sustainability reporting guidelines, an initiative taken by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). For the past >>> read more
The three most important Sustainable Development Key Performance Indicators for 68 industries
Source: SD-M, 18 January 2010On behalf of the German Federal Environment Ministry and with participation of leading sustainable investors/analysts, who influence sustainable assets of c. Euro 2 trillion with offices in all important industrial countries, Dr. Axel Hesse (SD-M) has defined the three most >>> read more