Almost every single company — 98 percent, to be precise — listed on the FTSE All-Share Index now mentions the environment in their annual reports. The down side is that for at least some of those companies, mention the environment >>> read more
GRI working group releases the GRI Financial Services Sector Supplement for a 3 month public comment phase
Source: UNEP FI, 16 October 2007Since 2006, UNEP Finance Initiative and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) have jointly coordinated a working group to pilot and review the draft versions of the GRI Financial Services Sector Supplement (Environmental and Social Performance). s part of this piloting >>> read more
Coca-Cola Enterprises lauded for corporate social responsibility reporting
Source: Atlanta Business Chronicle, 6 October 2007The World Council for Corporate Governance and the Centre for Sustainability and Excellence has named Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. a recipient of the 2007 Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting. "The 2006 Coca-Cola Enterprises Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Report, >>> read more
GRI Readers Choice Awards Raise the Bar for Sustainability Reporting
Source: GRI, 1 October 2007Thousands of companies issue sustainability reports each year but who reads them? What do these readers think of reports? Do reports meet the needs of communities, investors, employees, customers, journalists, and non-governmental organizations? The GRI Readers Choice Award was >>> read more
New report about Global corporate response to ESG challenges
Source: EIRIS, 14 September 2007Global sustainable investment specialists EIRIS today published The state of responsible business: Global corporate response to environmental, social and governance (ESG) challenges which provides a snapshot of the state of responsible business around the globe. The report details findings of >>> read more
Introducing the GRI Readers’ Choice Awards Readers to identify the best sustainability reports world wide
Source: GRI, 29 August 2007Thousands of companies issue sustainability reports each year – but who reads them? What do these readers think of reports? Do reports meet the needs of communities, investors, employees, customers, journalists, and non-governmental organizations? The GRI Readers’ Choice Award was >>> read more
Sustainability Reporting More Common Among Top Global Brands`
Source: GRI, 2 August 2007Sustainability reporting is becoming more common than not among the world’s top brands, according to recent research from Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). The organization looked at the world’s top 100 brands, as ranked by Interbrand and Business Week in the >>> read more
Rockwell collins (us), Raytheon (us), and BAE Systems (uk) at top of aerospace and defense sector sustainability reporting
Source: Roberts Environmental Center, 7 May 2007Of the 18 companies in the aerospace and defense sector of the 2005 Fortune Global 500 and Fortune 1000 whose environmental and sustainability reporting was analyzed by the Roberts Environmental Center in late 2005, Rockwell Collins (US), one of the >>> read more
More US companies report on environmental performance
Source: Environmental Finance magazine, 7 May 2007Half of the US’s top 100 companies are now reporting on their environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance, according to a study by social investment researchers. Of the companies in the S&P 100 Index, 49 had issued comprehensive ESG reports >>> read more
Royal mail group (uk), UPS (us), and Deutsche Post (germany) top mail, freight, and shipping sector sustainability reporting
Source: Roberts Environmental Center, 7 May 2007Of the 12 companies in the Fortune Global 500 mail, freight, and shipping sectors whose environmental and sustainability reporting was analyzed by the Roberts Environmental Center in 2006, Royal Mail Group (UK) was graded A+ and United Parcel Service (US) >>> read more
VanCity and Bristol-Myers Squibb Receive Top Sustainability Reporting Awards at Ceres Conference in Boston
Source: CERES, 7 May 2007Vancity Group and Bristol-Myers Squibb received the top sustainability reporting awards today in an international competition hosted by the Boston-based Ceres coalition and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). The winners, selected from a record 102 nominations, also included >>> read more
Baxter tops medical products and equipment sector sustainability reporting
Source: Roberts Environmental Center, 20 April 2007Of the 16 companies in the Fortune Global 500 medical products and equipment sector whose environmental and sustainability reporting was analyzed by the Roberts Environmental Center in 2006, Baxter achieved by far the highest ranking in environmental and sustainability reporting >>> read more