by Bill Baue, SocialFunds.Com Weeks after the latest SEC roundtable on interactive data, the Global Reporting Initiative releases a draft taxonomy of XBRL tags mapped to G3 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. The dawning of the electronic age has radically transformed the >>> read more

Deze maand lanceert de European Sustainability Reporting Association (ESRA) het nieuw gevormde ESRA – (voorheen European Sustainability Reporting Awards) – reporting project. Helle Bank Jørgensen, Voorzitter van ESRA, verklaart: “De lancering is zeer geschikt daar meer en meer bedrijven onthullen >>> read more

Of the largest 30 companies in the Fortune Global 500 and Fortune 1000 industrial and and farm equipment sectors whose environmental and sustainability reporting was analyzed by the Roberts Environmental Center in 2006, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Japan) achieved the highest >>> read more

Within the next two years, 89% of companies in the United States and 62% in Europe plan to use technology to manage their corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, according to a new AMR Research survey. However, while environmental issues are >>> read more

For the first time, corporate responsibility practitioners will be able to access the very latest and best in sustainability reporting through a new, comprehensive online database. The database, called "Learn from the Leaders" contains more than 350 specific examples of >>> read more

Vodafone today took the prize for best report at the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) sustainability reporting awards in London. The mobile phone giant was singled out by the judges for the clarity and readability of its report, as >>> read more

Following a shortlisting judges meeting, the 15 finalist entrants were announced in October 2006. More than 80 organisations submitted reports this year, including over 10 SMEs and a number of first-timers. Four SMEs have made the shortlist – this number >>> read more

Ceres and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) today announced the shortlist of candidate reports for the Ceres-ACCA North American Sustainability Reporting Awards for 2006. Of the 102 sustainability reports received, 19 were selected for further consideration by the >>> read more

UK managers believe their current non-financial reporting systems are failing to focus their reporting enough on the ‘most important’ risks facing their organizations, according to new global research from Lloyds Register Quality Assurance. A mere 36% of UK businesses claimed >>> read more

A new AccountAbility report released today calls on companies to move beyond basic compliance approaches in dealing with social and environmental issues and to integrate them into their core business strategies and practices. "The Materiality Report: Aligning Strategy Performance and >>> read more

Of the 30 companies in the Fortune Global 500 energy and utilities sectors whose environmental and sustainability reporting was analyzed by the Roberts Environmental Center in 2006, National Grid (U. K.) again achieved the highest ranking in environmental and sustainability >>> read more

Up until early November, UK companies were not required to file CSR reports. With the passing of the Companies Act; the largest bill to pass through Commons, directors will have to report on what they are doing and therefore, having >>> read more