Corporate responsibility (CR) reporting in industrialized countries has clearly entered the mainstream, with Japan and UK in the lead. There has been a dramatic change from purely environmental reporting up until 1999 to sustainability reporting in 2005, encompassing social, ethical, >>> read more
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Business for Social Responsibility Publishes: Reporting As a Process
Source: BSR, 15 June 2005An extensive process is underway to update the 2002 Global Report Initiative (GRI) Guidelines by mid-2006. As part of its contribution to this process, Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) has published a free report drawing on the experiences of 19 >>> read more
New report on Sustainability Reporting in Canada
Source: CGA-Canada, 10 June 2005CGA-Canada, in cooperation with the CGA-Canada Research Foundation, has released a new report on the emerging field of corporate sustainability reporting. The report, titled Measuring Up: A Study on Sustainability Reporting in Canada, is based on a survey of more >>> read more
Companies that go Beyond Reporting create business value, new report says
Source: WBCSD, 8 June 2005Companies can turn regulatory compliance and heightened corporate governance efforts into opportunities that create value for their businesses, according to a new report from the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). Companies now invest heavily in time and money >>> read more
GRI News Update – May 2005
Source: Global Reporting Initiative, 27 May 2005Global Reporting Initiative News Update – May 2005 Now Open: Public comment period for the Logistics and Transportation Sector Supplement 5/24/2005 In partnership with the Logistics & Transportation Corporate Citizenship Initiative of the World Economic Forum (L&TCCI WEF), the GRI >>> read more
Report Ranks Best German Corporate Sustainability Reports
Source: Institutionalshareowner.com, 23 May 2005By William Baue, Institutional Shareholder.Com How do German companies fare on sustainability reporting? That is the question posed in a recent report sponsored by the Berlin-based Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW) and Münster-based future e.V. The report, entitled Sustainability >>> read more
Start of educational programs aimed at the practice of Corporate Social Responsibility
Source: Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, 28 April 2005Nowadays, corporate social responsibility is increasingly gaining interest and is an item on every management agenda. Still there was no postgraduate program that enabled managers and auditors to specialise in this area. The Erasmus University Rotterdam (Eurac BV) therefore starts >>> read more
GRI News Update – April 2005
Source: Global Reporting Initiative, 21 April 2005April 200 news update of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). G3 Update On: Technical Protocols 4/20/2005 The development of a standard format in which to present Technical Protocols is one of the objectives of the G3 plan, and involves preparing >>> read more
Co-operative Financial Services best European Sustainability Reporter
Source: ACCA, 13 April 2005The UK company Co-operative Financial Services is winner of The European Sustainability Reporting Award 2004. See the report of the judge for full details.
North Armerican Sustainability Reporting award winners excel at transparency
Source: Canada Newswire Group, 8 April 2005The winners of the third annual Ceres-ACCA North American Awards for Sustainability Reporting were announced today. The awards will be presented to the winners at a ceremony in Toronto at noon today. Vancity Credit Union, a Vancouver based financial services >>> read more
Sustainability Reporting – by the Department of the Environment and Heritage (DEH), Australia
Source: Austrlian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage, 1 April 2005This reporting written by the Department of the Environment and Heritage (DEH) is a sound bite of the latest in sustainability reporting. Its focuses purely on non-financial reporting and is intended for anyone interested in keeping up-to-date. [html]<P align=justify>This reporting >>> read more
March 2005 update of GRI
Source: Global Reporting Initiative, 29 March 2005The march 2005 update of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). Progress report: the latest scoop on G3 3/22/2005 Keep yourself fully up-to-date on G3 developments at GRI by using the new Work in Progress (WIP) brief tool! Written a sustainability >>> read more