According to a new study released today by Oracle Corporation and the Economist Intelligence Unit, 85 percent of executives and investors rank corporate responsibility as a central consideration in investment decisions. The study, "The Importance of Corporate Responsibility," surveyed 136 >>> read more

A Taste of our Own Guidelines: the very first GRI-GRI report GRI has launched its first sustainability report, produced using its own reporting Guidelines. With a mission of developing and disseminating globally applicable Sustainability Reporting Guidelines, we knew the time >>> read more

The University of Leeds Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) and the Berlin-based Institute for Futures Studies and Technology Assessment (IZT) in cooperation with eco-rating agencies from Sweden (GES Investment Services), Germany (scoris), Italy (AVANZI SRI) and Hungary (Institute for Strategic Studies) >>> read more

The first meeting of the ISO group that is to develop an International Standard giving guidelines on social responsibility has been scheduled for 7-11 March 2005 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. ISO expects that developing the standard will take three years, >>> read more

A news update from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). Technical Experts appointed to the TAC 1/25/2005 The final piece of GRI’s governance structure is ready to become operational, as the process of confirming members for the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) >>> read more

More companies are choosing to hold out their records on everything from labor issues to their use of environmentally correct products. This may have an affect on their bottom lines, but it’s also begging a new financial reporting standard that >>> read more

Ceres and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) today announced the shortlist of 18 reports for the Ceres-ACCA North American Sustainability Reporting Awards 2004 program, out of 66 applications received from US and Canadian companies. The 18 reports are >>> read more

A new survey by andBEYOND Communications shows that 50% more CEOs heeded this warning in 2004. The New York-based investor relations firm analyzed the letters to shareholders in annual reports published from 1999 to 2004 to see how CEOs described >>> read more

Calvert, the nations largest family of socially responsible mutual funds, today published its first Sustainability Report using Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines. The 50-page report detailing Calverts economic, social and environmental performance is available on the firms website. For years, >>> read more

In an update of the 2003 study "Sustainable Development Pays Off" , Kommunalkredit Dexia, an Austrian Asset Management company, confirms that WBCSD members enjoy high investor confidence. The study ( 368 kb) analyzed the performance of the 141 WBCSD members >>> read more

Boards are failing to disclose to financial investors how environmental and social issues pose strategic risks and opportunities for their businesses, according to an international review of corporate sustainability reports by SustainAbility, the United Nations Environment Programme and Standard & >>> read more

The study analyzes over 50 published studies on corporate social performance and corporate financial performance, and finds an unambiguous positive relationship. "Can business meet new social, environmental, and financial expectations and still win?" Business Week posed this question in 1999, >>> read more