Friends of the Earth have announced the nominees for our annual Xposé Awards, which congratulate big business and their lobby groups for their efforts to ruin the planet. The winners will be announced on 27th September at the Labour Party >>> read more

Less than a quarter of FTSE All Share companies make any quantitative environmental disclosures in their annual reports and accounts, despite new DTI regulation calling for this from January 2005. The Environment Agency has revealed results of the first study >>> read more

This report presents the results of a project to identify the number of Australia’s largest companies that have undertaken a sustainability report or are planning to launch their first sustainability report in 2004. A broad range of corporate non-financial reports >>> read more

Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) September News Update. GRI issues clarification note on "in accordance" expectations 23 September 2004 In the two years since the release of the Guidelines the use of the "in accordance" option for reporting has generated much >>> read more

Legislators and other financial rule-makers across the world are telling companies and institutional investors to say what part, if any, social responsibility plays in their business plans. Here are some of the most significant measures to date: AUSTRIA: Voluntary guidelines >>> read more

A new global study among opinion elites, released today by APCO Worldwide, demonstrates a growing need for greater communication of companies’ corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives. While corporations are making considerable efforts to report social and environmental practices, an overwhelming >>> read more

Independent investment research firm Innovest has released the latest of its sector-based assessments of how companies perform on corporate social responsibility. The report ranks 33 companies in the oil and gas industry. Companies that received the highest ranking include Norsk >>> read more

9th environment index challenges top companies to benchmark environmental engagement. The Environment Index remains the leading indicator of corporate environmental engagement. It is a well-established business management tool, developed to support companies in improving their impact on the environment. It >>> read more

Results of the latest FTSE4Good index review are released today by global index provider, FTSE Group. A total of 79 new companies worldwide have met the SRI index criteria and will be added to the index series at close of >>> read more

Businesses worldwide are failing to produce enough sustainability reports, while governments are doing little to encourage such reporting – which would have a direct benefit for business and the environment, a global survey by ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified >>> read more

You are invited to share your views on Corporate Social Responsibility in the E-discussion that starts on the 20th of September. In this first E-newsletter from the European Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility we inform you about the E-discussion leading >>> read more

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and Ceres, a US coalition of environmental and investor groups today called for submissions to the Ceres-ACCA North American Awards for Sustainability Reporting 2004. These awards, the first ever in North America, are >>> read more