The OECD Guidelines recommend principles and standards for multinational enterprises, but they do not prescribe precise ways in which to measure and report actual behaviour. Where complementarities exist, the GRI indicators can be used to help measure and report on >>> read more

Interest in sustainability reporting by the public sector has been growing rapidly. Agencies on every tier of government have started down the road to better transparency and reporting on their sustainability impacts, just as the general public has started to >>> read more

Gearing Up, a new SustainAbility report launched on 24 June in New York at the United Nations Global Compact Leaders Summit, concludes that despite achieving impressive momentum the corporate responsibility (CR) movement is bumping up against real limits. Some responsible >>> read more

More Australian companies are producing sustainability or CSR reports, according to a new study by the Department of the Environment and Heritage and others. Of 509 companies surveyed, 116 has a publicly available report. The survey, ‘The State of Sustainability >>> read more

(Published in the Australian Financial Review, 14 July 2004). The number of Australian companies producing sustainability reports rose by around 27 per cent over the past year, according to a new study to be released today. But the Australian Shareholders’ >>> read more

What you would like to see in GRI’s first sustainability report? As a member of GRI’s international network you are an important stakeholder in the organisation. We value your thoughts on the general parameters we have set for the report >>> read more

Business and NGOs clash on conclusions of final report of Multi Stakeholder Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility. Two weeks after the final plenary meeting of the Multi Stakeholder Forum on CSR, there is still no full agreement on the final >>> read more

There was a time 30 or so years ago when, like many college students, I distrusted big business. Of course I had absolutely no basis in fact for that conclusion. It was just that like many, not to our credit, >>> read more

Speech by Mr Erkki Liikanen Member of the European Commission, responsible for Enterprise and the Information Society "Corporate Social Responsibility: the way forward" EU Multi-Stakeholder Forum on CSR Brussels, 29 June 2004 Ladies and Gentlemen, Introductory remarks It gives me >>> read more

ISO is to develop an International Standard for social responsibility. The objective is to produce "a guidance document, written in plain language which is understandable and usable by non-specialists" and not intended for use in certification. The decision was taken >>> read more

The EU Commission welcomes recommendations of the EU Multi-Stakeholder Forum on how to advance the European agenda on corporate social responsibility (CSR). At its final meeting today, high level representatives of business, trade unions and civil society presented the final >>> read more

SURVEYS show companies that practise good corporate social responsibility (CSR) benefit significantly in terms of better financial performance, lower staff turnover, enhanced brand image, and a competitive advantage over their rivals. Securities Commission (SC) chairman Datuk Md Nor Yusof said >>> read more