April 2002 Update Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). * Inauguration Event at United Nations – A Milestone * First GRI Board Chair Selected – Dr. Judy Henderson * GRI Secretariat is Amsterdam-Bound * Dr. Allen White Appointed Acting Chief Executive * >>> read more

On 23 April, the European Parliament’s Employment Committee voted on its report on corporate social responsibility (CSR). It asks for obligatory requirements for social and environmental reporting to be introduced. Background: In July 2001, the European Commission issued a Green >>> read more

AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), an international sustainability reporting institution that was formally inaugurated at a United Nations ceremony on 4 April 2002, has announced that its permanent Secretariat headquarters will be opened later this year in Amsterdam, >>> read more

On 18 April, as part of the ‘Green Week’, a seminar was held on global governance and corporate accountability. A number of NGOs called on the EU to promote legally binding instruments for corporate accountability to be introduced at the >>> read more

Tareq Emtairah, Research Associate of the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics of Lund University, published his review of policy action aimed at regulating corporate environmental reports (CERs) in Europe with the view of giving guidance on the feasibility of >>> read more

The draft report "The Desirability and Feasibility of ISO Corporate Social Responsibility Standards" is now available for comments. The draft report was prepared by the "Consumer Protection in the Global Market" Working Group of COPOLCO, the Consumer Policy Committee of >>> read more

Nine organisations have shared the first 11 Awards given by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) for Sustainability Reporting in the UK. At a ceremony in London this morning, the winning organisations received their awards from the Rt. Hon. >>> read more

In a new study to be released next month, the Oakland-based Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment spotlights a pervasive corporate practice–the underdisclosure of environmental liabilities. In the post-Enron landscape, the investment community has grown increasingly aware that underdisclosure >>> read more

Businesses that wish to survive and thrive in a global economy must respond to major social and environmental trends that are reshaping markets, says a report released today by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), World Business Council for Sustainable >>> read more

Proposals on corporate social responsibility issued by the European Commission yesterday have been welcomed by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). GRI has developed globally applicable guidelines for the reporting of economic, environmental and social performance. The aim is to standardise >>> read more

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), an international sustainability reporting institution, was formally inaugurated at a luncheon attended by over 200 guests at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on 4 April 2002. The GRI was convened in 1997 >>> read more

The GRI is pleased to release the Draft Version of the 2002 GRI Sustainability Reporting Guidelines for public review and comment. The road to this Draft Version of the Guidelines began in July 2000, immediately after release of the June >>> read more