The sustainable mobility agenda which will take decades to resolve, will bring many major automotive companies to their knees… this is a key conclusion in the latest sector report from the sustainable development think-tank and strategy consultancy, SustainAbility. Driving Sustainability >>> read more

The European Commission decided today to take further steps to green the institution by adopting a Decision to implement the Community’s Eco-Management and Audit Scheme, EMAS. The scheme will give the Commission an accurate picture of its environmental impact, improve >>> read more

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) announced today that it has received a $950,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a corporate HIV/AIDS reporting protocol. The grant, which will be administered by the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible >>> read more

An update fro GRI, the Global Reporting Initiative for guidelines for sustainability reporting. Measurement Working Group Presents Documents for Public Comment The work of the ten MWG subgroups will be completed this fall, and the resulting information will be rolled >>> read more

Environment Australia published this month 2 reports about sustainability: * The role of Australia’s financial sector in sustainability * A Capital Idea: Realising Value from Environmental and Social Performance The role of Australia’s financial sector in sustainability: Recognising the growing >>> read more

AccountAbility launched the AccountAbility 1000 (AA1000) Framework in November 1999 to provide a practical framework for organisations to address issues of accountability and to improve overall performance. At its heart is a quality management process based on stakeholder engagement. Organisations >>> read more

Update from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), guidelines for sustainability reporting. REMINDER! Call for Nominations to the GRI Board of Directors The Nominating Committee of the GRI invites nominations for individuals to serve on the first Board of Directors. The >>> read more

The merger of Hewlett-Packard and Compaq is bearing fruit: the young company came out on top in a "Corporate Responsibility Rating, conducted by Munich-based oekom research AG, of the eight leading computer manufacturers on the international stage. The rating uses >>> read more

Onnodig en ongewenst. Dat vindt de ondernemingsorganisatie VNO-NCW van het initiatief van Tweede-Kamerleden Koenders (PvdA) en Rabbae (GroenLinks) om ondernemingen te laten rapporteren over de maatschappelijke aspecten van hun internationale activiteiten. VNO-NCW is voorstander van transparantie over ondernemen in binnen >>> read more

Powerful new scrutiny of top-tier FTSE-listed companies social and environmental performance by SERM Rating Agency shows some disturbing gaps between best-in-class and their poorer performing sector peers, in terms of their net risk to capital value. In addition, Rating outputs >>> read more

Shortly after the European Commission’s communication on quality of work, Commissioners Anna Diamantopoulou (Employment and Social Affairs) and Erkki Liikanen (Enterprise and Information Society) today presented a Green Paper on promoting a European framework for Corporate Social Responsibility(1), whereby companies >>> read more

Business in the Community (BITC), the leading UK organisation working to promote responsible business practices, held its annual awards ceremony on 11 July. The Co-operative Bank captured the top award for ‘Company of the Year’ at an event that also >>> read more