The UK’s top companies have rejected Government demands to disclose environmental and social responsibility information, according to a survey by corporate social responsibility consultants Environmental Context and design consultancy SalterBaxter. For over six years the UK Government has been pushing >>> read more

National delegations participating in the ISO TC 207 have voted in favor of writing a guidance standard on environmental communications. The document will present basic principles for companies to communicate environmental information publicly and inside their organisations. It will also >>> read more

Japanese firms voluntarily report environmental policies, achievements and costs but do not provide hard data on emissions, energy use and water use consistently, according to a report released today by the Investor Responsibility Research Center, a leading social, environmental and >>> read more

A new update from GRI, the Global Reporting Initiative for sustainability reporting guidelines. Governance and Institutionalisation * Nominating Committee Finalised The final two members of the Nominating Committee have been appointed. Pierre Sané is the Assistant Director General of Social >>> read more

(Published in The Financial Times of 26 june 2001) Investors are behind an upsurge in auditing for ethics, says Alison Maitland The UK-based chip designer ARM Holdings thinks it is doing pretty well by its shareholders, staff, customers and local >>> read more

csr network, the international corporate social responsibility specialist, is launching its 2001 Benchmark Survey on "The State of Global Environmental and Social Reporting" in early July. As these issues climb higher up the corporate reputation agenda, the document has been >>> read more

The European Commission has adopted a Recommendation on recognition, measurement and disclosure of environmental issues in the annual accounts and annual reports of EU companies. The Recommendation clarifies existing EU accounting rules and provides guidance to improve the quality, transparency >>> read more

A new breed of nonprofit and corporate leader is trading tension and distrust for collaboration to improve corporate environmental practices in significant and lasting ways. A new report, "Partnering for Sustainability: Managing Nonprofit Organization-Corporate Environmental Alliances," outlines the factors that >>> read more

New research suggests that company performance on social and environmental issues is holding greater sway on the decisions of investor analysts, although institutional investors still need some persuading. A report commissioned by the company-led group, Business in the Environment, shows >>> read more

According to research by greenhouse gas management company, Greenergy, out of 50 UK companies surveyed, only 26 reported comprehensively on greenhouse gas emissions, with many companies missing out on the financial benefits associated with greenhouse gas reduction projects. The authors >>> read more

UNICE today published its manifesto EU environmental policy-making for sustainable development. It repeats the commitment of European business and industry to the fundamental idea of sustainable development as a process in which the three goals of economic prosperity, social cohesion >>> read more

On the eve of the CBI annual dinner, the New Economics Foundation (NEF) is calling on all FTSE 100 companies to introduce a stakeholder council into their corporate governance structure or be consigned to the dustbin of history. "Its time >>> read more