An online Public register of HSE prosecutions of UK companies is now online by HSE. HSE enforces health and safety legislation for some industry sectors in the UK – it covers factories, building sites, mines, farms, fairgrounds, quarries, railways, chemical >>> read more
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Danes strengthen corporate reporting rules
Source: ENDS Daily, 23 October 2000The Danish government has moved to tighten up its compulsory "green accounts" system for the most environmentally significant companies with presentation to parliament of a new bill. One aim of the legislative changes is to link the country’s system of >>> read more
Coming conference of GRI in Washington, a GRI update
Source: Global Reporting Initiative, 17 October 2000GRI Update – October 2000 * 2nd International GRI Symposium, Nov. 13-15, Washington * GRI Speaks to the United Nations * GRI on the Road – Briefings in Paris, Delhi, Mumbai, London * Feedback Wanted on Sustainability Reporting Guidelines * >>> read more
Online boekhandel voor milieu-, natuur- en duurzaamheidsboeken van start
Source: Van der Molen Environmental Internet Services, 10 October 2000Milieuboek uit Amsterdam bestaat niet meer, Milieuboeken.nl op internet is het moderne alternatief om uw boeken op het gebied van milieu, natuur en duurzaamheid eenvoudig te bestellen. Zowel voor professional als de consument. Milieuboek in Amsterdam was jarenlang de bekende >>> read more
GEMI Releases First-of-its-Kind HSE Web Depot: A Tool to Enhance Corporate Value Through the Management of HSE Information
Source: GEMI, 7 September 2000The Global Environmental Management Initiative (GEMI) announced the availability of a new HSE Web Depot, designed to help Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) professionals, facility managers and business unit leaders provide value to their companies by reducing costs and risks >>> read more
Non-Polluters Average $10.4 Billion Higher Market Value
Source: INFORMS, 6 September 2000Contrary to the belief that multinationals suffer from environmental regulation, large companies that adopt strict global environmental standards in developing countries are rewarded with higher stock market performance, according to a study published in a journal of the Institute for >>> read more
CICA supports GRI
Source: AccountingEducation.com, 17 August 2000The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) has announced its support for the recent release of the revised Sustainability Reporting Guidelines issued by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). The Sustainability Reporting Guidelines make recommendations for reporting on the economic, environmental >>> read more
UNCTAD-ISAR published manual for environmental accounting and reporting in financial reports
Source: UNCTAD, 16 August 2000Environmental financial accounting deals with accounting for and reporting on environmental transactions and events that affect, or will likely affect, the financial position of the business. One of the challenges is to ensure that 1) environmental costs and liabilities are >>> read more
New report about environmental reporting in Life and Science Sector
Source: Sustainability, 10 August 2000Sustainability/UNEP published their new report "Life and Science; Accountability, Transparency, Citizenship and Governance in the Life Sciences Sector". This report is the latest in the Engaging Stakeholders series looking at the quality of corporate communications. Given the consumer backlash against >>> read more
New corporate WBCSD guide offers common framework for measuring and reporting eco-efficiency
Source: WBCSD, 4 August 2000Eco-efficiency is widely adopted in todays business world but approaches to measuring and reporting its performance have lacked consistency. For the first time, a report by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) proposes a common measurement framework that >>> read more
EU Commission adopts plans for a pollution register
Source: European Commission, 4 August 2000The European Commission has adopted a Decision on the setting up of a European Pollutant Emission Register (EPER). The Register will cover emissions of 50 pollutants from about 20,000 individual industrial facilities across the European Union and it will be >>> read more
New ranking of German Environmental Reports
Source: I, 4 August 2000For the fourth time IÖW and future e.V. have tested the quality of German environmental reports in the "Ranking of Environmental Reporting". The results are published in the latest edition of the German business journal CAPITAL. 150 of the largest >>> read more