The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has received a grant totaling $3 million over two years from the United Nations Foundation (UNF) to support the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), an international effort designed to develop guidelines for measuring the social, >>> read more
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Research of Innovest in the utility sector shows again postive relation environmental and financial performances
Source: Innovest Group, 15 November 1999A recent study by Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, a New York-based financial advisory firm, found that utilities with above average environmental performance outperformed those with below-average performance by over 600 basis points during the previous year. The study confirms nearly >>> read more
Reserach of Innovest in the utility sector shows again postive relation environmental and financial performances
Source: Innovest Group, 15 November 1999A recent study by Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, a New York-based financial advisory firm, found that utilities with above average environmental performance outperformed those with below-average performance by over 600 basis points during the previous year. The study confirms nearly >>> read more
EU study report published about environmental accounting and reporting
Source: EU website, 15 October 1999The European Union study report about environmental accounting and reporting has been published and is available online. The study has been carried out by the University of Sunderland (UK), by great suprise in the field of experts of environmental reporting >>> read more
De guidelines van Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) komen beschikbaar in het Nederlands!
Source: DHV, 15 October 1999De draft guidelines voor een sustainability report van het Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) komen binnenkort in het Nederlands beschikbaar. Het adviesbureau DHV, actief op het gebied van duurzaam ondernemen en milieuverslaggeving, en de Vereniging van Beleggers in Duurzame Ontwikkeling (VBDO) >>> read more
Again a study that shows Environmental Policies enhance Shareholder Value
Source: The Green Business Letter, 15 September 1999Again there a recent two-year study adds to the growing literature that shows a positive relationship between environmental performance and company shareholder value. Results indicate that going beyond compliance and developing environmental products enhance earnings per share and profitability. Deutsche >>> read more
Dow Jones Indexes & SAM Sustainability Group launched Sustainability Indexes
Source: , 15 September 1999Dow Jones Sustainability Group Indexes GmbH (DJSGI GmbH) announced the launch of the world’s first global indexes that track the performance of the leading sustainability-driven companies world-wide. The Dow Jones Sustainability Group Indexes (DJSGI) family consists of one global and >>> read more
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) presents Exposure Draft of the Sustainability Reporting Guidelines
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The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) was established in late 1997 with the mission of designing globally applicable guidelines for preparing enterprise-level sustainability reports. GRI presented today an Exposure Draft of their Sustainability Reporting Guidelines for comment and pilot testing. These guidelines >>> read more