Sustainability/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

Eco-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

The 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

For 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

The Sustainability Communication Platform (SCP) is an Internet based service to be launched in June 2000, designed to facilitate cost effective reporting and meaningful stakeholder dialogue on sustainability issues. It provides a format for reporting on policies, practices and performance >>> read more

The June 2000 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines are now available.  A professionally designed version  will be available in both paper form and on the GRI website in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) form in mid-July. Translations into several languages will be completed by >>> read more

The University Of Lueneburg and the Swiss private bank PICTET & CIE have published a report in Stakeholder Value in association with United Nations Environment Programma (UNEP).The report defines and measures Stakeholder Value for the first time and applies the >>> read more

Britisch Telecom (BT) published a report where the economical aspects of sustainable business have been worked out. This document is input for the new GRI version. Therefore there are also indicators defined. Sustainabily is about People, Planet and Profit. So >>> read more

Corporate decisions have an ever greater effect upon society and the environment on a global level. As providers of information, we are aware that investors, consumers, employees and other stakeholders increasingly demand an assessment of the performance of companies in >>> read more

Denmark has gained valuable experience with Green Accounts since 1995. Green Accounts from Danish enterprises have been evaluated, to prepare for the coming revision of the Green Accounts Act. From a Danish EPA evaluation of green accounts covering 50% of >>> read more

Regulated by IMRO Information technology companies are the worst at reporting on any environmental issues out of 38 sub-sectors analysed in PIRC’s annual survey of environmental reporting in the UK. Only 14% disclose having an environmental policy and none describe >>> read more

Previous Benchmark Surveys from SustainAbilitys Engaging Stakeholders Programme, have provided much-needed recognition of progressive reporting practices, and have been a good opportunity for companies to learn and be showcased. Sustainability asked us to pay attention to the following request: Send >>> read more