Is your organization creating sustainable value? Do you have a resilient business model, developed through an integrated approach to strategy? Do you know how to best communicate value creation to investors? Gain the latest best practice strategies for long-term value >>> read more

A new report assessing the regulatory landscape for sustainability reporting has found that environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure has never been more pervasive globally – and is now firmly in the mainstream of disclosure on organizational performance. As the >>> read more

G&A Institute announces the results of its annual S&P 500 sustainability reporting analysis.  90% of the S&P 500 published corporate sustainability reports, an all-time high!  For almost a decade, Governance & Accountability Institute (G&A) has been closely tracking the trends >>> read more

Amid rising global demand for clarity in the sustainability reporting ecosystem, the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) are pleased to announce a collaborative workplan. GRI and SASB understand that the sustainability disclosure landscape can appear complicated. For companies that >>> read more

The Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB), GRI’s independent standard-setting body, is pleased to announce that the exposure draft of the Sector Standard: Oil and Gas, is now open for public comment until 6 October 2020.   As the first draft >>> read more

Large companies in the EU are obliged to disclose information on their environmental and social responsibility actions – but no standard reporting methods exist, making it impossible to compare actions across companies. To tackle this problem, ECOS asked the Commission >>> read more

European Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis has issued a request for technical advice mandating EFRAG to undertake preparatory work for possible EU Non-Financial Reporting Standards in a revised Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD). In addition, Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis >>> read more

ACCA, Accountancy Europe, Association of German Banks (BdB), CDSB, EFAMA, Frank Bold, IIGCC, Schroders, ShareAction, WWF have decided to form an informal group on Sustainable Finance. The group is used as a platform for collaboration and coordination and can serve >>> read more

COVID-19 has intensified focus on sustainable finance and sustainability reporting.  The stream of social media posts, articles in the FT and press releases by connected organisations have increased.  The #BuildBackBetter hashtag is being used to advocate for economic interventions post >>> read more

Sustainable Brands ® (SB) and SOCAP Global (SOCAP) jointly announce the formation of a partnership to bring to market Integrate 2020, the evolution of SB’s New Metrics conference, now in its 8th year. The vision for this virtual conference is to address the >>> read more

GRI, provider of the world’s leading standards for sustainability reporting, has expressed full support for the European Commission’s plans to revise the Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD), for which a public consultation closed on 11 June. This process sought views from >>> read more

Janine Guillot (CEO of the SASB Foundation) states that the EU Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD) can lay the foundation for a Global ESG Disclosure Solution. Companies around the world are increasingly reporting on their sustainability performance. However, we still hear >>> read more