The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and Radley Yeldar released the sixth edition of Reporting matters – WBCSD’s annual review of member companies’ sustainability and integrated reports. Spanning 158 leading companies from 17 supersectors and 31 countries, this year’s research points >>> read more
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RepRisk data used in Reporting matters publication by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
Source: , 25 October 2018RepRisk, a global environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data science company, and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), a global organization for sustainable development, are pleased to announce their partnership to provide ESG data for WBCSD’s 2018 review >>> read more
PRI, ICGN launch discussion paper on corporate ESG reporting
Source: , 20 October 2018A group of leading global investor organisations has convened to address open questions relating to corporate ESG reporting to provide guidance and an investor perspective to the global Corporate Reporting Dialogue and its members. This discussion paper presents the preliminary outputs from >>> read more
Full house for first edition of the seminar ‘The future of non-financial reporting’ in Belgium
Source: , 17 October 2018On Friday October 12th Sustainalize and ING Belgium organised the informative seminar ‘The future of non-financial reporting’. After two successful editions in the Netherlands, it was the first time the seminar was held in Belgium. Over sixty people from mainly >>> read more
Better ESG Reporting—A Key to Strengthening Capital Markets
Source: IFC, 16 October 2018Investors and regulators are coming together to improve environmental, social, and governance standards in capital markets as a way to help identify growth opportunities, manage risks, and promote sustainability in developing countries. Anthony Miller, coordinator of the United Nations’ Sustainable >>> read more
Regulators are taking a tougher stance on ESG disclosure a new study reveals
Source: , 11 October 2018Regulators are taking a tougher stance on ESG disclosure, a new report by Datamaran – the leading solution for non-financial risk management – reveals. In the last three years alone Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)-related regulations – grew by over >>> read more
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) co-launches Impact Management Project
Source: , 11 October 2018A group of leading global organizations, including the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), have joined forces to create the Impact Management Project. This network is an unprecedented effort to develop methods to measure the environmental and social impacts of investment decisions. The >>> read more
ABN AMRO wins International Responsible Business Award for ‘Integrated Report of the Year’
Source: , 10 October 2018The winners of the Ethical Corporation’s 9th Annual Responsible Business Awards has been announced at a glamorous Awards Dinner ceremony yesterday (9th October) in central London. In the category ‘Integrated Report of the Year’ ABN AMRO was the winner with it’s >>> read more
Dominic Barton appointed as Chair of the International Integrated Reporting Council, as new strategic phase is launched
Source: , 4 October 2018Dominic Barton, Senior Partner and former Global Managing Partner from 2009 to 2018 at McKinsey & Company, has been appointed Chair of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC), the global body driving reform in company reporting. Mr. Barton will bring >>> read more
Updated GRI OH&S standard calls for more comprehensive, worker-centric reporting
Source: , 4 October 2018Healthy and safe working conditions are recognized as a human right – yet it is estimated that close to 2.8 million people die from work-related injuries and illnesses every year, according to the International Labour Organization. A lack of robust >>> read more
Driving standardization of ESG reporting: Companies reporting with the GRI Standards now also meet WFE requirements
Source: , 2 October 2018The World Federation of Exchanges has recently published a revised sustainability reporting guidance for their member exchanges. The WFE ESG Guidance and Metrics is fully aligned with the GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards, and the guidelines have now been mapped against the >>> read more
TCFD Publishes First Status Report while Industry Support Continues to Grow
Source: , 26 September 2018The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) published its 2018 Status Report to the Financial Stability Board (FSB) today. The report provides an overview of current disclosure practices and their alignment with the core elements of the TCFD recommendations. In time >>> read more