Sustainability reporting has become a common business practice in the United States, and now research shows that sustainability assurance efforts more than pay for themselves in a majority of companies. Independent assurance of sustainability reports is growing but remains uncommon >>> read more
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Reporting 3.0 Announces First Round of Stellar Speakers for 5th International Conference: Context for Thriveable Transformation
Source: , 12 April 2018Reporting 3.0, a global public good platform leveraging economic system transformation via the fulcrum of disclosure, announces an exciting speaker line-up and program for the 5th International Reporting 3.0 Conference hosted at KPMG in Amsterdam on 12-13 June 2018. Confirmed >>> read more
RMI and GRI Partner to Enhance Reporting on Responsible Minerals Sourcing from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas
Source: , 11 April 2018The Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) announced a project to help improve companies’ minerals sourcing due diligence and impact reporting by providing reporting resources and tools based on internationally recognized frameworks. Increasingly, governments and other >>> read more
The International Co-operative Alliance has published a new guide for sustainability reporting
Source: , 11 April 2018The International Co-operative Alliance has published a new guide for co-ops on sustainability reporting. The Alliance’s updated Sustainability Reporting for Co-operatives: A Guidebook, builds on the organisation’s reports on the Sustainability Scan and Co-operative Growth for the 21st Century. It also includes the feedback of primary co-operatives around >>> read more
Sustainability In Search Of Metrics
Source: Global Finance Magazine, 10 April 2018Companies worldwide struggle to measure and report how well they are “doing good” as they do well for their stakeholders. Corporate finance managers might well roll their eyes when they hear the term “ESG.” This trendy acronym stands for environmental, >>> read more
New report reveals opportunities for harmonization in sustainability and corporate governance reporting
Source: , 29 March 2018The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) have released the second report as part of a series called Insights from the Reporting Exchange. The new research takes a closer look into opportunities for >>> read more
GRI Embarks Upon New Phase of Partnership With Swedish Government
Source: , 29 March 2018he new joint program, which includes a partnership with the Danish Institute for Human Rights, will stimulate responsible business to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. The Swedish government has been a pioneer in establishing policies and best practice for sustainability >>> read more
85% of S&P 500 Index® Companies Publish Sustainability Reports in 2017
Source: G&A Institute, 28 March 2018The Governance & Accountability (G&A) Institute research team has found that eighty-five percent (85%) of the companies in the S&P 500 Index® published sustainability or corporate responsibility reports in 2017. This endeavor marks G&A Institute’s seventh annual monitoring and analysis of sustainability reporting in the >>> read more
Euronext, FSMA, NBB and Belgian Ministry of Finance Show Joint Support for the TCFD Recommendations
Source: , 26 March 2018The recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) received a major boost on 22 March with Belgian capital markets supervisors and its stock exchange publicly declaring their support. Pan-European stock exchange Euronext, the Financial Services and Markets >>> read more
New research shows clear gap between companies’ awareness of climate risks and actions for tackling them
Source: , 19 March 2018A new report released today by CDP and CDSB shows that there is a gap between the way companies identify climate-related risks and opportunities and how they are preparing to tackle them. The research into 1,681 companies across 14 countries and 11 sectors >>> read more
Is it time to kill off the standalone sustainability report?
Source: Edie.net, 5 March 2018This week’s Smarter Sustainability Reporting conference saw a number of industry experts discuss the evolution of the sustainability report, with some going so far as to argue that an individual annual report no longer carries the necessary impetus to drive >>> read more
Thoughts on how companies and investors can navigate the ESG disclosure maze
Source: , 1 March 2018Greater integration of environmental social governance (ESG) factors in boardroom decision making and investor risk analysis long has been seen as a crucial building block towards a sustainable, low carbon economy. After all, finance, companies and markets largely dictate how >>> read more