In the sixth annual monitoring and analysis of S&P 500 Index® company sustainability reporting, just completed by the Governance & Accountability Institute research team, the findings are that eighty-two percent (82%) of the companies included in this important investment benchmark published a sustainability >>> read more

As more investors link sustainability with alpha, they press issuers for meaningful environmental and social disclosures. In its most recent 10-K filing, Host Hotels & Resorts included two charts showing energy and water use at its properties over the prior >>> read more

It might not always be easy to quantify but investors still want the information It’s a quotation that is often misattributed to Albert Einstein: ‘Just because you can count it doesn’t mean it counts, and just because you can’t count >>> read more

If you do not include sustainability in your investor reporting, you may be missing out on a powerful opportunity to strengthen your investor brand. Investors are becoming more attuned to the value of a well-executed sustainability strategy and they are seeking >>> read more

Through the work CSR Europe does with companies and stakeholders at CSR Europe, the organisation has recognised over the years the importance of transparency in managing organisations responsibly. CSR Europe is pleased to announce that we have fully embraced this approach and >>> read more

One of the hot topics in sustainability right now is reporting. According to Littan (2017), 92% of the world’s largest companies publish some sort of sustainability report. But what leads a company to create an actual sustainability/CSR report? In their >>> read more

More than half the respondents to the annual study of corporate social responsibility practices by The Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR) support mandatory sustainability reporting. The ninth Annual Review of the State of CSR in Australia and New Zealand >>> read more

EY member firms are able to conclude from several years of research of ESG reporting that there is a global trend toward increased interest in nonfinancial information on the part of investment professionals. But the question we continue to seek >>> read more

When and how will companies be able to say they have achieved bona fide sustainability? What changes do they need to make in assessing context, materiality, and success measurement? How will they know they’re creating net positive value sustainably, across >>> read more

Sustainability reporting is a dry topic, so try to hang in there for at least the first three paragraphs, even if your business is primarily a service business and you cannot conceive that sustainability reporting has any relevance. (Note to >>> read more

Last week, GRI and SASB took the stage together in a joint session at the Ceres Conference in San Francisco, revealing further collaboration plans.​ Most people working in the field of sustainability are familiar with the so-called rivalry between GRI >>> read more

The new publication from IIRC ‘Creating Value The cyclical power of integrated thinking and reporting’ looks at the central relationship between Integrated Reporting and its cyclical power and relationship with integrated thinking. It sees reporting and thinking as two sides of >>> read more