Last week, the GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards came one step closer to their debut, with the Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB) approving the final drafts of all 36 GRI Standards for publication. The GSSB reviewed and approved the final drafts >>> read more

Oslo Børs today becomes one of the first stock exchanges in the world to publish guidance on the reporting of corporate responsibility. “Investors are attaching more and more weight to corporate responsibility in their investment decisions, and we want to help >>> read more

A large number of organizations are in the business of influencing the future of sustainability reporting. We recently ran a blog series based on interviews with three of them—the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC), and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB). However, >>> read more

Today, GRI and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) announced the start of the second phase of the Corporate Sustainability and Reporting for Competitive Business (CSRCB) program, which helps small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in the developing world, >>> read more

Global corporate reporting organization, the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC), today announces that its board of directors has appointed Richard Howitt, Member of the European Parliament (MEP), as its next Chief Executive Officer (CEO).  Mr Howitt will succeed outgoing CEO >>> read more

The Philippines’ biggest geothermal company, Energy Development Corporation (EDC), announces having won the Best Sustainability Report Award for its 2014 performance report entitled “Execute and Deliver” in the recently concluded ASEAN Corporate Sustainability Awards held at the Manila Marriot Grand >>> read more

CSR Europe is organizing on 14 December the European Seminar “The EU directive on non-financial information: ready for the race?”. This seminar will give you the opportunity to discuss the state of play and implementation of this legislation. The purpose >>> read more

The new report ‘It’s not just about the financials – The widening variety of factors used in investment decision making’ from PwC includes a series of candid interviews with investment professionals. They talk in some depth about how they use environmental, >>> read more

The GRI Conference has come and gone, and I have been so busy working on so many client reports that I have barely come up for air, let alone come up to post on the blog. More about some of >>> read more

EY published a survey of integrated reports from South Africa’s top 100 JSE listed companies and top ten state-owned companies. Over the past few years, it became clear that financial statements did not tell the whole story of the company’s >>> read more

In the global investment community, there have been discussions about the importance of integrating environmental, social, and governance factors into corporate strategy and disclosures, and a movement to encourage integrated reporting. Robert Eccles, Chairman of Arabesque Partners and a retired >>> read more

An interview with Kristen Sullivan (leads Deloitte & Touche LLP and Deloitte, Touche Tohmatsu Limited’s (DTTL) Sustainability Reporting, Assurance and Compliance services, and serves as the DTTL Americas Region Sustainability Services Leader). Sullivan has extensive experience in sustainability risk assessment, reporting >>> read more