The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) and Ecodesk have joined forces to create The Reporting Exchange, a free, multi-lingual, global sustainability reporting knowledge platform. This pioneering platform will help business make sense >>> read more
Representatives from over 160 of the world’s leading organizations, spanning business, finance, accounting, conservation, academia, and policy, have met on 13 July in London to celebrate the culmination of a unique collaborative project that has produced the first global Natural Capital >>> read more
Today, GRI announced Chief Executive Michael Meehan’s decision to leave the organization to pursue other opportunities. The organization will conduct a thorough global multi-stakeholder search for a new Chief Executive. Eric Hespenheide has been appointed Interim Chief Executive and stands down >>> read more
Corporate sustainability disclosure and reporting is now the norm for large-cap companies in the US, according to a Governance & Accountability Institute report. In its fifth annual analysis of S&P 500 Index reporting, G&A Institute found that 81 percent of the >>> read more
It’s sustainability reporting season. CDP’s climate change questionnaire is due June 30. The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices questionnaire deadline was at the end of last month. And then there’s a company’s own annual report for shareholders outlining sustainability and financial performance >>> read more
The Center for Safety and Health Sustainability is pleased to announce the release of its Best Practice Guide for Occupational Health and Safety in Sustainability Reports, which provides occupational health and safety (OHS) professionals with metrics and best practices in >>> read more
The Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Mr. Oscar Onyema has urged companies to embrace sustainability reporting, saying it has many benefits. Speaking at the Nigerian capital market sustainability reporting seminar in Lagos, Onyema said at the NSE, they >>> read more
“Reporting season” has come and gone and Lundquist has been monitoring transparency in sustainability disclosures at almost 200 companies in Germany, Italy and Switzerland, as part of the 7thCSR Online Awards. Our research suggests that CSR and sustainability reporting is >>> read more
Information about a company’s intangible assets like corporate culture, reputation and environmental sustainability is highly sought after by equity investors, but is rarely found in financial reports. PhD candidate Andy Moniz from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) has >>> read more
The second set of draft GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards (GRI Standards) is now available for public comment until 17 July 2016. This latest set of 30 topic-specific, draft GRI Standards is based on the Aspects from the G4 Guidelines, and >>> read more
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) launched its newest technology initiative, the Digital Reporting Alliance, which will address two key challenges in sustainability reporting – the lack of structured data and the lack of demand for digital reporting. The second day of the >>> read more
Because integrated reporting is still a new management practice, IMA® (the association of accountants and financial professionals in business) published a Statement on Management Accounting on this subject. The report outlines both the guiding principles of integrated reporting and the >>> read more