Michael Meehan has become GRIs new Chief Executive. He succeeds Ernst Ligteringen who is leaving the organization after 12 years of exceptional leadership. The announcement of Mr. Meehans appointment on 22 July resulted in a flurry of press and media >>> read more
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Award for Best Belgian Sustainability Report
Source: , 30 June 2014Stelt uw organisatie een rapport Duurzaam Ondernemen op? Twijfel dan niet om deel te nemen aan de 16de editie van de Award for Best Belgian Sustainability Report! Deelnemers worden opgesplitst in vier categorieën: 1/ Grote organisaties 2/ Kleine en middelgrote >>> read more
72% of the S&P Index Published Corporate Sustainability Reports in 2013
Source: Governance & Accountability Institute, 4 June 2014In an analysis just completed by the Governance & Accountability Institute research team, seventy two percent (72%) of the companies included in The S&P 500 Index® were found to have published a sustainability or corporate responsibility report. The index is >>> read more
ACCA’s view on sustainability matters
Source: ACCA, 20 May 2014The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has recently published ‘Sustainability Matters’, a new policy paper collating the organisations view’s on various sustainability-related issues. The paper sets out ACCA’s thinking on six topics: sustainability reporting integrated reporting the assurance of >>> read more
MVO Transparantiebenchmark 2014 van start
Source: Rijksoverheid, 20 May 2014De jaarlijkse ronde voor de MVO Transparantiebenchmark van het Ministerie van EZ is weer van start gegaan. De doelgroep van de Transparantiebenchmark blijft hetzelfde in 2014, namelijk de circa 500 grootste bedrijven van Nederland. Naar aanleiding van de conclusies van >>> read more
Sustainability reporting: Materiality matters
Source: Eco-business.com, 16 April 2014The GRI G4 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines kick in after the end of 2015, and companies need to prepare for its main focus: materiality. Mint Kang reports. This year, companies that adhere to international standards for sustainability reporting are preparing for >>> read more
Global Reporting Initiative celebrates new era for non-financial information disclosure in the EU
Source: Global Reporting Initiative, 15 April 2014Today, the European Parliament adopted the long-awaited directive on the disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large companies. This vote is a victory for transparency and this is a great day for the future of sustainability reporting, said >>> read more
Worlds Largest Investors Launch Effort to Engage Global Stock Exchanges on Sustainability Reporting Standard for Companie
Source: Ceres, 28 March 2014Sustainability advocacy group Ceres, in collaboration with BlackRock and other major institutional investors, today announced an initiative to engage global stock exchanges via the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) on a possible uniform reporting standard for sustainability reporting by all >>> read more
What does sustainability reporting mean for smaller companies?
Source: GreenBiz, 27 March 2014In recent years, a lot of buzz has been in the media about rising levels of sustainability reporting among large corporations. However, there has been comparatively little discussion of how smaller companies fit into the trend of increasing disclosure. Read >>> read more
World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) Launches Sustainability Working Group
Source: The World Federation of Exchanges, 27 March 2014The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has formed a new sustainability working group at its Working Committee meeting in Mumbai last week. The new Sustainability Working Group is comprised of representatives from a diverse array of global stock exchanges with >>> read more
Fortune 100 Corporate Reporting Trends
Source: Methodologie , 25 March 2014Annually, Methodologie reviews and assesses the annual reports and the corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports for the Fortune 100 companies. We look for trends by reviewing each of the companies reports, looking at the size, scope, content and the types >>> read more
New EU Transparancy rules on Social Responsibility for big companies
Source: EU, 26 February 2014The Committee of Permanent Representatives today endorsed an agreement between the Hellenic Presidency of the Council and European Parliament representatives on a draft directive for the disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large companies. New measures will require >>> read more