Bedrijven zijn nog huiverig om integrated reporting te omarmen, zo blijkt uit onderzoek van ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants). Een meerderheid van de ondernemingen neemt een afwachtende houding aan, zo stellen de onderzoekers vast. Lees het volledige artikel via >>> read more

Businesses are hesitant about adopting integrated reporting <IR> with the majority taking a ‘wait and see’ approach, according to new research from ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), the global accountancy body. Chief financial officers and other senior finance >>> read more

At most companies, work on 2013 sustainability reports is well underway. But it’s not too late to take stock and assess whether you’re giving enough consideration to four major issues recently cited by Ernst & Young: materiality, conflict minerals, social >>> read more

It may seem incredible that anyone can continue arguing that corporations should not be responsible for their impacts on wider society. Yet that was effectively the argument put forward by some European Union member states last week when they attempted >>> read more

Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) en ISO hebben samen een document opgesteld waarin de relatie tussen GRI G4 en ISO 26000 wordt toegelicht. Zowel GRI als ISO geven organisaties handvatten voor MVO. GRI G4 geeft internationale richtlijnen voor het opstellen van >>> read more

Numerous external forces are converging to create increased awareness of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. These forces are challenging CFOs to reconsider a traditional reporting model that may not effectively meet today’s information needs. Today, 60 percent of CFOs >>> read more

The forthcoming conflict minerals reporting deadlines and transition to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G4 reporting are among the 2014 sustainability trends that Ernst & Young’s Climate Change and Sustainability Services group have identified for companies. Read the top trends, >>> read more

Ugo Bassi, the European Commission’s Director for Capital and Companies recently announced that about 2,500 large EU companies currently disclose environmental and social information on a regular basis – 10% of large, listed EU businesses. The plan, according to Bassi, >>> read more

The release of the International Integrated Reporting (<IR>) Framework on Monday 9 December 2013, marks an important milestone in the market-led evolution of corporate reporting. It follows a three-month global consultation led by the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) earlier >>> read more

Almost 80 percent of the largest 100 companies in 41 countries worldwide issuing corporate responsibility (CR) reports now use the Global Reporting Initiative’s Sustainability Reporting Guidelines, according to a new survey by KPMG. The KPMG International Survey of Corporate Responsibility >>> read more

Corporate responsibility reports, once considered a niche activity only practiced by a few companies, has increased rapidly since 2000, but the rate of adoption has slowed in the past two years, according to a report released Tuesday. The slower growth >>> read more

Today (7 November) GRI launches the GRI Taxonomy 2013 that has been fully updated for use with G4, GRI’s latest version of the Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. The GRI Taxonomy 2013 is designed to give organizations better control over the quality >>> read more