Sustainability 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

In 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

The 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

Annually, 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

The 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

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