In a stunning display of willful negligence, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) today released the long-awaited update to its Sustainability Reporting Guidelines, G4, in which known defects are left firmly in place. Of particular concern is GRI’s handling of the >>> read more

Eumedion en de VBA-Beroepsvereniging voor Beleggingsdeskundigen steunen het voorstel van de Europese Commissie om grote Europese beursgenoteerde ondernemingen te dwingen meer informatie te publiceren over hun beleid op het terrein van maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen (MVO). Eumedion en de VBA schrijven >>> read more

​Business leaders today called on companies and organizations around the world to embrace the next generation of the Global Reporting Initiative’s Sustainability Reporting Guidelines – G4. G4 was unveiled before an audience of 1,600 thought leaders and practitioners from around >>> read more

CSR reporting has become the norm for any company committed to responsible business practice. But, when done incorrectly, reporting can do more harm than good. The following are 10 mistakes to avoid when planning, conducting and promoting your CSR report: >>> read more

The next generation of the Global Reporting Initiative’s Sustainability Reporting Guidelines – G4 – will be unveiled next month, it was confirmed today. The latest evolution of the GRI Guidelines – now the most widely used comprehensive sustainability reporting framework >>> read more

The International Integrated Reporting Council today published a consultation draft of its corporate reporting model and is asking businesses, investors and other stakeholders worldwide to comment on the document. The International Integrated Reporting Framework creates the foundations for a new >>> read more

The European Commission has today proposed an amendment to existing accounting legislation in order to improve the transparency of certain large companies on social and environmental matters. Companies concerned will need to disclose information on policies, risks and results as >>> read more

The European Commission is to announce details of a new corporate reporting law requiring large companies to include information about the social, environmental and human rights impacts of their operations in their financial reports and accounts. Read the full article >>> read more

While more than half (53 percent) of all companies in the S&P 500 Index and Fortune 500 published sustainability reports in 2011 — up from 19 percent the year before — companies in the US are less likely to obtain >>> read more

Dow Chemical scored highest among Fortune 100 companies when it comes to applying the Global Reporting Initiative’s guidelines for sustainability reporting, according to a study by the iCompli division of BPA Worldwide and IRAS. Bloomberg topped the list of media >>> read more

Next month, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) will host its global conference in Amsterdam, a three-day event that will round up the top sustainability professionals and corporate social responsibility thinkers across the globe. Among the key topics under discussion is >>> read more

Sustainability reporting has only shown which companies are "less bad" when what we really need is a minimum standard. When Deloitte Netherlands published the results of its first zero impact growth monitor (ZIG-M) last year, the press and social media >>> read more