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

A global gathering of 1500 leaders and practitioners from business, finance, civil society, government and labor will assemble in Amsterdam this May to discuss the key challenges and opportunities on the path to a more sustainable global economy. The Global >>> read more

During the height of the dot-com era, Internet startup CEOs commonly talked about the number of users or "eyeballs" on their sites as the most important measure of their business. Investors, however, began asking about profits, costs and ultimately, of >>> read more

Eight reasons put forward by defenders of the status quo for making only incremental changes to sustainability reporting – and eight counter arguments. Read the full article by following the link.

In the past few years, the gradual emergence of integrated reporting has presented an alternative to the usual stand-alone corporate sustainability reports filed by the vast majority of companies. Integrated reporting aims to provide comprehensive disclosure of a company’s finances, >>> read more

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) today announced an agreement that will see the two organizations deepen their cooperation to transform the future of corporate reporting. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed by GRI >>> read more

The latest version of the Global Reporting Initiative’s Sustainability Reporting Guidelines — G4 — will require companies only to provide disclosures and indicators relevant to their business, a GRI spokesperson said, denying claims that G4 will impose a greater burden >>> read more

The Global Conference on Sustainability and Reporting, taking place from 22-24 May in Amsterdam, will be the must-attend sustainability event of 2013. The Conference will bring together 1500 leaders and practitioners from around the world. The first 400 seats are >>> read more

Proposed changes could backfire if they turn reporting into an impossible burden, says Ben Tuxworth. Sustainability reporting has changed beyond recognition in the last decade. The limited accounts of performance produced by a small number of pioneering companies have been >>> read more

That companies are making false sustainability claims isn’t the scandal – it’s that nobody noticed, says Mallen Baker. Recent research into companies producing reports in line with the Global Reporting Initiative has found some fairly dramatic results. In short, it >>> read more

The number of S&P 500 and Fortune 500 companies managing and reporting performance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues more than doubled from 2010 to 2011, according to an analysis by Governance & Accountability Institute. Read the full article >>> read more

Robert Eccles, Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School, has been a driving force on the topic of reforming corporate sustainability reporting over many years. Ethical Corporation CEO Toby Webb asked him, in an email Q&A, about what’s happening >>> read more