At the GreenBiz Forum in New York City last week, Ernst & Young offered a preview of fall 2011 survey results of sustainability program and reporting trends at leading companies in 24 sectors. Of the more than 270 respondents, 85 >>> read more

Last week, together with Wes Gee from Stantec and Sonya Fiorini from Loblaw, CBSR delivered a well attended webinar on sustainability reporting. Reflecting on the discussions from the webinar, I would like to emphasize some key points that aim to >>> read more

Two new reports call for mandatory reporting as sustainability becomes increasingly central to the future of business. Two recent developments in the Rio+20 context will help prompt welcome – and overdue – attention to the crucial role that corporate reporting >>> read more

Two influential documents – the Rio+20 negotiating text and the recommendations of the U.N. secretary general’s High Level Panel on Global Sustainability – both propose tighter sustainability reporting requirements for businesses, according to Chatham House fellow Paul Hohnen, writing in >>> read more

nspired by this post on Geenbiz.com entitled "I published my CSR Report. Where’s my media coverage?", in which Elin Nosewski offers some tips about how to get noticed by reporters and bloggers – mainly focusing on the report content, I >>> read more

Het Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) nodigt organisaties en experts uit een nieuw format voor het rapporteren van duurzaamheidsrapporten te testen op basis van de GRI-richtlijnen. Lees het volledige artikel via de link.

We help companies tell their stories. And these days, more and more of those stories are about sustainability. Often the starting point for this conversation is a shiny, new sustainability report. Whether it’s your first foray into reporting or your >>> read more

We are usually very excited to hear about every CSR report that is being released, as we know this is an indication of another company that is moving forward in the right direction. We read these reports, sometimes raising questions >>> read more

Most corporate social responsibility reports look great on the surface. But how do you read between the lines to separate the green heroes from the green washers? This article looks at reports from Merck, Procter and Gamble, De Beers, Ferrero >>> read more

Reporting corporate economic, environmental and social performance is entering a new phase, moving from a pioneering and experimental practice to become standard practice, say sustainability reporting experts. The number of reports continues to increase, as does the variety of organizations >>> read more

The shock-horror headline "Howlers and omissions exposed in world of corporate social responsibility" which first appeared in the Guardian on 24th November 2011, and then rapidly did the rounds of all online CSR news and information sites, morphing into "Lies, >>> read more

Sustainability leader and Worldconnector Herman Mulder has been appointed Chairman of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)’s Board of Directors. Herman Mulder is a member of the board of the Dutch National Contact Point (NCP) of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational >>> read more