Environment reports by some of the world’s biggest companies are routinely including wrong statistics and leaving out vital information, according to the most comprehensive study yet carried out. The examination of more than 4,000 corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports and >>> read more

Het Belgisch Instituut van Bedrijfsrevisoren, Business and Society, een vereniging die bedrijven samenbrengt rond maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen en Kauri, een netwerk van multi-stakeholders, steunen actief het uitgeven van duurzaamheidsverslagen in België. Vandaag heeft de onafhankelijke jury, samengesteld door deze drie >>> read more

A new report of how well the world’s airlines report on corporate sustainability (CS) has revealed a mixed set of results. The PwC analysis, launched today (14 November) has shown that while there has been a positive increase in the >>> read more

In what KPMG believes to be the most comprehensive surveys of corporate responsibility (CR) reporting ever published, the KPMG International Survey of Corporate Responsibility Reporting 2011 reviewed trends of each of the G250, as well as 3,400 companies worldwide, representing >>> read more

The debate on voluntary versus mandatory reporting is dead and the EU proposal on Corporate Social Responsibility, to be unveiled today by the European Commission after years of deadlock, goes in the right direction, said MEP Richard Howitt in charge >>> read more

A look at the FTSE 100 shows that companies are increasingly examining their role in the sustainable development of society. Read the full article by following the link

Carbon emissions, management and remediation of contaminated land, and sub-contracted labor issues are some of the sustainability issues that can now be reported by construction and real estate companies, thanks to new guidance published today (22 September 2011) by the >>> read more

The Discussion Paper Towards Integrated Reporting – Communicating Value in the 21st Century considers the rationale for Integrated Reporting, offering initial proposals for the development of an International Integrated Reporting Framework and outlining the next steps towards its creation and >>> read more

ISO, the world’s largest developer of voluntary International Standards, and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), developer of the world’s most widely used sustainability reporting framework, have just signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to increase their cooperation. GRI was one >>> read more

The European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA) has launched best practice guidelines for sustainability reporting in a bid to lift standards in this area in the listed sector. The BPR were developed by the EPRA Sustainability Reporting Committee with help >>> read more

For as long as companies have been communicating their CSR efforts, analysts and investors — and concerned individuals, of course — have been asking whether stronger reports lead to better companies. In the course of a recent study we conducted >>> read more

The Big Four financial audit firms are the top “green counters,” too, leading the market in corporate sustainability assurance services, according to a new Verdantix analysis of global sustainability assurance providers. Read the full article by following the link,