A new format for providing sustainability data will help investors, auditors and analysts use information in sustainability reports more quickly and easily, thanks to a new ambitious program announced today by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Deloitte. A kick-off >>> read more
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X-change – Award for Best Belgian Sustainability Report
Source: Business & Society Belgium, 1 June 2011De Award for Best Belgian Sustainability Report 2011 beloont de ondernemingen en andere entiteiten die naast hun financieel-economische gegevens ook rapporteren op een transparante manier over hun maatschappelijk welzijnsaspecten en hun impact op het milieu. De rapporten Duurzaam Ondernemen zijn >>> read more
Evolution of Corporate Reporting
Source: Environmental Leader, 25 May 2011Its no secret that more and more companies are placing greater importance on CSR initiatives. As CSR moves from boardroom conversation to implementation, clear reporting and accurate measurement is now an integral part of most CSR initiatives. Transparent, data-driven communications >>> read more
Time to forget sustainability reporting
Source: The Guardian, 19 May 2011John Elkington is cheered by the prospect of a new generation that seems ready to embrace integrated reporting Who’d have thought it? Corporate reporting is exciting again. As the International Integrated Reporting Committee (IIRC) convened last week, this time in >>> read more
US Lags In Environmental Reporting Assurance
Source: Environmental Leader, 12 May 2011The proportion of sustainability reports undergoing external assurance in the U.S. is 66 percent lower than the global average, according to figures published by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) today. Data for 2010 (pdf) shows that about half of GRI-based >>> read more
Why Sustainability Reporting Is Revolutionary
Source: GreenBiz.com, 12 May 2011e stand teetering between the old and the new. This next decade, we predict, will be the test of all of us. Not because of what might be, but because of what is. We have long said that things we >>> read more
Sustainability data more reliable, says new figures
Source: Global Reporting Initiative, 11 May 2011Sustainability reports are becoming more reliable, according to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). Figures from the GRI Reports List published today (Wednesday 11 May 2011), alongside GRIs Year in Review 2009/10, suggest that more companies are having their sustainability reports >>> read more
Work begins on new sustainability reporting guidelines
Source: Global Reporting Initiative, 4 May 2011The next generation of Sustainability Reporting Guidelines is now under development, announces GRI today (4 May 2011). GRI is asking its network and the public to provide input in this first phase of development, to help shape the worlds most >>> read more
How Leading Firms Make their Sustainability Reports Stand Out
Source: GreenBiz.com, 3 May 2011It’s springtime and most sustainability teams are in the midst of finishing or have just finished their corporate sustainability reports, Carbon Disclosure Project submittals and other external surveys. This now-annual spring ritual provides sustainability leaders the opportunity to re-secure management >>> read more
Sustainability experts call for smarter regulation on transparency
Source: Global Reporting Initiative, 20 April 2011Sustainability experts are calling on regulators to ask companies for information on how sustainable they are or explain why if they choose not to provide it. Today the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) launches the Report or Explain Campaign Forum >>> read more
Corporate responsibility reporting: three practical proposals
Source: The Guardian blog, 11 April 2011Most reports neither provide information that is useful to investors nor data that enables a robust assessment of a company’s performance. Read the full article by following the link.
Global Reporting Initiative launched G3.1 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines
Source: Global Reporting Initiative, 23 March 2011The most comprehensive and complete sustainability reporting guidance is now available, as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) launches its G3.1 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines today (23 March 2011). GRI is a network-based non-governmental organization that aims to make sustainability reporting common >>> read more