The new book "One Report" refers to an emerging trend in business taking place throughout the world where companies are going beyond separate reports for financial and nonfinancial (e.g., corporate social responsibility or sustainability) results and integrating both into a >>> read more
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Last chance to have your say, 2 weeks to go as voting re-opens for the 2010 GRI Readers Choice Awards
Source: Global Reporting Initiative, 22 February 2010The Global Reporting initiative (GRI) have this week re-launched the 2010 sustainability reporting awards in a simpler, more user friendly format. Voting is now easy and quick, allowing everyone to easily shape the future of sustainability reporting. The GRIs Readers >>> read more
10 Trends in Sustainability Reporting
Source: Environmental Leader, 11 February 2010Businesses face three key challenges when it comes to sustainability reporting, according to a new report. They include multiple metric frameworks, a lack of uniform definitions, and a lack of consistent applications, which have resulted in variable and unreliable measurement >>> read more
New report shows increase in uptake of GRI reporting in the S&P 100
Source: SIRAN, 4 February 2010The latest edition of the annual Sustainable Investment Research Analyst Network (SIRAN) commissioned report – S&P 100 Sustainability Reporting Comparison – shows a marked increase in the number of firms issuing GRI reports. The number of Standard and Poors >>> read more
Boston College publication examines corporate social reporting
Source: Earth Times, 28 January 2010The number of companies reporting on the social and environmental impacts of their business is growing dramatically, and along with it the variety of those reports and their content. To help readers weigh the value of the information in those >>> read more
Airport Sustainability Reporting Guidelines open for public review
Source: Global Reporting Initiative, 27 January 2010The first draft of the Airport Sustainability Reporting Guidelines is now available for public consultation. This consultation process is an important step towards developing uniform sustainability reporting guidelines, an initiative taken by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). For the past >>> read more
The three most important Sustainable Development Key Performance Indicators for 68 industries
Source: SD-M, 18 January 2010On behalf of the German Federal Environment Ministry and with participation of leading sustainable investors/analysts, who influence sustainable assets of c. Euro 2 trillion with offices in all important industrial countries, Dr. Axel Hesse (SD-M) has defined the three most >>> read more
CSR Reporting by S&P 100 Companies Shows Improvement in 2009
Source: Institutionalshareowner.com, 2 January 2010Two recently commissioned reports by the Social Investment Forum chart the progress of corporate social responsibility reporting, both in the US and emerging markets. Two reports from the Social Investment Forum (SIF) provide important updates on the status of corporate >>> read more
Bristol-Myers Squibb, Sanofi-Aventis Tops Pharmaceutical Sustainability Report
Source: Roberts Environmental Center (REC), 16 December 2009Bristol-Myers Squibb and Sanofi-Aventis earned the two highest scores in the pharmaceutical sector for sustainability reporting, according to a report from the Roberts Environmental Center (REC) at Claremont McKenna College. The report, Sustainability Reporting of the Worlds Largest Pharmaceutical Companies, >>> read more
CSR Reporting in China study released
Source: CSR China, 16 December 2009On 2 December, Mr. Gefei Yin, the Director of Development Centre for Chinese CSR of China WTO Tribune introduced the Research on CSR Reporting in China (2001-2009) at an international conference in Beijing. Main findings of the research include the >>> read more
GRI Readers Choice Awards open!
Source: Global Reporting Initiative, 14 December 2009The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) provider of the worlds most widely used sustainability reporting framework this week announced the opening of scoring for the second biennial Readers Choice Awards in which the readers of sustainability reports have their >>> read more
Companies fearful of embracing open online sustainability debate
Source: The Guardian, 15 October 2009Why businesses are failing to use web 2.0 to become more transparent in their CSR reporting. I spent some time this week presenting our new sustainability reporting website to a group of senior CSR executives as part of a roundtable >>> read more