Transparency in assurance reports on corporate responsibility disclosures can be greatly improved. Major differences in terms of topics discussed and the lack of information create confusion. This makes comparison between reports impossible, both those issued by auditors and those issued >>> read more

For the fifth year in a row Auckland company WaterCare Services has been honoured at the annual trans Tasman sustainable reporting awards announced in Sydney today. WaterCare won the Best Report in the Water Sector award in recognition of its >>> read more

The Group of 100, representing the chief financial officers of Australia’s largest business enterprises, and KPMG today released a comprehensive good practice guide for companies and organisations engaged in the preparation of sustainability reports. The publication, entitled “Sustainability Reporting: A >>> read more

You’ve heard it all before*. Someone reviews a corporate social responsibility report and complains that there are too many pictures of rainbows and smiling children. There’s not enough hard data. It’s clearly a marketing piece. On the other hand, overly-analytical >>> read more

Stratos today announced results of a national study examining sustainability reporting trends and the best practices of some of Canada’s leading corporations. The study, the latest in their series of biennial reports, highlights high levels of disclosure of corporate information >>> read more

The finishing line is in sight: Global Reporting Initiative Readers’ Choice Awards Finalists Revealed. Winners to be announced in Amsterdam, 7 May. For the past five years jury-based award programs for sustainability reports have put the same handful of companies >>> read more

Companies with more than 300 employees will now have to produce sustainability reports, the city of Buenos Aires has just announced. From this month onwards companies affected will have to make annual sustainability reports based on their social, economic, and >>> read more

A survey on the trends in sustainability reporting among food processing companies has just been released by GRI. The research has uncovered a number of sector specific issues that regularly appear in reports but are not currently covered in the >>> read more

Het Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) brengt wereldwijde richtlijnen uit over de inhoud van een duurzaamheidverslag. De komende twee jaren wordt door een groep, die voor de helft bestaat uit bedrijven (o.a. Nestlé) en voor de helft uit belangengroepen (o.a. het >>> read more

Using a stakeholder panel, in addition to an assurance provider, can give a more complete picture of a company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) performance, according to a new survey by PwC. The global survey of PwC clients found that stakeholder >>> read more

Research findings developed with Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship, Net Impact and World Business Council for Sustainable Development assess trends and best practices in corporate responsibility communications. Transparency in communications is a key indicator of a socially responsible company >>> read more

The issue of climate change has made it to the top of the corporate big wheel, with 87 percent of non-financial reports from Global FT500 companies reporting on the issue, according to a report from CorporateRegister.com. CorporateRegister.com’s ‘Corporate Climate Communications’ >>> read more