All 55 state owned companies in Sweden have to file an annual sustainability report based on the Global Reporting Initiative (G3) Guidelines before the 31 March each year from 2009, the Swedish Government announced toda In a bid to improve >>> read more
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BASF best in class in online sustainability communications
Source: JungleRating, 30 November 2007BASFs corporate website www.basf.com – is the most complete and web savvy in the field of online sustainability communications. Jungle Rating a Dutch internet consultancy concludes this after having investigated all sustainability websites of the European sustainability >>> read more
Food Companies Take Responsibility for Improved Sustainability Reporting
Source: Global Reporting Initiative, 21 November 2007Nestlé, Bunge, Tyson Foods and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters first to commit to multi-stakeholder development of GRI’s sector-specific indicators for sustainability reporting. Following the global trend in environmental awareness, paired with heightened consumer consciousness, food companies are increasingly facing new >>> read more
GRI Conference 2008: Open for registration!
Source: Global Reporting Initiative, 2 November 2007Early bird registration opens today! The Amsterdam Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency featuring the GRI Readers Choice Awards offers you a great value and stimulating program with outstanding speakers. Click here to register now. Visit the conference website to >>> read more
Greenest Companies Disclose the Most, Says New Study from UofT’s Rotman School of Management
Source: The Rotman School of Management , 24 October 2007Trying to figure out which companies will have the biggest environmental liabilities down the road? Check out what they’re saying about their environmental practices. A new study by four business researchers says the best environmental performers are those that give >>> read more
U.K.’s Top Companies Show Progress on Reporting, More Needed: Report
Source: DEFRA, 18 October 2007Almost every single company — 98 percent, to be precise — listed on the FTSE All-Share Index now mentions the environment in their annual reports. The down side is that for at least some of those companies, mention the environment >>> read more
GRI working group releases the GRI Financial Services Sector Supplement for a 3 month public comment phase
Source: UNEP FI, 16 October 2007Since 2006, UNEP Finance Initiative and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) have jointly coordinated a working group to pilot and review the draft versions of the GRI Financial Services Sector Supplement (Environmental and Social Performance). s part of this piloting >>> read more
Coca-Cola Enterprises lauded for corporate social responsibility reporting
Source: Atlanta Business Chronicle, 6 October 2007The World Council for Corporate Governance and the Centre for Sustainability and Excellence has named Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. a recipient of the 2007 Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting. "The 2006 Coca-Cola Enterprises Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Report, >>> read more
GRI Readers Choice Awards Raise the Bar for Sustainability Reporting
Source: GRI, 1 October 2007Thousands of companies issue sustainability reports each year but who reads them? What do these readers think of reports? Do reports meet the needs of communities, investors, employees, customers, journalists, and non-governmental organizations? The GRI Readers Choice Award was >>> read more
New report about Global corporate response to ESG challenges
Source: EIRIS, 14 September 2007Global sustainable investment specialists EIRIS today published The state of responsible business: Global corporate response to environmental, social and governance (ESG) challenges which provides a snapshot of the state of responsible business around the globe. The report details findings of >>> read more
Introducing the GRI Readers’ Choice Awards Readers to identify the best sustainability reports world wide
Source: GRI, 29 August 2007Thousands of companies issue sustainability reports each year – but who reads them? What do these readers think of reports? Do reports meet the needs of communities, investors, employees, customers, journalists, and non-governmental organizations? The GRI Readers’ Choice Award was >>> read more
Sustainability Reporting More Common Among Top Global Brands`
Source: GRI, 2 August 2007Sustainability reporting is becoming more common than not among the world’s top brands, according to recent research from Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). The organization looked at the world’s top 100 brands, as ranked by Interbrand and Business Week in the >>> read more