The harmonization of voluntary standards and mandatory regulation will lead to higher quality and more useful corporate sustainability reporting, according to new research released here today. “Carrots and Sticks for Starters,” a joint report from the United Nations Environment Programme >>> read more

Companies and organisations will get a new and simpler "score card" to measure their social and environmental impact when the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) kicks off a major conference this week. Backed by former U.S. Vice-President Al Gore as well >>> read more

The Russian Sustainability Reporting Awards, organised by audit and consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, is held in conjunction with The European Awards for Sustainability Reporting. The Russian competition is co-organised along with PricewaterhouseCoopers by the rating agency Expert RA, the Institute of >>> read more

Ceres and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) today called for submissions to the Ceres-ACCA North American Awards for Sustainability Reporting 2006. The deadline for submissions is October 27, 2006. The purpose of the awards program is to acknowledge >>> read more

The Global Reporting Initiative’s conference on sustainability and reporting, Reporting: a Measure of Sustainability, will draw together an impressive array of more than 120 speakers and participants from around the world. Date: 3 and 4 october 2006 in Amsterdam. Speakers >>> read more

Of the 30 companies in the motor vehicles and parts sector whose environmental and sustainability reporting was analyzed by the Roberts Environmental Center in 2006, General Motors (U. S.) again achieved the highest ranking in environmental and sustainability reporting based >>> read more

A growing number of the largest publicly traded U.S. companies are reporting on their environmental and social performance, according to a new study by the Social Investment Research Analysts Network (SIRAN) conducted by the independent investment research firm KLD Research >>> read more

The Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) Board of Directors unanimously approved the G3 Guidelines last week, indicating an on-schedule progress for the Guidelines’ international release, which will mark new era in the evolution of both the GRI and sustainability reporting. The >>> read more

by Bill Baue, SocialFunds.Com A new study documents the increase in sustainability reporting, but a paper by St. Andrews researchers considers corporate sustainability an unrealistic goal under current economic system. Corporate sustainability reporting is on the rise, according to a >>> read more

A federal parliamentary committee has recommended that CSR reporting should remain a voluntary activity for Australian businesses. The Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services has stated that it does not believe that mandatory standards will lead to improvements, but >>> read more

Corporate social responsibility reporting has been slammed as "almost universally trivial" by a St Andrews professor of accounting and advisor to the Scottish Executive. The report by professor Jan Bebbington and St Andrews University colleague professor Rob Gray added that >>> read more

News update from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). 06/13/2006 Introducing the Logistics and Transportation Sector Supplement After over a year’s worth of work by a multi-stakeholder working group, convened with the help of the World Economic Forum’s Logistics & Transportation >>> read more