GRI News Update – June 2005

Source: Global Reporting Initiative, 1 July 2005

News update from Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), june 2005.
Continued Consultation with Investors Community
6/29/2005

The first Investors Consultation Group meeting took place this month in London,
organised jointly by GRI and the UNEP Finance Initiative (FI).

G3 Update: Progress on the Guidelines
6/29/2005

Hosted by Bristol-Myers Squibb in New York, the G3 Indicators Working Group met
for the second time last week.

Join the GRI Consortium for ISO 26000
6/14/2005

ISO has embarked on its first ever multi-stakeholder standard-setting process
with the aim of creating the ISO 26000 Guideline for Social Responsibility.

Sustainability Reporting Increasing, KPMG report shows
6/29/2005

Now Available: Guidance on setting reporting boundaries
6/29/2005

The final Boundary Technical Protocol is ready to be used by organisations to
help determine the parameters of their reports.

Advice On: Health and Safety
6/29/2005

The pilot version of the Health and Safety Technical Protocol is now available
for use, in conjunction with the 2002 GRI Guidelines.

New report: The state of sustainability reporting in Canada
6/14/2005

In one of the most comprehensive national-level survey’s of reporting practices
ever published, the Certified General Accountants Association of Canada finds
that "reporting issuers, their boards, and senior management will be duty-bound
to pay greater attention to the social and environmental issues and risks."

Reporting Experiences: the BSR Compilation
6/29/2005

As a contribution to the work being done by the G3 Reporting as a Process working
group (RPWG), Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) has produced a short paper
that draws on the reporting experience of its member companies who use the GRI
Guidelines to write their sustainability reports.

Now Open: Public comment period for the Logistics and Transportation Sector Supplement
5/24/2005

In partnership with the Logistics & Transportation Corporate Citizenship Initiative
of the World Economic Forum (L&TCCI WEF), the GRI has coordinated the development
of a Logistics and Transportation Sector SupplementÂ…

Keep them coming: GRI Reporters this month
6/29/2005

There were 27 new GRI reporters this month from countries all around the world,
including the first GRI reporter from the Phillipines – congratulation to the
Manila Water Company IncÂ…

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