The 3rd Annual Reporting 3.0 Conference from Nov 12-13 2015 in Berlin closed with great insights into the next generation of reporting, accounting and data. For EQi – The Environmental Quality Intelligence Group, I have participated in the conference and the >>> read more
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Workers not adequately informed on sustainability
Source: Tilburg University, 26 November 2015Worker rights in Europe fall short of what would be needed for adequate information with a view to sustainability reporting. That is the conclusion of Jan Cremers in a new study on workers’ involvement in sustainablity reports. Jan Cremers (Tilburg >>> read more
The CR Reporting and Communications Summit: A review
Source: Ethical Corporation, 25 November 2015The 9th Annual CR Reporting & Communications Summit 2015, held at the Hilton Tower Bridge in London 10th-11th November, saw more than a hundred Corporate Social Responsibility professionals and experts gather to discuss some of the most prominent issues in >>> read more
KPMG Survey of CSR Reporting 2015: ‘Corporate Carbon Reporting needs overhaul’
Source: KPMG, 25 November 2015Carbon reporting from the world’s largest companies lacks consistency, making it almost impossible for stakeholders to compare one company’s performance easily and accurately with another’s, according to the 2015 edition of the KPMG Survey of Corporate Responsibility Reporting. Professionals at >>> read more
AccountAbility Releases Global Standard in Stakeholder Engagement
Source: AccountAbility, 19 November 2015AccountAbility has released the final version of the AA1000 Stakeholder Engagement Standard (AA1000SES) 2015. Part of the AA1000 Series of Standards, the AA1000SES (2015) provides practical guidance on how to assess, design, implement and communicate effective stakeholder engagement. The AA1000SES >>> read more
GRI launches resource to enable greater transparency on human rights
Source: , 16 November 2015GRI, pioneer of the world’s most widely used sustainability reporting standards, today launched its latest Linkage Document at the Fourth United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights. ‘Linking G4 and the UN Guiding Principles’ highlights the connections between the >>> read more
The Reporting Exchange – revolutionizing the reporting landscape
Source: WBCSD, 16 November 2015The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) and Ecodeskhave joined forces to create The Reporting Exchange, a freely available, multi-lingual, global sustainability reporting knowledge platform. This pioneering platform will enable business to make >>> read more
ERM Survey Report: Finding Value in Corporate Responsibility
Source: , 13 November 2015In April 2015, ERM surveyed select clients and other companies to collect feedback on their corporate responsibility (CR) reporting process. The survey focused on a narrow set of topics that our clients have asked about and where there is limited >>> read more
Raising the Bar on Corporate Sustainability Reporting to Meet Ecological Challenges Globally
Source: UNEP, 13 November 2015Companies are failing to accurately reflect the scale and extent of their environmental impacts, a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has found. In the case of greenhouse gas emissions, only 9 out of 108 (8 per cent) >>> read more
Corporate reporting on sustainability is improving, but has not reached its full potential
Source: , 9 November 2015The 2015 edition of Reporting matters, a key publication developed by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) in partnership with consultants Radley Yeldar, shows that the effectiveness of corporate non-financial reporting is improving among leading companies, but there >>> read more
GSSB to issue GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards in 2016
Source: GRI, 4 November 2015The Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB), an independent standard-setting body created by GRI, approved plans to transition the GRI G4 Guidelines to GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards (GRI Standards). The plans focus on a new modular structure and on transitioning the >>> read more
Institutional investor attitudes shifting as environmental and social risks impact investment decisions
Source: EY, 22 October 2015Institutional investors say businesses need to provide them with non-financial information that outlines visible, measurable risks to the company’s performance or risk losing their potential investment. The finding comes from the 2015 annual survey by EY’s Climate Change and Sustainability >>> read more