Banks, insurers and asset managers, struggling to rebuild battered reputations after the financial turmoil of 2008, will benefit from a new environment and social reporting standard launched today, claims a senior United Nations official. The United Nations Environment Programme, through >>> read more

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and St James Ethics Centre (the Centre) have today signed an agreement to establish an Australian base for GRI. GRI is the developer of the world’s most widely-used sustainability reporting guidelines – the G3 Guidelines >>> read more

Marking sixty years since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, three leading organizations are launching a new initiative to foster greater integration of human rights principles into corporate sustainability reporting. The project – Human Rights: A Call >>> read more

According to a research by KDPaine & Partners and Brad Rawlins of Brigham Young University, environmental sustainability reporting is still being used as a public relations tool to position companies favorably on environmental issues, instead of holding companies accountable for >>> read more

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today announced a joint project with the Global Reporting Initiative to help companies in emerging markets improve relationships with stakeholders and attract investors by better measuring, managing, and reporting their contribution to >>> read more

The majority of Fortune 50 corporations use the Internet to disclose some information on their environmental performance but most are missing opportunities to involve stakeholders, tap the interactive potential of the web, and provide transparency in their reporting, new research >>> read more

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and Ceres, a U.S. coalition of environmental and investor groups, today called for submissions to the seventh-annual Ceres-ACCA North American Awards for Sustainability Reporting. The purpose of the awards program is to acknowledge >>> read more

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants announced the shortlist for its annual UK Sustainability Reporting Awards, AccountancyAge reports. The 17th annual sustainability award has been broadened to include 20 countries worldwide. The panel includes judges from Acona, KPMG Europe LLG, >>> read more

In 2008, nearly 3,000 companies are planning to publish some type of corporate non-financial report or Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report, the website Corporateregister.com projects. However, only a quarter of the companies are also planning to include third-party verification of >>> read more

The CSR Assurance Statement Report is the first report to offer an independent, comprehensive overview of the field. The report outlines who uses assurance, who provides assurance and what methods are used. Assure View is a reference point for all >>> read more

SIRAN/Social Investment Forum Report Finds Strong Growth in CSR Web Sites, CSR Reports and Use of Global Reporting Initiative Guidelines More than half of the United States’ 100 largest publicly traded companies now report on their sustainability efforts, and more >>> read more

As problems in international companies’ supply chains continue to come under the spotlight, Amsterdam-based Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) today announced the launch of the GRI Global Action Network for Transparency in the Supply Chain. GRI is calling on multinational firms >>> read more