GRI News Update – April 2005

Source: Global Reporting Initiative, 21 April 2005

April 200 news update of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).
G3 Update On: Technical Protocols
4/20/2005

The development of a standard format in which to present Technical Protocols
is one of the objectives of the G3 plan, and involves preparing a common set
of background information for all the indicators regarding the technical aspects
of answering each one.

All the report that’s fit to print
4/20/2005
A summary print version of GRI’s first sustainabiltiy report is now available,
that contains highlights from the full online report that was launched in February.

GRI Down Under
4/20/2005

Australia was home to two GRI events in the past month, as it was the location
for the launch of the Sector Supplement for Public Agencies and a special workshop
for OS and potential OS members in Oceania…

GRI in the News
4/20/2005
The latest article about GRI and the G3 can be found inside Corporate Responsibility
Management (CR Management) …

GRI Reporters Win Awards
4/20/2005
Five GRI reporters were among the winners at the latest European Sustainability
Reporting Awards (ESRA) and at the CERES-ACCA North American Awards for Sustainability
Reporting.

New Executive Briefing: The Future of Corporate Responsibility Codes, Standards
and Frameworks
4/20/2005

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and AccountAbility have published a new
Executive Briefing on the future of corporate responsibility codes, standards
and frameworks.

New Organisational Stakeholders
4/20/2005

This was a busy month for our OS team, as 14 new organisations joined up, and
18 existing ones renewed their memberships.

Latest New Reporters
4/20/2005

10 new reporters have added their reports to GRI’s database in the past month,
having used the GRI Guidelines to create their sustainability reports.

Forecasting the Future – Help Wanted!
4/20/2005

Two new surveys have been launched around the issues of Corporate Social Responsibility
in general, and around CSR reporting specifically.

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