Corporate Responsibility (CR) must be relevant to individual businesses according to new research from Ashridge, one of the worlds leading business schools, carried out in association with the British Quality Foundation (BQF). Other key findings reveal that for CR to >>> read more

The European Federation of Accountants, FEE, is today calling on the European Commissions Multi-stakeholder Forum to give Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reporting the same level of recognition as financial reporting. CSR reporting typically sees corporations reporting on their economic, social >>> read more

CERES and the Tellus Institute released the draft guidance for facility-level sustainability reporting for public comment. All interested parties are encouraged to submit comments through September 10, 2004. The Draft Facility Reporting Guidance is the product of the Facility Reporting >>> read more

The European Academy of Business in Society (EABIS) today launched Europes first on-line directory of education, training and research on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and business in society (BiS. Covering MBA programmes, executive education and under-graduate courses in Europes business >>> read more

In 2003 GRI and the International Council for Mining and Metals (ICMM) convened a multi-stakeholder working group with the purpose of developing a Mining and Metals Sector Supplement to the 2002 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. A draft of the Supplement is >>> read more

ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) Hong Kong hosted the ACCA HK Awards for Sustainability Reporting in Island Shangri-La Hotel today. MTR Corporation Limited , Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited , Architectural Services Department and Hong Kong >>> read more

Proposed guidelines for Operating and Financial Review reports require British company directors to discuss the effects of social and environmental issues on business. Mandatory corporate reporting on social and environmental issues is stalled in limbo in the US, but it >>> read more

May 2004 news update of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). Public comments invited: Health and Safety Technical Protocol 5/10/2004 With funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, GRI is developing a technical protocol for each of the six health >>> read more

ISO (International Organization for Standardization) has launched a Web site – www.iso.org/sr – to support the International Conference on Social Responsibility that it is holding on 21-22 June 2004 in Stockholm, Sweden As well as addressing the practical aspects of >>> read more

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) today welcomed the release by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) of the report on social responsibility prepared by its multi-stakeholder Advisory Group on Social Responsibility (SR) . The report responds to a mandate from >>> read more

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has announced that City West Water, Sydney Water and Watercare have been jointly awarded the best sustainability report award in this year’s ACCA Australia and New Zealand Sustainability Reporting Awards, sponsored by KPMG. >>> read more

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is a new sponsor to the Sustainability Leadership Award. The award, launched in 2001 by Sustainability Asset Management (SAM) and the Sustainable Performance Group (SPG), honors extraordinary leadership by individuals working within >>> read more