The European Commission has today published new guidelines on corporate climate-related information reporting, as part of its Sustainable Finance Action Plan. These guidelines will provide companies with practical recommendations on how to better report the impact that their activities are having on >>> read more
Group of 88 investors target over 700 companies for not reporting environmental information
Source: CDP, 17 June 201988 investors with nearly US$10 trillion assets are targeting companies that are not transparent enough about their environmental impact, and pushing them to disclose this information through CDP, the non-profit global environmental disclosure platform. The investors are targeting 707 companies >>> read more
Corporate Reporting Dialogue consultation reveals urgent market call for indicator alignment on climate
Source: IIRC, 13 June 2019Participants of the Corporate Reporting Dialogue – an initiative bringing together the major standard setters and framework providers globally – will announce the findings of their global market consultation on building better alignment via a webinar on Tuesday 25 June 2019. Through an >>> read more
Second TCFD Status Report Shows Steady Increase in TCFD Adoption
Source: TCFD, 5 June 2019The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) published its 2019 Status Report to the Financial Stability Board (FSB) today. The TCFD’s second status report provides an overview of disclosure practices aligned with the Task Force’s recommendations between 2016 and 2018. The >>> read more
Integrate SDGs in the company’s full reporting cycle – new UNCTAD/IIRC initiative
Source: , 3 June 2019UNCTAD and the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) have today [Monday 3 June 2019] signed an updated memorandum of understanding (MoU), in which the two organizations will enhance their cooperation to integrate the SDGs into the corporate reporting cycle. This action re-affirms the >>> read more
NASDAQ launches global ESG Reporting Guide for companies
Source: , 3 June 2019Nasdaq announced recently the launch of its new global environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting guide to support public and private companies. The 2019 ESG Reporting Guide includes the latest third-party reporting methodologies widely adopted by the industry, and aims to >>> read more
CSR Reporting Under EU Law is Highest for Gender and Lowest for Human Rights Matters, Study Reveals
Source: , 3 June 2019iPoint is excited to announce the release of a new baseline study which evaluates corporate compliance with the new EU Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD). Funded by iPoint and prepared by Development International (DI), a not-for-profit organization specialized in evaluations, the study >>> read more
Tim Mohin (GRI): “Clock is ticking on a biodiversity catastrophe”
Source: , 22 May 2019As the global community marked International Biodiversity Day (22 June), we also faced the sobering fact that human impact on the planet has entered a stage that is fast approaching a point of no return. For earth’s living ecosystems, the >>> read more
SustainAccounting Launches World’s First Triple Bottom Line Certification Program
Source: , 21 May 2019SustainAccounting LLC has announced the launch of its Certified Triple Bottom Line (TBL) program for organizations, Certified TBL Orgs, the world’s first certification program for integrated TBL measurement and reporting. SustainAccounting’s Certified TBL program differs from all other CSR- / sustainability-related certifications in the following >>> read more
86% of S&P 500 Index® Companies Publish Sustainability / Responsibility Reports in 2018
Source: , 17 May 2019The Governance & Accountability Institute (G&A) research team determined that eighty-six percent (86%) of the companies in the S&P 500 Index® published sustainability or corporate responsibility reports in the year 2018. This research effort marks G&A Institute’s eighth annual monitoring >>> read more
GRI starts to review the universal Standards
Source: , 17 May 2019The Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB), the independent standard setting body of GRI, is launching a project to review the universal Standards. The review will consider revisions for the three universal Standards that are applicable for every organization preparing a >>> read more
The Big eBook of Sustainability Reporting Frameworks
Source: , 15 May 2019EcoAct published the ‘Big eBook of Sustainability Reporting Frameworks’. The e-book catalogues 26 of the major mandatory and voluntary frameworks, standards, methodologies and permits for businesses. It includes a summary of who reports, what is required and the benefits of each framework. This eBook >>> read more