In the latest report, EcoAct (Carbon Clear) presents their research into the environmental sustainability reporting trends within the of the UK’s largest companies. Download the report to find out how companies are managing climate risk and future proofing business operations; innovating >>> read more

The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) announced ahead of the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) last week that they will move forward soon with a Bloomberg-funded effort to bring their standards in line with >>> read more

The Amman Stock Exchange (ASE )has issued guidelines on the preparation of sustainability reports in both Arabic and English. The guide provides guidelines for publicly listed companies on how to prepare the sustainability report and the information to be included in >>> read more

Companies may be cherry-picking sustainability measures that make them look good, while huge variation in what’s reported makes meaningful comparisons across firms impossible, a new international study shows. Researchers say their findings reinforce the call for minimum requirements for sustainability >>> read more

Access to freshwater is essential for all life, and a human right recognized by the United Nations. However, millions of people around the world suffer from water scarcity, poor water quality, and inadequate sanitation. Companies operating in areas with water >>> read more

The Institute of Management Accounting has debuted a massive open online course, or MOOC, on sustainability reporting. The free course, “Improving Confidence in Sustainability Performance Data,” is being offered through openSAP. It fits into the trend of MOOCs, which have >>> read more

Energy and sustainability expert Schneider Electric today announced new external reporting features in the company’s cloud-based enterprise software platform EcoStruxure™ Resource Advisor. The updates will enable organizations to turn sustainability disclosure into an ongoing process and better use data collected throughout the year, reducing >>> read more

AccountAbility is pleased to release a practical guidance document highlighting the key changes made to the AA1000 AccountAbility Principles (AA1000AP, 2018), as well as an overview of alignment with commonly used sustainability-related reporting standards and frameworks. The document serves to support both >>> read more

Financial Services are lagging behind all other industries when it comes to climate change disclosure according to a new data brief released by Datamaran. Datamaran is the global leader in Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions for non-financial risk management. >>> read more

Large businesses will soon risk losing investor interest and stakeholder trust unless they stop “cherry-picking” which of the United Nation’s (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) they report on and omitting negative impacts from their sustainability reports. That is according to >>> read more

A new analysis of nearly 500 of the largest companies on the Forbes Global 2000 list finds that most companies are using comparable and industry-wide disclosure frameworks for reporting sustainability risks and opportunities.  However, the analysis finds that only a small >>> read more

A new report has urged corporates to drop standalone sustainability reports in favour of integrated reporting methods, to better showcase how sustainability can act as a holistic driver for growth and value across a business. The new IR Academic Database, >>> read more