The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (the SASB) published its Exposure Draft Standards for 79 industries, which are now open for a 90-day public comment period, ending December 31, 2017. This period allows the public to review and comment on proposed changes to help ensure >>> read more
Today, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) launched the Reporting Exchange – the single most up-to-date and comprehensive source of information on sustainability reporting requirements and resources currently available. The Reporting Exchange is a free, online platform designed to help >>> read more
Leading investors are signalling their support for Integrated Reporting, in a new statement being released to coincide with the Principles for Responsible Investment ‘In Person’ Conference in Berlin today. Twelve leading international investor organizations – representing nearly US$2 trillion assets under management >>> read more
Carbon Clear published the results of the 2017 Sustainability Reporting Performance of the FTSE 100, IBEX 35 and CAC 40. The report highlights trends and leadership in environmental sustainability within Europe’s largest companies. Last year Spain’s IBEX 35 was added to >>> read more
Today, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) marks its 20th anniversary and charts a refreshed course to help even more businesses use sustainability reporting to create the conditions for sustainable development. Thousands of organizations in more than 100 countries already use the GRI reporting framework >>> read more
Last week, a group of ten companies across seven sectors become the first companies to make the commitment to implement the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures within three years. They will be disclosing information about the financial implications >>> read more
Recognizing the critical role that private capital flows will play in moving society toward a more sustainable future, Yale University has launched the Yale Initiative on Sustainable Finance (YISF). This new academic effort will provide high-quality research on the flow >>> read more
Accountancy Europe observes the significant proliferation of initiatives and frameworks around non-financial information reporting, which makes it challenging for those involved to cope with this topic. Therefore, in our Call for action: Enhance the coordination of non-financial information initiatives and frameworks , >>> read more
Accountancy Europe published a new paper about the Core & More concept. The paper elaborates on the concept tha Accountancy Europe introduced in our thought-leadership paper The Future of Corporate Reporting – creating the dynamics for change (2015). Stakeholders’ responded positively >>> read more
Today, 21 September, GRI and the UN Global Compact launched the first outcome publication of their groundbreaking Action Platform for Business Reporting on the SDGs at the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit in New York. The publication An Analysis of >>> read more
As the field of global Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) and workplace wellness is evolving, so is our understanding of its impact on business and its place in sustainability reporting. Lost working time, treatment and rehabilitation fees, are estimated to >>> read more
From working conditions and human rights, environmental pollution and social well-being, commercial activities have far-reaching consequences, which must be measured – but who will set the standards? Sustainability reporting has grown exponentially in recent years, Hans Hoogervorst, chairman of the >>> read more