To support accountants in developing a greater awareness of how they can help their organizations address issues of sustainability and more fully incorporate these issues into business decisions, the International Federation of Accountants® (IFAC®) today released Accounting for Sustainability. From >>> read more
The Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (CHRB) led by a group of investors, an NGO, a think tank and an investor research agency, today launched a public consultation on the first draft of indicators that will be used to rank companies >>> read more
Unilever has published its inaugural Human Rights Report. The report outlines Unilever’s goal not only to respect Human Rights but to actively advance them across all areas of its business. It documents areas where the company has taken significant steps >>> read more
“It’s all in our Sustainability Report.” That’s a phrase guaranteed to strike fear in the hearts of even the hardiest sustainability wonks. The fact is, companies keep packaging their diligent, necessary and informative sustainability reporting in dense corporate documents that no one >>> read more
Today (30 June) we celebrate the 15th anniversary of the guidelines for sustainability reporting by the Global Reporting Initiative(GRI). The first edition (the ‘june 2000 guidelines’) where published on 30 june 2000. See the news of that moment. Read the >>> read more
Take a glimpse of the future with feedback from the latest 2degrees CR / Sustainability Reporting Spend Survey. “Sustainability is not about reporting,” says Klas Hallberg, manager of new developments in sustainability at Akzonobel, “but reporting is the basis for >>> read more
The world’s largest asset manager, has teamed up with nonprofit sustainability leader Ceres to create guidance for U.S. institutional investors on engaging with companies and policymakers on sustainability issues. The guide, 21st Century Engagement: Investor Strategies for Incorporating ESG Considerations into Corporate Interactions, includes >>> read more
ABN AMRO is pleased to announce it is the first financial institution to apply the UN Guiding Principles Reporting Framework to next year’s Sustainability Report in order to report on the bank’s on-going efforts to implement corporate responsibility policies and >>> read more
For many of you, it’s reporting season, and you’re knee-deep in data. We’ve got reporting on the brain too; 2degrees recently held its Reporting and Performance Masterclass, tackling the headache of materiality, stakeholder engagement and all things troubling that sustainability report >>> read more
The CDSB Framework sets out an approach to reporting environmental information & natural capital in mainstream reports, such as the annual report, 10-K filing or integrated report. The CDSB Framework for reporting environmental information & natural capital is designed to >>> read more
The statement, signed at the time of the launch of the CDSB Reporting Framework for environmental and natural capital information, sets out how CDSB and the IIRC collaborate. CDSB and the IIRC share a vision of a corporate reporting regime >>> read more
The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) today announced leading sustainability software provider credit360 as a partner in the SASB Enterprise Resource Platform Program. Companies use credit360’s leading sustainability software to access SASB disclosure guidance, collect and compile data for SASB >>> read more