The GRI G4 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines kick in after the end of 2015, and companies need to prepare for its main focus: materiality. Mint Kang reports. This year, companies that adhere to international standards for sustainability reporting are preparing for >>> read more

Today, the European Parliament adopted the long-awaited directive on the disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large companies. “This vote is a victory for transparency and this is a great day for the future of sustainability reporting,” said >>> read more

Sustainability advocacy group Ceres, in collaboration with BlackRock and other major institutional investors, today announced an initiative to engage global stock exchanges via the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) on a possible uniform reporting standard for sustainability reporting by all >>> read more

In recent years, a lot of buzz has been in the media about rising levels of sustainability reporting among large corporations. However, there has been comparatively little discussion of how smaller companies fit into the trend of increasing disclosure. Read >>> read more

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has formed a new sustainability working group at its Working Committee meeting in Mumbai last week. The new Sustainability Working Group is comprised of representatives from a diverse array of global stock exchanges with >>> read more

Annually, Methodologie reviews and assesses the annual reports and the corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports for the Fortune 100 companies. We look for trends by reviewing each of the companies’ reports, looking at the size, scope, content and the types >>> read more

The Committee of Permanent Representatives today endorsed an agreement between the Hellenic Presidency of the Council and European Parliament representatives on a draft directive for the disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large companies. New measures will require >>> read more

Businesses are hesitant about adopting integrated reporting <IR> with the majority taking a ‘wait and see’ approach, according to new research from ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), the global accountancy body. Chief financial officers and other senior finance >>> read more

Bedrijven zijn nog huiverig om integrated reporting te omarmen, zo blijkt uit onderzoek van ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants). Een meerderheid van de ondernemingen neemt een afwachtende houding aan, zo stellen de onderzoekers vast. Lees het volledige artikel via >>> read more

At most companies, work on 2013 sustainability reports is well underway. But it’s not too late to take stock and assess whether you’re giving enough consideration to four major issues recently cited by Ernst & Young: materiality, conflict minerals, social >>> read more

It may seem incredible that anyone can continue arguing that corporations should not be responsible for their impacts on wider society. Yet that was effectively the argument put forward by some European Union member states last week when they attempted >>> read more

Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) en ISO hebben samen een document opgesteld waarin de relatie tussen GRI G4 en ISO 26000 wordt toegelicht. Zowel GRI als ISO geven organisaties handvatten voor MVO. GRI G4 geeft internationale richtlijnen voor het opstellen van >>> read more