Ceres and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) today announced the shortlist of candidate reports for the Ceres-ACCA North American Sustainability Reporting Awards for 2007. Of the 87 sustainability reports received, 21 were selected for further consideration by the >>> read more

The number of FTSE 100 companies issuing corporate responsibility (CR) reports has reached a record high, according to research from business advisory firm Deloitte. 80 of the UK’s top 100 companies now report on corporate responsibility in their Annual Report >>> read more

BT has won the top accolade at ACCA’s (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) annual UK Awards for Sustainability Reporting today. ACCA also commended seven other organisations for their reports on the environmental, social and wider economic impacts of their activities >>> read more

Not so long ago “green” issues were commonly associated with fuzzy public relations gestures rather than cold, hard numbers. But as companies increasingly accept the need to tackle climate change, the focus has shifted to technical measurements. Enter the accountants, >>> read more

Nearly 800 sustainability reports are currently in the running for the inaugural GRI Readers Choice Awards. On December 31st the field of eligible reports will be reduced to a short-list based on reports with: • the highest volume of scores >>> read more

Dutch Sustainability Research (DSR) and Respect published findings of a benchmarking study on climate change best practice. The research indicates that corporations are taking part in numerous interesting and innovative climate change related initiatives. However, overall climate change disclosure remains >>> read more

All 55 state owned companies in Sweden have to file an annual sustainability report based on the Global Reporting Initiative (G3) Guidelines before the 31 March each year from 2009, the Swedish Government announced toda In a bid to improve >>> read more

BASF’s corporate website – www.basf.com – is the most complete and web savvy in the field of online sustainability communications. Jungle Rating – a Dutch internet consultancy – concludes this after having investigated all sustainability websites of the European sustainability >>> read more

Nestlé, Bunge, Tyson Foods and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters first to commit to multi-stakeholder development of GRI’s sector-specific indicators for sustainability reporting. Following the global trend in environmental awareness, paired with heightened consumer consciousness, food companies are increasingly facing new >>> read more

Early bird registration opens today! The Amsterdam Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency featuring the GRI Readers’ Choice Awards offers you a great value and stimulating program with outstanding speakers. Click here to register now. Visit the conference website to >>> read more

Trying to figure out which companies will have the biggest environmental liabilities down the road? Check out what they’re saying about their environmental practices. A new study by four business researchers says the best environmental performers are those that give >>> read more

Almost every single company — 98 percent, to be precise — listed on the FTSE All-Share Index now mentions the environment in their annual reports. The down side is that for at least some of those companies, mention the environment >>> read more