There was widespread recognition at the global summit meeting in Johannesburg last September that corporations are indispensable to sustainable development. Put simply, there can be little enduring social or environmental progress without active contributions from the private sector. Yet for >>> read more

Whether this past year in Washington or next week in Davos, "corporate responsibility" has become synonymous with combating company wrongdoing. But for the vast majority of global firms who play by the rules, the term signifies something rather different. What >>> read more

The One World Trust’s Global Accountability Report is the first of its kind to compare the accountability of inter-governmental organisations (IGOs), transnational corporations (TNCs) and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs). Eighteen of the world’s most powerful organisations are assessed in this >>> read more

Following the Johannesburg Summit call on the corporate sector for increased accountability, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is launching a web-based reporting portal to bolster companies efforts to report on their sustainable development activities. The reporting portal, >>> read more

A new WBCSD report on sustainable development reporting answers the worldwide call on companies for greater accountability and transparency by explaining why and how reporting can help turn the recent wave of boardroom scandals into renewed boardroom trust. A by >>> read more

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) released a discussion paper seeking stakeholders’ views on whether it should issue guidelines on the new socially responsible investing (SRI) disclosure requirements for products with an investment component (investment products) and, if so, >>> read more

UK proposals to make company directors explicitly responsible for environmental and social performance are now firmly on the agenda of corporate law reform according to supporters of the legislation. Labour MP for Ilford North, Linda Perham, who wrote the Corporate >>> read more

Update of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), december 2002. Contents: > First Convening of Stakeholder Council Members > Launch of GRI Forum Japan > Reminder – 3rd International GRI Symposium in July 2003 > New Website in January > More >>> read more

De Belgische jury heeft beslist als winnaars van het jaar 2002 te verkiezen voor de beste milieu- en duurzaamheidsverslagen: Voor de categorie milieuverslag wordt ELECTRABEL TIHANGE benoemd en INDAVER krijgt de beloning van de categorie rapport duurzaam ondernemen. Beoordeling van >>> read more

Vandaag publiceert het Koninklijk NIVRA een onderzoek waarin 50 maatschappelijke jaarverslagen van ondernemingen wereldwijd, die kunnen worden beschouwd als voorloper op dit gebied, worden vergeleken en voorzien van commentaar. Uit het onderzoek blijkt dat maatschappelijke verslaggeving in belang toeneemt, maar >>> read more

The UK shortlists for the environmental and sustainability reporting categories have been selected. Winners for these two awards and the social reporting awards category will be chosen in December. The awards presentation ceremony for the 2002 UK Awards will take >>> read more

CSR Europe published a new report: "Impacts of reporting. The role of social and sustainability reporting in organisational transformation." This report, based on 32 interviews with 11 of Europes leading companies, (including Procter &Gamble, BT, Shell and Volkswagen) shows that >>> read more