The Danish government has moved to tighten up its compulsory "green accounts" system for the most environmentally significant companies with presentation to parliament of a new bill. One aim of the legislative changes is to link the country’s system of >>> read more

GRI Update – October 2000 * 2nd International GRI Symposium, Nov. 13-15, Washington * GRI Speaks to the United Nations * GRI on the Road – Briefings in Paris, Delhi, Mumbai, London… * Feedback Wanted on Sustainability Reporting Guidelines * >>> read more

Milieuboek uit Amsterdam bestaat niet meer, Milieuboeken.nl op internet is het moderne alternatief om uw boeken op het gebied van milieu, natuur en duurzaamheid eenvoudig te bestellen. Zowel voor professional als de consument. Milieuboek in Amsterdam was jarenlang de bekende >>> read more

The Global Environmental Management Initiative (GEMI) announced the availability of a new HSE Web Depot, designed to help Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) professionals, facility managers and business unit leaders provide value to their companies by reducing costs and risks >>> read more

Contrary to the belief that multinationals suffer from environmental regulation, large companies that adopt strict global environmental standards in developing countries are rewarded with higher stock market performance, according to a study published in a journal of the Institute for >>> read more

The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) has announced its support for the recent release of the revised Sustainability Reporting Guidelines issued by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). The Sustainability Reporting Guidelines make recommendations for reporting on the economic, environmental >>> read more

Environmental financial accounting deals with accounting for and reporting on environmental transactions and events that affect, or will likely affect, the financial position of the business. One of the challenges is to ensure that 1) environmental costs and liabilities are >>> read more

Sustainability/UNEP published their new report "Life and Science; Accountability, Transparency, Citizenship and Governance in the Life Sciences Sector". This report is the latest in the Engaging Stakeholders series looking at the quality of corporate communications. Given the consumer backlash against >>> read more

Eco-efficiency is widely adopted in todays business world but approaches to measuring and reporting its performance have lacked consistency. For the first time, a report by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) proposes a common measurement framework that >>> read more

The European Commission has adopted a Decision on the setting up of a European Pollutant Emission Register (EPER). The Register will cover emissions of 50 pollutants from about 20,000 individual industrial facilities across the European Union and it will be >>> read more

For the fourth time IÖW and future e.V. have tested the quality of German environmental reports in the "Ranking of Environmental Reporting". The results are published in the latest edition of the German business journal CAPITAL. 150 of the largest >>> read more

The Sustainability Communication Platform (SCP) is an Internet based service to be launched in June 2000, designed to facilitate cost effective reporting and meaningful stakeholder dialogue on sustainability issues. It provides a format for reporting on policies, practices and performance >>> read more