On 16 August the Value Balancing Alliance (VBA) kicked off in Frankfurt. The Alliance is founded by eight international companies to create a standard for measuring and disclosing the real value companies provide to society. With global warming, natural resource >>> read more

A declaration by 181 CEOs of major US companies to operate in a way that values all their stakeholders has been welcomed by Tim Mohin, chief executive of GRI. However, he has made clear that this is a first step >>> read more

Nonfinancial reports helped stimulate the growth of sustainable investing. Now investors are questioning current reporting practices—and calling for changes that executives and board members must understand. As evidence mounts that the financial performance of companies corresponds to how well they >>> read more

An ambitious project has been launched to explore how the private sector can actively contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – and what the role of reporting and partnerships is to support this process. GRI, the sustainability reporting standard >>> read more

A large majority of major corporations are failing to be transparent about their impacts on global deforestation and many are taking inadequate steps to tackle it, according to a new report released today by environmental non-profit CDP. Over 1,500 companies >>> read more

As part of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) Preparer Forums for Chemicals and for Electric Utilities, AkzoNobel, BASF, DSM, Solvay, Sumitomo Chemical and CLP, EDF, EDP, EnBW, Enel, Iberdrola share examples, learnings and reflections in: “Climate-related financial >>> read more

GRI has demonstrated its commitment to increasing and improving the tools available to support sustainability report preparers, as showcased in its latest annual report. In GRI’s ‘Towards more and better reporting’ 2018 Annual Report, the organization demonstrates how to navigate >>> read more

 Policy makers and businesses need to work closer together to ramp up private sector engagement in the climate change commitments made under the Paris Agreement. Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) set out the efforts by individual countries to cut emissions and >>> read more

GRI’s Chief Executive, Tim Mohin, testified yesterday (10 July) before the US House Committee on Financial Services, which is considering new corporate reporting requirements for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) information. Addressing members of the Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship >>> read more

Despite environmental, social and governance issues rising to the forefront of Fortune 500 companies’ corporate strategies due to growing interest from institutional investors, gaps still exist within the implementation and reporting of these ESG initiatives, according to new data released >>> read more

A major new report assessing the climate performance of 274 of the world’s highest-emitting publicly-listed companies finds that almost half (46%) do not adequately consider climate risk in operational decision-making. A quarter (25%) do not report their own emissions at >>> read more

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and FSR – Danish Auditors have published a first-of-its-kind guidance on how companies can improve the quality of, and confidence in, their environment, social and governance (ESG) information by considering the basic >>> read more