SASB launched today a complete set of 77 industry-specific sustainability accounting standards! The objective of the SASB standards is to enable companies around the world to identify, manage and communicate financially-material sustainability information to their investors. The standards are the culmination of six >>> read more
Major international corporate reporting standard setters and framework providers have today [Wednesday 7 November 2018] announced a ground-breaking new two-year project focused on driving better alignment in the corporate reporting landscape, to make it easier for companies to prepare effective >>> read more
In a touching ceremony that saw her family, network and colleagues convened at the headquarters of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) in Amsterdam, Teresa Fogelberg, Deputy Chief Executive at GRI was decorated as Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau of >>> read more
Over the past 12 months, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) has worked with consultancy Radley Yeldar to survey 158 corporates on their approach to sustainability reporting. Here, edie rounds-up the key findings. Undertaken by Radley Yeldar and >>> read more
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and Radley Yeldar released the sixth edition of Reporting matters – WBCSD’s annual review of member companies’ sustainability and integrated reports. Spanning 158 leading companies from 17 supersectors and 31 countries, this year’s research points >>> read more
RepRisk, a global environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data science company, and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), a global organization for sustainable development, are pleased to announce their partnership to provide ESG data for WBCSD’s 2018 review >>> read more
A group of leading global investor organisations has convened to address open questions relating to corporate ESG reporting to provide guidance and an investor perspective to the global Corporate Reporting Dialogue and its members. This discussion paper presents the preliminary outputs from >>> read more
On Friday October 12th Sustainalize and ING Belgium organised the informative seminar ‘The future of non-financial reporting’. After two successful editions in the Netherlands, it was the first time the seminar was held in Belgium. Over sixty people from mainly >>> read more
Investors and regulators are coming together to improve environmental, social, and governance standards in capital markets as a way to help identify growth opportunities, manage risks, and promote sustainability in developing countries. Anthony Miller, coordinator of the United Nations’ Sustainable >>> read more
Regulators are taking a tougher stance on ESG disclosure, a new report by Datamaran – the leading solution for non-financial risk management – reveals. In the last three years alone Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)-related regulations – grew by over >>> read more
A group of leading global organizations, including the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), have joined forces to create the Impact Management Project. This network is an unprecedented effort to develop methods to measure the environmental and social impacts of investment decisions. The >>> read more
The winners of the Ethical Corporation’s 9th Annual Responsible Business Awards has been announced at a glamorous Awards Dinner ceremony yesterday (9th October) in central London. In the category ‘Integrated Report of the Year’ ABN AMRO was the winner with it’s >>> read more