One of the hot topics in sustainability right now is reporting. According to Littan (2017), 92% of the world’s largest companies publish some sort of sustainability report. But what leads a company to create an actual sustainability/CSR report? In their >>> read more

More than half the respondents to the annual study of corporate social responsibility practices by The Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR) support mandatory sustainability reporting. The ninth Annual Review of the State of CSR in Australia and New Zealand >>> read more

EY member firms are able to conclude from several years of research of ESG reporting that there is a global trend toward increased interest in nonfinancial information on the part of investment professionals. But the question we continue to seek >>> read more

When and how will companies be able to say they have achieved bona fide sustainability? What changes do they need to make in assessing context, materiality, and success measurement? How will they know they’re creating net positive value sustainably, across >>> read more

Sustainability reporting is a dry topic, so try to hang in there for at least the first three paragraphs, even if your business is primarily a service business and you cannot conceive that sustainability reporting has any relevance. (Note to >>> read more

Last week, GRI and SASB took the stage together in a joint session at the Ceres Conference in San Francisco, revealing further collaboration plans.​ Most people working in the field of sustainability are familiar with the so-called rivalry between GRI >>> read more

The new publication from IIRC ‘Creating Value The cyclical power of integrated thinking and reporting’ looks at the central relationship between Integrated Reporting and its cyclical power and relationship with integrated thinking. It sees reporting and thinking as two sides of >>> read more

In today’s complex business landscape, companies are expected to deliver more than profits and shareholder value: they are increasingly focusing on their non-financial performance. One element of this Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) approach is investing human and financial resources in >>> read more

Malaysian companies are being called on to adopt Integrated Reporting, as part of the Malaysian Corporate Governance Code launched today by the Securities Commission Malaysia. The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) has welcomed this launch, which is an important development >>> read more

Global business leaders representing companies with US$4.9 trillion in assets under management and US$700 billion in revenue have joined together to urge G20 governments to formally accept and act on the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures. >>> read more

New research suggests that some firms manipulate the content and tone of their company reports despite an initiative to make them more concise and balanced. The study, led by Dr Gaia Melloni at the University of East Anglia (UEA), examined >>> read more

“If everything is important, then nothing is.” This quote from Patrick Lencioni illuminates the heart of the problem with today’s sustainability reporting practices. Too many seasoned organizations are still struggling to focus their reporting on the impacts that matter most. And >>> read more