Your 2015 annual report has been published, and it was well received. Great! But what makes the top reports stand out from the crowd? Apart from good content, assurance (or in other words, having your data audited by an external >>> read more

Companies should not fear making mistakes in their sustainability reporting and while this is true for all companies it is particularly the case for SMEs, according to Theresa Fogelberg, GRI’s deputy chief executive. “[SMEs] should not be afraid, I also >>> read more

Today, Business Call to Action (BCtA) and GRI are launching a report that finds that governments are increasingly interested in accounting for private sector contributions to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a trend that has evolved from the >>> read more

Today, the UN Global Compact will announce four new platforms – in partnership with GRI, Monday Morning/Sustainia, Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and Volans – to help shape the next generation of sustainable development initiatives and partnerships for business. The >>> read more

Corporate sustainability is no longer a niche subject important only in the minds of a handful of regulators and environmentalists. As our collective understanding of the value of sustainability has grown, new audiences have joined the conversation. For sustainability professionals, >>> read more

The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) and the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) have today launched an introductory guide for leaders on integrated thinking and reporting – a model that is improving understanding of the services the >>> read more

If you are interested in questions like “Are companies compelled to misrepresent their CSR efforts?” and “Who is there to stop them?”, a new research book is available. The book “Mandatory Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting in the EU – Comprehensive >>> read more

New research by Ethical Corporation shows that sustainability professionals need to prove the value of CSR Reporting. Ethical Corporation are calling for corporate sustainability professionals to increase engagement with their CFOs and prove the value of CSR following the results of >>> read more

Cargill’s 2015 EWOS Sustainability report has earned the number-one ranking for sustainability reporting from Seafood Intelligence, a global news service that reports on the seafood sector. Cargill’s report, released in early June, was one of 10 leading salmon feed businesses >>> read more

Last week, the GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards came one step closer to their debut, with the Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB) approving the final drafts of all 36 GRI Standards for publication. The GSSB reviewed and approved the final drafts >>> read more

Oslo Børs today becomes one of the first stock exchanges in the world to publish guidance on the reporting of corporate responsibility. “Investors are attaching more and more weight to corporate responsibility in their investment decisions, and we want to help >>> read more

A large number of organizations are in the business of influencing the future of sustainability reporting. We recently ran a blog series based on interviews with three of them—the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC), and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB). However, >>> read more