Using a stakeholder panel, in addition to an assurance provider, can give a more complete picture of a company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) performance, according to a new survey by PwC. The global survey of PwC clients found that stakeholder >>> read more

Research findings developed with Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship, Net Impact and World Business Council for Sustainable Development assess trends and best practices in corporate responsibility communications. Transparency in communications is a key indicator of a socially responsible company >>> read more

The issue of climate change has made it to the top of the corporate big wheel, with 87 percent of non-financial reports from Global FT500 companies reporting on the issue, according to a report from CorporateRegister.com. CorporateRegister.com’s ‘Corporate Climate Communications’ >>> read more

A new report about Sustainability Reporting in emerging markets has been published. This report summarizes a research project investigating the current level of sustainability reporting and disclosure by emerging market companies. The report is the first analysis of emerging market >>> read more

The launch of the report of the Prince of Wales’ Accounting for Sustainability Project just before Christmas was hugely important. For the first time, business and the public sector now has a simple and clear framework on which to base >>> read more

The Roberts Environmental Center analyzes the environmental and social reporting of the world’s largest companies and publishes the results of up to 30 companies at a time in industrial sector reports. We rank the companies for overall quality of reporting >>> read more

Sustainability reports offer plenty of eye candy, but can they actually help managers make better decisions? Three weeks before Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to sound the alarm on climate change, a coalition of investors, >>> read more

For years, accountants have dabbled at the edges of sustainability. Their response to climate change and the growing effect it has on corporate performance has been, in the words of one prominent accountant, “a bit like a rabbit caught in >>> read more

77 sustainability reports have been selected for the GRI Readers’ Choice Awards short-list. From today until 31 January readers of sustainability reports will be able to score these short-listed reports. Only short-listed reports will have the chance to win one >>> read more

Ceres and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) today announced the shortlist of candidate reports for the Ceres-ACCA North American Sustainability Reporting Awards for 2007. Of the 87 sustainability reports received, 21 were selected for further consideration by the >>> read more

The number of FTSE 100 companies issuing corporate responsibility (CR) reports has reached a record high, according to research from business advisory firm Deloitte. 80 of the UK’s top 100 companies now report on corporate responsibility in their Annual Report >>> read more

BT has won the top accolade at ACCA’s (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) annual UK Awards for Sustainability Reporting today. ACCA also commended seven other organisations for their reports on the environmental, social and wider economic impacts of their activities >>> read more