A third of the 100 largest companies in Hungary reported on their non-financial results last year, and only 8 of them included third party opinion as independent external control, a decrease in numbers compared to a year earlier – a >>> read more

The Corporate Affairs Ministry today said it is upgrading its website for enabling companies to file their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reports online. "The Ministry is in the process of designing an e-form under MCA-21 which will enable the corporates >>> read more

The new book "One Report" refers to an emerging trend in business taking place throughout the world where companies are going beyond separate reports for financial and nonfinancial (e.g., corporate social responsibility or sustainability) results and integrating both into a >>> read more

The Global Reporting initiative (GRI) have this week re-launched the 2010 sustainability reporting awards in a simpler, more user friendly format. Voting is now easy and quick, allowing everyone to easily shape the future of sustainability reporting. The GRI’s Readers’ >>> read more

Businesses face three key challenges when it comes to sustainability reporting, according to a new report. They include multiple metric frameworks, a lack of uniform definitions, and a lack of consistent applications, which have resulted in variable and unreliable measurement >>> read more

The latest edition of the annual Sustainable Investment Research Analyst Network (SIRAN) commissioned report – ‘S&P 100 Sustainability Reporting Comparison’ – shows a marked increase in the number of firms issuing GRI reports. • The number of Standard and Poors >>> read more

The number of companies reporting on the social and environmental impacts of their business is growing dramatically, and along with it the variety of those reports and their content. To help readers weigh the value of the information in those >>> read more

The first draft of the Airport Sustainability Reporting Guidelines is now available for public consultation. This consultation process is an important step towards developing uniform sustainability reporting guidelines, an initiative taken by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). For the past >>> read more

On behalf of the German Federal Environment Ministry and with participation of leading sustainable investors/analysts, who influence sustainable assets of c. Euro 2 trillion with offices in all important industrial countries, Dr. Axel Hesse (SD-M) has defined the three most >>> read more

Two recently commissioned reports by the Social Investment Forum chart the progress of corporate social responsibility reporting, both in the US and emerging markets. Two reports from the Social Investment Forum (SIF) provide important updates on the status of corporate >>> read more

Bristol-Myers Squibb and Sanofi-Aventis earned the two highest scores in the pharmaceutical sector for sustainability reporting, according to a report from the Roberts Environmental Center (REC) at Claremont McKenna College. The report, “Sustainability Reporting of the World’s Largest Pharmaceutical Companies,” >>> read more

On 2 December, Mr. Gefei Yin, the Director of Development Centre for Chinese CSR of China WTO Tribune introduced the Research on CSR Reporting in China (2001-2009) at an international conference in Beijing. Main findings of the research include the >>> read more