Formation of the International Integrated Reporting Committee (IIRC) The Prince's Accounting for Sustainability Project (A4S) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) announced today the formation of the International Integrated Reporting Committee (IIRC). >>>>> Source: IRRC, 04 august 2010

IFC and GRI launch Good Practice Note to help companies achieve greater business value through sustainability reporting IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) today announced the launch of a joint publication that aims to make it easier and more profitable for companies in emerging markets to adopt sustainability reporting. >>>>> Source: Global Reporting Initiative, 28 june 2010

Integrated Reporting: Too Many Stakeholders, Too Much Data? On Monday, the Conference Board hosted a webcast on the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Future of Integrated Reporting. The panel included Mike Wallace, the director of the sustainability reporting framework with GRI; Intel's Director of CSR Strategy and Communications, Suzanne Fallender; Doug Kangos, a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers National Professional Services unit; and Rina Levy, an environmental and social governance (ESG) analyst with Bloomberg. (Please see footnote for information on GRI and integrated reporting.) >>>>> Source: Forbes.com, 10 june 2010

Survey of best practices, trends and benchmarks in Sustainability Reporting 2010 More and more organizations consider the CSR report a serious management tool contributing to the dialogue with the stakeholders and helping to mobilize the employees around a continuous improvement of an organization's environmental, social and governance performance. >>>>> Source: Business & Society Belgium, 31 may 2010

GRI proudly announces the winners of the GRI Readers’ Choice Awards 2010 GRI and its Awards partners (KPMG Spain, KPMG Netherlands, SustainAbility, ACCA, Futerra, TCS and exclusive sponsor Petrobras) are proud to present the winners of the GRI Readers’ Choice Awards 2010. In a festive Awards Ceremony that took place at the GRI Conference in Amsterdam, GRI welcomed the winners on stage and congratulated the runners-up on their success in reaching out to their audiences with their sustainability reporting. The winners are Banco do Brasil, Banco Bradesco, Vale and Natura Cosmeticos, all from Brazil. >>>>> Source: Global Reporting Initiative, 28 may 2010

GRI announces its 2015 and 2020 goals and launches G3.1 public comment at first day of Amsterdam Global Conference The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) today opened the doors for the Amsterdam Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency, the world’s largest gathering of leaders, thinkers and doers in the field of sustainability reporting. At the fully booked conference, close to 200 speakers from business, finance, politics and civil society debate and share their views with the 1,200 participants on how to achieve a transition to a sustainable economy. >>>>> Source: Global Reporting Initiative, 27 may 2010

Governments to play a stronger role in sustainability reporting to ensure a minimum level of disclosure and risk prevention The United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP), KPMG Sustainability, the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) and The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) launched today “Carrots and Sticks – Promoting Transparency and Sustainability”, a study on trends in voluntary and mandatory approaches to sustainability reporting. This research reveals that the regulatory landscape has substantially evolved in all parts of the world. >>>>> Source: Global Reporting Initiative, 27 may 2010

European analysts call for ESG reporting link to IFRS German counterpart DVFA have called for companies to “formally orient” their environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting towards International Financial Reporting Standards. >>>>> Source: Responsible Investor, 18 may 2010

Sustainability reporting helps rebuild trust in business, financial institutions and government According to new research presented by The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), sustainability reporting has become an essential tool to help businesses and governments rebuild trust and confidence in the wake of economic collapse. >>>>> Source: Global Reporting Initiative, 17 may 2010

GRI announces launch of Food Processing Sector Supplement and NGO Sector Supplement The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) - provider of the world’s most widely-used sustainability reporting guidance - announces the launch of the Food Processing Sector Supplement and NGO Sector Supplement during the Amsterdam Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency, 26 - 28 May 2010. The new Sector Supplements will enable food processing companies and non-profit organizations to measure and publicly disclose their performance on a range of economic, environmental and social indicators in a comparable way across the globe. >>>>> Source: Global Reporting Initiative, 10 may 2010

New Report Offers First Guidelines for Companies on How to Communicate about Climate Policy Engagement On the heels of last year’s failed climate negotiations in Copenhagen, more companies worldwide are attempting to advance national and international policies around climate change. Now, a new report from BSR offers the first concrete guidelines on how business can communicate to customers, investors, and the public on these climate policy engagement efforts. >>>>> Source: BSR, 18 march 2010

Second round of the GRI’s Reader’s Choice Awards opening today The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has today announced the organizations that are still in the running for the Reader’s Choice Awards. Readers can now continue to vote on the shortlisted organizations from 13 different countries. They determine who deserve recognition for their sustainability reporting. >>>>> Source: Global Reporting Initiative, 18 march 2010

Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability at large Hungarian companies 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 new KPMG survey on ”Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability in the Hungarian large companies” reveals. >>>>> Source: KPMG, 16 march 2010

Indian Corporate Affairs Ministry to upgrade website for CSR reports The Corporate Affairs Ministry today said it is upgrading its website for enabling companies to file their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reports online. >>>>> Source: Business Standard, 12 march 2010

New book: "One Report, Integrated Reporting for a Sustainable Strategy" 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 single integrated report. At the same time, they are also leveraging the Internet to provide more detailed results to all of their stakeholders and for improving their level of dialogue and engagement with them. >>>>> Source: , 08 march 2010

Last chance to have your say, 2 weeks to go as voting re-opens for the 2010 GRI Readers’ Choice Awards 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. >>>>> Source: Global Reporting Initiative, 22 february 2010

10 Trends in Sustainability Reporting 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 and disclosure results. The CSR Insight Report, based on two years of research, covers sustainability issues for reporting, investment and regulation >>>>> Source: Environmental Leader, 11 february 2010

New report shows increase in uptake of GRI reporting in the S&P 100 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. >>>>> Source: SIRAN, 04 february 2010

Boston College publication examines corporate social reporting 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 reports and compare their quality, the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship’s Institute for Responsible Investment has released, “How to Read a Corporate Social Responsibility Report: A User’s Guide”. >>>>> Source: Earth Times, 28 january 2010

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