http://www.enviroreporting.com/The International Corporate Sustainability Reporting Sitehttp://www.enviroreporting.com/detail_press.phtml?act_id=953You’ve heard it all before*. Someone reviews a corporate social responsibility report and complains that there are too many pictures of rainbows and smiling children. There’s not enough hard data. It’s clearly a marketing piece.

On the other hand, overly-analytical reports are described as “dense” and can be overwhelming to anyone but the report writer. You hear things like, I’m not a financial analyst, I’m just trying to understand if your company is “green” or not.18 april 2008Environmental Leaderhttp://www.enviroreporting.com/detail_press.phtml?act_id=952Stratos today announced results of a national study examining sustainability reporting trends and the best practices of some of Canada’s leading corporations. The study, the latest in their series of biennial reports, highlights high levels of disclosure of corporate information on environmental, broader economic and social issues. The study found that disclosure of sustainability information by Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) Composite Index listed companies is now standard practice, with 80% including some environmental, economic and social information in their public reports.17 april 2008Stratoshttp://www.enviroreporting.com/detail_press.phtml?act_id=951The finishing line is in sight: Global Reporting Initiative Readers’ Choice Awards Finalists Revealed. Winners to be announced in Amsterdam, 7 May.11 april 2008Global Reporting Initiativehttp://www.enviroreporting.com/detail_press.phtml?act_id=948Companies with more than 300 employees will now have to produce sustainability reports, the city of Buenos Aires has just announced. From this month onwards companies affected will have to make annual sustainability reports based on their social, economic, and financial sustainability.07 march 2008Global Reporting Initiativehttp://www.enviroreporting.com/detail_press.phtml?act_id=949A survey on the trends in sustainability reporting among food processing companies has just been released by GRI. The research has uncovered a number of sector specific issues that regularly appear in reports but are not currently covered in the GRI Guidelines and should be considered for inclusion through a Sector Supplement. The study identified that sourcing and supply chain issues, food safety, health and nutrition, packaging, transportation, environmental aspects of agriculture and animal welfare were all high frequency themes covered in food processing sector sustainability reports published in 2006.07 march 2008Global Reporting Initiative