Sustainability takes center stage as new reporting guidance is launched

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Global Reporting Initiative Press Release Under STRICT embargo until: 00.01 CET Tuesday 24 January 2012 Sustainability takes center stage as new reporting guidance is launched Event organizers can now report on sustainability issues like impacts on communities, natural environments, and local and global economies, thanks to new guidance published today …

Sustainability reporting enters a new phase, say experts

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Global Reporting Initiative press release Under STRICT embargo until: 00.01 CET Thursday 15 December 2011 Sustainability reporting enters a new phase, say experts Reporting corporate economic, environmental and social performance is entering a new phase, moving from a pioneering and experimental practice to become standard practice, say sustainability reporting experts. …

Global Finance Lost In Cyberspace!

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By Hazel Henderson © 2011 For InterPress Service The robot rabbit of finance – high-speed trading, cloud computing – has outrun the tortoise of government oversight and control. For years, I have documented how often science and technology leap ahead of politicians and bureaucrats. Usually, citizens and their groups sound …

Sustainability experts call on public to shape corporate reporting

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Global Reporting Initiative press release For Immediate Release Wednesday 16 November 2011 Sustainability experts call on public to shape corporate reporting Sustainability reporting experts at the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) are calling on all organizations and individuals to shape the future of corporate reporting by taking part in a survey …

ISO and Global Reporting Initiative increase cooperation on sustainable development

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Joint GRI and ISO press release For Immediate Release Wednesday 7 September 2011 ISO and Global Reporting Initiative increase cooperation on sustainable development ISO, the world’s largest developer of voluntary International Standards, and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), developer of the world’s most widely used sustainability reporting framework, have just …

New partnership to make sustainability reports more useful to investors

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Global Reporting Initiative and Deloitte joint press release For immediate release Thursday 23 June 2011 New partnership to make sustainability reports more useful to investors Deloitte and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) start work on new XBRL taxonomy Rotterdam/Amsterdam, 23 June 2011 – A new format for providing sustainability data …

Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Teresa Fogelberg

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An interview from Emerging Markets ESG Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Teresa Fogelberg, Deputy Chief Executive, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), The Netherlands – June 3, 2011 By Geoffrey on June 3, 2011 Each week Emerging Markets ESG publishes an interview entitled, “Five Questions about SRI.” The …

Sustainability data more reliable, says new figures

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Global Reporting Initiative Press Release For immediate release Wednesday 11 May 2011 Sustainability data more reliable, says new figures Sustainability reports are becoming more reliable, according to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). Figures from the GRI Reports List published today (Wednesday 11 May 2011), alongside GRI’s Year in Review 2009/10, …

Work begins on new sustainability reporting guidelines

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Global Reporting Initiative Press Release For immediate release Wednesday 4 May 2011 Work begins on new sustainability reporting guidelines Call for input opens 16 May 2011 The next generation of Sustainability Reporting Guidelines is now under development, announces GRI today (4 May 2011). GRI is asking its network and the …

Sustainability experts call for smarter regulation on transparency

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Sustainability experts are calling on regulators to ask companies for information on how sustainable they are – or explain why if they choose not to provide it. Today the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) launches the Report or Explain Campaign Forum to encourage more companies to be transparent about their impacts …