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 …
California Benefit Corporation Legislation Signed into Law!
Dear Friends of the B Community, California Benefit Corporation legislation has been signed by Governor Brown! Please find the full press release here and what B Lab co-founder Jay Coen Gilbert has to say about what it means in the big picture here. The bill was sponsored by the American …
SJF Institute Announces Strategic Merger With Investors’ Circle
SJF Institute is pleased to announce a strategic merger with Investors’ Circle. This merger is an exciting opportunity to accelerate the connections between high-caliber impact entrepreneurs and values-led investors. While SJF Institute has been finding, building, and nurturing a network of high growth impact entrepreneurs over the past decade, Investors’ …
The Most Prestigious Global CSR Awards 2011 To Be Held In Recognition Of Outstanding CSR Programmes
PRESS RELEASE 13 June 2011, The Pinnacle Group International, Singapore The Most Prestigious Global CSR Awards 2011 To Be Held In Recognition Of Outstanding CSR Programmes The Global CSR Awards, Asia’s most prestigious recognition awards programme for corporate social responsibility is back for the 3rd successive year. The awards will …
International Resource Panel launches metals recycling report
Available on www.ethicalmarkets.com on Thursday, May 26, 2011. Failure to recycle many metals around the world not only causes wasted resources and environmental damage, it threatens shortages of elements essential to modern technologies, according to the first-ever comprehensive analysis of the problem. Read the full press release…
New release: Solar Photovoltaic Barometer for Europe
EurObserv?ER has released the European Solar Photovoltaic Barometer, which is available for free download at: http://www.eurobserv-er.org/pdf/baro202.asp (PDF, English/French language, 22 pages, 2.4 MB) Key data for the year 2010: – Photovoltaic capacity installed in EU-27 at the end of 2010: 29.3 GW – 13.0 GW of photovoltaic capacity installed in …
Sustainability data more reliable, says new figures
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
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 …
WorldBlu Certifies 52 Organizations as “Democratic Workplaces”
A press release from CSR Wire CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Apr. 12 /CSRwire/ – Fifty-two organizations have been recognized for the fifth annual “WorldBlu List of Most Democratic Workplaces™ 2011,” a global certification given by WorldBlu, a company specializing in organizational democracy. The announcement came as part of the fifth annual “Democracy in …
Update on Pro Poor Scenarios
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: IAF competition offer prizes for scenarios that create shared narratives for the future of poor communities Alexandria, VA – March 11, 2011 The Institute for Alternative Futures (IAF), with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, has developed a “Pro-Poor Scenario Toolkit” and is now holding a pro-poor scenario …