Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) update february 2002
An update from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the international guidelines for sustainability reporting.
... lees meer
News
WWF Report: Building a business case for sustainability
WWF and global communications company, Cable & Wireless plc, have published an innovative and comprehensive toolkit, entitled To Whose Profit?, which provides the first clear ‘route map’ for managers seeking ways to develop a business case for bringing environmental, social and ethical issues to the forefront of their company’s operations.
... lees meer
EU Parliament hearing on corporate social responsibility
On 19 February, the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs held a hearing on the social responsibility of companies. The hearing was organised to give input to the European Parliament’s report on the Commission’s Green Paper on corporate social responsibility (CSR).
... lees meer
First Index of Socially Screened, NASDAQ-Listed Companies
KLD Research & Analytics, Inc., a leading provider of social research services for institutional investors, and The Nasdaq Stock Market today announced the launch of the KLD-Nasdaq SocialSM Index (KLD-NSI), the first socially screened index of Nasdaq companies.
... lees meer
UN Global Compact and GRI Announce Cooperative Framework
The GRI and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s Global Compact have formed a new cooperative framework. Companies endorsing the Global Compact’s nine-point principles covering human, labour and environmental rights, may now use GRI reporting to fulfill Global Compact participation expectations.
... lees meer
European CSR Academy brings together leading business schools
A new European Academy on Corporate Social Responsibility is to be launched during July this year, which sees the coming together of some of the continent’s leading business schools. The participants are ESADE (Spain), INSEAD (France), Cranfield Business School, Ashridge Business School (U.K.), Copenhagen Business School (Denmark), The College of Europe and Vlerick Gent Management School (Belgium).
... lees meer
The European Response to Public Demands for Global Corporate Responsibility
The National Policy Association, an US organisation, has researched the CSR policy of some EU coutries. Europeans have sprung ahead of the United States in fostering an environment that has led to a plethora of innovative public policies.
... lees meer
CSR topics in Global CEO Survey
CEOs the world over are taking decisive actions to address the challenges of the global economy, become more transparent in the information shared with investors, and capitalise on the promise of the Internet — all the while maintaining focus on their companies’ corporate social responsibility. These are a few of the key findings from PricewaterhouseCoopers’ fifth annual Global CEO Survey, conducted in conjunction with the World Economic Forum. Results of the survey, which enjoyed record participation this year with 1,161 CEOs from 33 countries, were announced by Global CEO Sam DiPiazza at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in New York.
... lees meer
Sir Peter Davis launched social responsibility reporting UK website
Sir Peter Davis, the chairman of Business in the Community, launched of a new source of company information for City analysts, investors, consumers and other stakeholders.
The Impact on Society Reporting Website is a new online research tool for those interested in how businesses impact the communities in which they operate. For the first time, people are able to see a consistent framework for measuring, reporting and communicating business impacts.
... lees meer
New Report from Sustainability: ‘Good News and Bad’
SustainAbility is pleased to announce the launch of its latest report, Good News & Bad: The Media, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development.
The media is one of the most powerful, yet least trusted and least accountable institutions in the world. And it has a crucial role to play in the transition to sustainability. So SustainAbility decided to take a closer look. “No other industry,” the authors suggest, “will so powerfully influence how people and politicians think about (and act on) corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainable development (SD).”
... lees meer
Report Looks at Best Practices in International Corporate Community Involvement
Many leading firms want to be a force for good, both at home and overseas. The anti-globalization movement, as well as the events of September 11, have given added cause for businesses to look closely at the impression they make in foreign markets. But few of them know how to adapt their social programs to different cultures and expectations.
A new study shows that companies that develop a well-engineered international community involvement strategy, and are open and transparent in communicating what they do, not only make a positive social impact, but can head off potential misunderstandings of their motives. The study, Benchmarks for International Corporate Community Involvement, was recently released by The Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College and the British firm, ProbusBNW Limited.
... lees meer
GRI update january 2002
January 2002 Update from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).
* First GRI Board of Directors Announced
* Measurement Working Group (MWG) Winds Down
* Revisions Working Group (RWG) Formed
* Verification Working Group (VWG) Update
* Taiwanese Companies Tackle Sustainability Reporting
* Asian Regional Conference: July 2002
* New Draft Articles of Incorporation Posted
* Remembering A True Friend of the Environment and of GRI
* REMINDER – Invitation to Register as an Individual Stakeholder
... lees meer