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GSSB seeks new business enterprise member for governance body

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... person "of high integrity from the private sector, with in-depth knowledge and practical experience of sustainability reporting and a deep understanding of its broader context." The term is a voluntary position and for a three-year term. The GSSB is ...

Dhaka, Colombo stock exchanges launch guides for sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... have launched technical guidance guides to listed companies with recommendations on best practice for sustainability reporting. GRI provided technical input to the guides, and both publications were launched on 28 March. "More and more companies are ...

GRI marks 20th anniversary of first draft guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has marked its 20th anniversary since launching its first draft sustainability reporting guidelines. The GRI noted that 20 years on, 93% of the world's largest companies by revenue report information on their ESG ...

GRI, UN Global Compact release guide to measure, report on SDGs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... Principles of the UN Global Compact, the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and the GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards. The guide discourages businesses from selecting SDGs and related targets based on what is easiest to report on ...

Reports analyse landscape for sustainability disclosures by corporate Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
Australian companies continue to improve their sustainability reporting, with focus on environmental issues such as climate change and water, however there are still laggards that are not reporting sufficiently or at all on sustainability issues, according ...

Rising importance of sustainability in the commercial real estate industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... make the global real estate industry more sustainable. Targeted initiatives range from broad corporate sustainability reporting, to reporting that focuses on real estate sustainability, and also to individual aspects such as construction, fitout and ...

WBCSD survey finds continued progress in quantity, quality of sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... sustainability performance," according to the WBCSD report. A greater number of companies are also aligning their sustainability reporting to the outcomes of the materiality assessment - 37% this year, compared to 12% in 2013. "Given it's the fifth report ...

Considering the first 20 years of the Global Reporting Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR). "Basically, they took a very nascent sustainability reporting movement and turned it into a global phenomenon. There have been ideas around social accounting since the 1970s, but it wasn't ...

ASX200 sustainability disclosures improve, but climate-related data needed: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... Superannuation Investors (ACSI). Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO ACSI has published its 10 th annual Corporate Sustainability Reporting in Australia: 2017, which assesses the degree to which listed companies are reporting on sustainability information. This ...

GRI, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade launch new Indo-Pacific program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... increase market transparency and 2) promoting supply chain transparency by building domestic capacity for sustainability reporting," GRI said. GRI will also establish a network of Indo-Pacific organisations that are committed to leveraging transparency ...