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Reporting: How the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Does It

By Elaine_Cohen on September 26, 2011 Comments Off on Reporting: How the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Does It carbon footprint, Elaine Cohen, environmental, Global Reporting Initiative, GRI, GRI Framework, Materiality Matrix, sustainability, sustainability report, sustainability reporting, UN Global Compact

In this post, Elaine analyzes the GRI’s own sustainability report, asking what extent GRI Stakeholders should be content with a report about direct impacts and outputs (the things that the GRI is saying, doing, using) versus a report about the outcomes the GRI can reasonably claim to have influenced.

The Global Reporting Initiative Year in Review: 2010 a Memorable Year

By Elaine_Cohen on May 17, 2011 Comments Off on The Global Reporting Initiative Year in Review: 2010 a Memorable Year business transparency, CDP, corporate transparency, CSR, Earth Charter, Elaine Cohen, energy sector, Energy Utilities, environmental, ESG, Financial Sector, Food and Beverage, G4 framework, Global Reporting Initiative, GRI, GRI Framework, GRI Guideline, IFC, ISO, Mining sector, OECD, social responsibility, sustainability, sustainability reporting framework, UNGC

In this post Elaine writes about this just released comprehensive review by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) of what it has been doing between July 2009 and June 2010. It covers such topics and events as the well attended third GRI conference in Amsterdam in May 2010where the GRI announced its goal that large and medium sized companies should by 2015 be required to report on their Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance. It goes on to cover in greater detail the various specifics that are included in this GRI review.