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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.

CEOs See Sustainability as Engine for Growth but Industry Sectors Split on Priorities

By Tracey de Morsella on May 25, 2011 1 Comment A New Era of Sustainability, Accenture, automotive, banking, brand value, business case, CEO, commodity volatility, communications, consumer goods, cost control, cost reduction, De Beers, efficiency, embedded sustainability, energy, environmental impacts, Gareth Penny, infrastructure & transportation, innovation, Intelligent Cities, Paul Polman, Peter Lacy, resource scarcity, revenue growth, risk management, Sander van‘t Noordende, smart infrastructure, social impacts, supply chain, Sustainability Services, sustainability. business sustainability, sustainable economy, sustainable growth, sustainable urban environment, transport infrastructure, UN Global Compact, Unilever, utilities

Despite an overall trend towards seeing sustainability as an opportunity for value creation and business success, according to a new research study published today by the United Nations Global Compact and Accenture, there are major differences in perceptions of sustainability between CEOs in different industry sectors, and significant gaps in the level of integration of sustainability already achieved in their companies.

Why Create a CSR Report? Because of a Real Return on Investment

By droberts on January 5, 2011 1 Comment “Triple Bottom Line” report, Application Level, associated costs, Caring for our People and our Communities, Co-Op, communities, competitors, corporate responsibility, corporate social responsibillity, CSR, CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility), CSR credential, CSR reporting, DVFA (German Investment Analysts Association), EFFAS, employees, GRI Content Index, GRI's G3 standard, IIRC (International Integrated Reporting Committee), internal decision-making, investors, key drivers, KPIs for ESP, license to operate, management program, market expectations, regulators, reporting standards, service providers, stakeholder engagement, stakeholders, sustainability report, sustainability reporting, Top 100 Places to Work" (in the US), UN Global Compact, Warren Buffet

Companies should create a CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) report because of the a real ROI they stand to gain, either through reduced costs or increased revenue, or both. The key drivers include investors, market expectations, competitors, regulators, employees, and communities. Each of these drivers has at its core either increasing revenues, or reducing costs.