Is Reporting Waste a Waste of Time?

By Elaine_Cohen on March 14, 2011 4 Comments Arizona Chemicals Sustainability Report 2009, BeyondBusiness Ltd, chemical waste, CSR for HR: A necessary partnership for advancing responsible business practices, Elaine Cohen, EN22, Global Reporting Initiative, GRI, GRI guidelines, hazardous waste, Hoffmann la Roche Annual Report 2010, India, non-hazardous waste, Performance Indicator EN22, sustainability, sustainability performance metrics, sustainability reporting, UltraTech Cement Company, Vestas Sustainability Report for 2010, waste disposal

This post poses the question whether or not reporting is a waste of time and then continues by showing three varying examples of where the GRI reporting is incomplete in very important ways and does not include critical data that is needed in order for the report to give a clear and actual picture of what kinds of waste are being generated and how they are being handled (or not handled). Elaine concludes by providing an example of what she feels is a GRI report, by Vestas, that provides clear numbers, clear narrative, clear graphics, clear reporting, in conformance with EN22 performance indicator.