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Karen Luckhurst, (Oct 15, 2018)
Reporting on the SDGs, alignment between reporting standards, and the Task Force on Climate Climate Related Financial Disclosure were big topics during two days of high-level discussion
Helle Bank Jorgensen, (Jun 27, 2018)
At Ethical Corporation’s Responsible Business Summit in New York earlier this year, we brought together the heads of SASB, GRI, CDSB and the IIRC to debate and decode the complex area of corporate reporting. Moderator Helle Bank Jorgensen reflects on what we learned
Alexandra Britton, (May 6, 2018)
Alexandra Britton of positive impact consultancy Palladium says firms should focus on creating value in their core business if they want to make a meaningful contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals
Claire Manuel, (Dec 14, 2017)
With only 6% of companies measuring their contributions to key Sustainable Development Goals, according to the WBCSD, more work is needed to translate increased intention this year into real action, reports Claire Manuel
Claire Manuel, (Dec 1, 2017)
The packaging giant has adopted the GRI framework for its latest sustainability report, aligning performance to how it is addressing nine of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. But slow progress on its goal of doubling recycling rates by 2020 has prompted it to adopt new metrics
Claire Manuel, (Dec 16, 2016)
How momentum grew this year towards making sustainable development a common framework for companies
Jana Holt, (Sep 22, 2016)
The US big-box retailer meets goals on US employee wellbeing but could do much better on human rights in the global supply chain
Nadine Hawa, (Jul 25, 2016)
The vast amounts of data now available means the traditional sustainability report is fast losing relevance
Peter Knight, (Jul 25, 2016)
The Danish toymaker’s failure to acknowledge the Shell and Ai WeiWei controversies raise questions over what else it is hiding
Liam Dowd, (May 24, 2016)
Some key announcements and discussions from the Global Reporting Initiatives 2016 event
Giles Constantine, (May 24, 2016)
Companies that are the most proactive on CSR have been the least transparent on their tax affairs according to one US study. Post-Panama Papers, this is set to change
Stephen Gardner, (Oct 14, 2015)
EU truck emissions, Paris pledges, fuel subsidies and GRI's sustainable development tool
Ellen R Delisio, (Sep 3, 2015)
Sustainability reporting is gathering momentum – but the reports and the reporting process needn’t become ever more cumbersome
Sam Phipps, (Feb 9, 2015)
The GRI’s Reporting 2025 project aims to set a course for sustainability reporting over the next decade
Stephen Gardner, (Feb 5, 2015)
Genetic modification, Global Reporting Initiative, Russian recycling and UK fracking disclosure
Oliver Balch, (Sep 9, 2014)
We read all the reports so you don’t have to
Peter Knight, (Jul 16, 2014)
Business has been presented with a series of sustainability accounting systems, and seems inexplicably keen to welcome the dubious offerings
Stephen Gardner, (Jul 16, 2014)
Sustainability reporting is becoming more focused, but continues to be a work in progress. It has been a big year-and-a-bit for sustainability reporting
Stephen Gardner, (Sep 2, 2013)
Preparing for climate change, cleaning up the seas and Arctic sea routes opening
EC Newsdesk, (Jul 16, 2013)
Hot off the press is the July/ August Ethical Corporation joint magazine issue