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Detailed graphs of the results of the readers’ survey can be viewed online via the following links:
Q1
Do you read CSR reports produced by a specific company or companies?
Q2
Has a sustainability report ever changed your views towards a specific company?
Q3
What are your main reasons for using a sustainability report?
Q3A
What decisions do you take based upon a sustainability report?
Q4
In what form do you prefer to receive a report?
Q5
How often should a company produce its sustainability reporting?
Q6
What type(s) of reports are relevant to you as a reader?
Q7
Please indicate whether you agree with the following statements:
- Sustainability reports usually cover the topics relevant to me at the right level of detail.
- I can easily find key information about the topics of most interest to me.
- The most significant impacts or issues are not covered in enough detail.
- The most significant impacts or issues are altogether absent from sustainability reports.
Q8
Is it relevant to you that the company describes how and with whom it has engaged?
Q8A
What shows appropriate stakeholder engagement for the purposes of preparing the report?
Q9
What information elements do you think are key to making a report a good report?
Q10
Which is the most important element that is left out of reports in general?
Q11
What are the four most compelling issues that you want to see covered in sustainability reports?
Q12
Which aspects indicate a genuine commitment to sustainability?
Q13
Do you see reporting standards as important for building trust in sustainability reporting?
Q13A
Which of the following standards are relevant to companies in their sustainability reporting process?
Q14
Is it important that some form of assurance is given?
Q14A
Who should deliver assurance on a sustainability report?
Q14B
Who should deliver assurance on the company’s performance?
Q14C
Which element is the most important with respect to assurance?
Q15
Statements on the future of sustainability reporting.
A. Future sustainability reporting should only be web based.
B. Future sustainability reporting should be XML enabled.
C. Future sustainability reporting should be integrated with the annual report.
D. Future sustainability reporting should move towards issue reporting.
E. Future sustainability reporting should only address topics relevant to the company’s strategy.
F. Future sustainability reporting should move towards stakeholder reporting.
G. Future sustainability reporting should include more information about economic impact.
H. Future sustainability reporting should give more information about the processes around sustainability management.
Questions for non-readers
NRQ1
Why do you not currently use sustainability reports?
NRQ2
What different means do you use to gain insight into the company’s sustainability performance?
NRQ3
Which of the following could change your attitude towards using sustainability reports?
NRQ4
Assuming you would read a sustainability report if it was shown to be valuable to you, which of the following elements would be of most value to you?
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