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The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) announce the release of a linkage document between GRI&amp;#8217;s Reporting Guidelines and CDP&amp;#8217;s 2010 Questionnaire. Disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and reporting on climate change is becoming increasi</description></item><item><title>New IFC-GRI Publication to Help Companies Enhance Business Value through Sustainability Reporting </title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2010/IFC-GRI+publication.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:58:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{9ED565B2-7407-477D-B16D-C3F0C2DDE001}</guid><description>Washington, D.C., June 25, 2010&amp;#8212;IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the Global Reporting Initiative today launched a joint publication that aims to make it easier and more profitable for companies in emerging markets to adopt sustainability reporting. 
Getting More Value out of Sustainability Reporting, p</description></item><item><title>UN Global Compact and Global Reporting Initiative Announce New Collaboration</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2010/Elliott.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:02:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{D0A951F2-B69F-4121-BE9E-335C2F4D5270}</guid><description>28 May 2010
In a push to strengthen the quality of sustainability reporting in the corporate sector, the United Nations Global Compact and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) today announced an agreement to align their work in advancing corporate responsibility and transparency.  
Under the terms of the agreement, </description></item><item><title>GRI proudly announces the winners of the GRI Readers Choice Awards 2010</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2010/Sarah.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 10:36:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{2D395A73-A1F9-4C98-BEA8-B8114189025C}</guid><description>28 May 2010
GRI proudly announces the winners of the GRI Readers Choice Awards 2010
GRI and its Awards partners (KPMG Spain, KPMG Netherlands, SustainAbility, ACCA, Futerra, TCS and exclusive sponsor Petrobras) are proud to present the winners of the GRI Readers&amp;#8217; Choice Awards 2010. In a festive Awards Ceremony</description></item><item><title>First outcomes of the Readers and Reporters Survey 2010 debated at the GRI Conference </title><link>/NR/exeres/C1BA8191-8522-4BAB-817E-47397E6C47A7.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 10:36:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{C1BA8191-8522-4BAB-817E-47397E6C47A7}</guid><description>28 May 2010
Amsterdam
Respondents to the first Readers&amp;#8217; Choice Survey and Awards in 2008 threw down the gauntlet; sustainability reporting generally needed to become more connected with the corporate strategy. Have reporters taken note and has sustainability reporting progressed? One of the main sessions during</description></item><item><title>Governments to play a stronger role in sustainability reporting to ensure a minimum level of disclosure and risk prevention </title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2010/PressRelease_27_05_10_CarrotsAndSticks2010.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 10:14:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{D0302A8A-D38D-4D1E-876E-C5F111E499CA}</guid><description>27 May 2010 
Amsterdam
The United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP), KPMG Sustainability, the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) and The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) launched today &amp;#8220;Carrots and Sticks &amp;#8211; Promoting Transparency and Sustainability&amp;#8221;, a study on trends in voluntary </description></item><item><title>GRI announces its 2015 and 2020 goals and launches G3.1 public comment at first day of Amsterdam Global Conference</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2010/PressRelease_26_05_10_2015_And_2020_Goals.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 10:14:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{8E0F3587-18B1-4B92-B5F4-DE73BAA178FD}</guid><description>26 May 2010 
Amsterdam 
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) today opened the doors for the Amsterdam Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency, the world&amp;#8217;s largest gathering of leaders, thinkers and doers in the field of sustainability reporting. At the fully booked conference, close to 200 speaker</description></item><item><title>PUMA commits its Strategic Suppliers to Sustainability Reporting</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2010/PressRelease_26_05_10_PumaRenewsGANTSCHMembership.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 10:14:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{446F4D21-C886-4A0A-8A5B-B5FE48671129}</guid><description>26 May 2010 
Amsterdam
 
The Sportlifestyle company PUMA expands its project in cooperation with The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Gesellschaft f&amp;#252;r Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) in GRI&amp;#8217;s GANTSCh program which supports supplier factories to report on their social and environmental initiatives</description></item><item><title>Sustainability reporting helps rebuild trust in business, financial institutions and government   </title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2010/PressRelease_12_May_2010.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 09:16:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{C95D45FA-BFC7-4885-A912-11FD2AC2AB70}</guid><description>
12 May 2010
Amsterdam
 
GRI launches two new studies revealing an increased focus on sustainability reporting as a result of the financial crisis
 
According to new research presented by The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), sustainability reporting has become an essential tool to help businesses and government</description></item><item><title>GRI announces launch of Food Processing Sector Supplement and NGO Sector Supplement</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2010/PressRelease_10_May_10_FPSS_And_NGOSS.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 08:43:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{B19DEABE-89CA-40E2-B76F-C3E4C74036E9}</guid><description>10 May 2010 
Amsterdam
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) - provider of the world&amp;#8217;s most widely-used sustainability reporting guidance - announces the launch of the Food Processing Sector Supplement and NGO Sector Supplement during the Amsterdam Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency, 26 - 28 M</description></item><item><title>GRI to Headline NASDAQ Sustainable Reporting Event </title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2010/PressRelease_3_May_10_NASDAQ.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 08:43:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{36FFD27A-3469-4112-A686-5C6FCBA98131}</guid><description>03 May 2010
Amsterdam
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) will ring the closing bell at NASDAQ, as part of headline participation in sustainable investment roundtable, New York, May 14.
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) &amp;#8211; pioneering developer of the world&amp;#8217;s most widely used sustainability reporting</description></item><item><title>GRI announces start of Public Survey for Construction &amp; Real Estate and Event Organizers Sector Supplements</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2010/PressRelease_29_April_10_CRESS_And_EventOrganizersSS.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 08:43:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{E1D747A5-1904-4A68-94D2-4BE016B2832D}</guid><description>29 April 2010
Amsterdam
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) announces the opening of the Public Survey for the GRI Construction &amp; Real Estate Sector Supplement (CRESS) and invites all stakeholders to submit their feedback via this online survey. On 26 May, the first day of the Amsterdam Global Conference on Sustain</description></item><item><title>Petrobras sponsors GRI Readers' Choice Awards 2010
Only 1 week left to nominate your favorite reports</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2010/Pressrelease_31_March_2010_PetrobrasSponsorsRCA.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:07:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{B2146BE8-939C-44AC-B29C-45A9F4978A32}</guid><description> 
31 March 2010
Amsterdam
 
Petrobras will be the exclusive sponsor of GRI&amp;#8217;s Readers' Choice Awards 2010 in which readers from around the world can choose the best sustainability reports. The Awards are organized by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), in partnership with KPMG Spain, KPMG Netherlands, Futer</description></item><item><title>GRI and ING announce the winners of The Big Five Competition
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12 March 2010 
Amsterdam
 
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and ING &amp;#8211; a 2010 Conference sponsor - today announced the winners of &amp;#8220;The Big Five Competition&amp;#8221; in which small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) competed for one of up to five booths worth &amp;#8364;13,000 at this year&amp;#8217;s Confe</description></item><item><title>Last chance to have your say, 2 weeks to go as voting re-opens for the 2010 GRI Readers' Choice Awards</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2010/Press_Release_17_March_2010.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:44:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{F549ECEC-FB3B-4E7D-B0A8-6D498EB27932}</guid><description>
17 February 2010 
Amsterdam
The Global Reporting initiative (GRI) have this week re-launched the 2010 sustainability reporting awards in a simpler, more user friendly format. Voting is now easy and quick, allowing everyone to easily shape the future of sustainability reporting.
The GRI&amp;#8217;s Readers&amp;#8217; and R</description></item><item><title>GRI and ING launch award for sustainable entrepreneurs at Amsterdam Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency </title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2010/PressRelease_03_Feb_2010.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:44:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{F30C42E6-0DFF-49F2-AC4F-B94B3703374B}</guid><description>
03 February 2010 
Amsterdam
 
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and 2010 Conference sponsor ING today announced the opening of &amp;#8220;The Big Five Competition&amp;#8221; in which they invite small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from around the world to compete for one of up to five booths worth &amp;#8364;13,000 at thi</description></item><item><title>Corporate Carbon Footprints ­ Is the corporate world doing enough?</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2009/PressRelease_14_December_2009_COP15.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:59:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{F327F743-8C0C-42B6-A97E-5BD9B8228F6D}</guid><description>
14 December 2009, Copenhagen


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It </description></item><item><title>Which companies communicate best on sustainability?  Have your say in the GRI Readers' Choice Awards as the scoring platform is now open.</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2009/PressRelease_09_Dec_ReadersSurvey_Doc.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:01:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{0EDA224E-D565-4A65-A319-24A0F7DDA33F}</guid><description>9 December 2009&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
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The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) &amp;#8211; provider of the world&amp;#8217;s most widely used sustainability reporting framework &amp;#8211; this week announced the opening of scorin</description></item><item><title>Is business ''Getting It''?, asks ACCA and GRI: Mixed perspectives from experts on the corporate response to climate change </title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2009/PressRelease_07Dec09.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:59:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{8A14FFCB-90F5-44B5-BA34-55CE7EE9290F}</guid><description>
7 December, Amsterdam and London
The business response to climate change is described as &amp;#8220;timid&amp;#8221; and &amp;#8220;sleepy&amp;#8221; by two of six expert commentators interviewed for a new report from ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and GRI (Global Reporting Initiative), published today (7</description></item><item><title>Why do companies issue sustainability reports? GRI invites companies to have their say.</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2009/PressRelease_17_Nov_2009_ReportersSurvey_Doc.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{31E6C681-44DF-4448-B059-D3B86C4E7088}</guid><description>19 November 2009&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
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The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) today invited all companies who issue sustainability reports (also known as &amp;#8220;CSR&amp;#8221; or &amp;#8220;Corporate Social Responsibility&amp;#82</description></item><item><title>New reports offer practical guidance on human rights reporting for companies</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2009/Pressrelease_10_Nov_09.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{4A62B50E-B806-4FEE-A3F5-A181E3FFC077}</guid><description>11 November 2009 Amsterdam&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
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Two new reports being released this week examine trends in corporate measurement and reporting on human rights performance and provide practical guidance for companies engaging on this emer</description></item><item><title>IFC and Global Reporting Initiative Launch Guide on Gender and Sustainability Reporting</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2009/PressReleaseGenderDoc27Oct.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{7954DE58-C57A-4993-9A72-AFDFC50C8051}</guid><description>27 October 2009Kuala Lumpur&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
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IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the Global Reporting Initiative today launched a practitioner&amp;#8217;s guide to help organizations worldwide create opportunities for women, adopt</description></item><item><title>GRI to convene global conference on addressing the challenges of sustainability through transparency</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2009/PressRelease_13_Oct_2009_Conference.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{B5C437C3-6374-4927-99F9-5DB11946CC29}</guid><description>October 13 2009&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
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The Global Reporting Initiative today announced that its third biennial Amsterdam Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency will take place from the 26th to the 28th M</description></item><item><title>Are sustainability reports fit for your purpose?  Have your say at the GRI Readers' Choice Awards</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2009/PressRelease+_13_Oct_2009_RCA.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{0F9CD2B1-2788-4C85-AF7E-6F6174E3EA78}</guid><description>13 October 2009
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The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) &amp;#8211; provider of the world&amp;#8217;s most widely used sustainability reporting framework &amp;#8211; and its partners invite both readers and p</description></item><item><title>GRI launches global sustainability reporting training program for supply chain firms in Istanbul</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2009/PressRelease_05_August_2009.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{70A2E5DE-D927-4266-9CA9-6F6F14DD784B}</guid><description>
5 August 2009
Amsterdam
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The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) &amp;#8211; provider of the world&amp;#8217;s most widely-used sustainability reporting framework - has launched its new certified training program and handbook aimed at </description></item><item><title>Le  nombre d'organisations dans le monde qui font du reporting sur leur performance de développement durable a atteint un record, mais cela reste cependant encore une minorité</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2009/PressRelease_15_Jul_2009_FR.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{121F1A52-D27E-4FF8-9E3E-85861E052C25}</guid><description>le 15 juillet 2009&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
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Se ha sabido hoy que el n&amp;#250;mero de empresas y otras organizaciones que hacen p&amp;#250;blico su desempe&amp;#241;o respecto de una serie de indicadores de sostenibilidad b&amp;#225;</description></item><item><title>Número de empresas no mundo todo que relata seu desempenho de sustentabilidade atinge recorde mas é ainda minoria </title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2009/Pressrelease_15_Jul_2009_PT.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{D42E5E55-422D-4A8E-80DA-238B1B444E81}</guid><description>15 de julho de 2009Amsterd&amp;#227;m&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
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Os novos dados divulgados hoje demonstram que o n&amp;#250;mero de empresas e outras organiza&amp;#231;&amp;#245;es que divulgam publicamente seu desempenho referente aos principais indicadores d</description></item><item><title>Number of companies worldwide reporting on their sustainability performance reaches record high, yet still a minority</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2009/PressRelease_14_July_2006_1000GRIReports.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{44026AFE-DF1F-4B0D-8514-132416BF759D}</guid><description>15 July 2009&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
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New figures released today show th</description></item><item><title>Die Austrian Development Agency GmbH arbeitet gemeinsam mit der GRI daran, die Versorgungsketten von Firmen transparenter zu machen</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2009/PressRelease_17_June_2009_German.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{CF071735-DAF9-4AAB-A2CA-085D568F46C0}</guid><description>&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;10 Juni 2009, Amsterdam
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Die in Amsterdam ans&amp;#228;ssige Global Reporting Initiat</description></item><item><title>Austrian Development Agency cooperates with GRI to enhance transparency in companies' supply chains</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2009/Pressrelease_09_June_2009.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:59:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{BC5F707F-6A1B-4E04-8B86-1AD462BEF63A}</guid><description>&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;10 June 2009, Amsterdam &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
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The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) &amp;#8211</description></item><item><title>Trends in online sustainability reporting: new research by GRI and Radley Yeldar</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2009/Pressrelease_25_May_2009.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{5CA5C48E-18EC-4D9A-ABE0-54F0741FEAD7}</guid><description>20 May 2009&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
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New research launched this week suggests that digital technology is changing the way companies report on sustainability.  The research also reveals that sustainability perform</description></item><item><title>GRI's German outreach continues with the co-hosting of the German CSR Forum ­ Forum EnviComm</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2009/Pressrelease_22_April_2009.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{DD10B590-C35F-40FF-AE26-BB9D656BAD37}</guid><description>22 April 2009, &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Amsterdam&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
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GRI is to co-host the fifth annual German CS</description></item><item><title>Electric utility firms now better placed to report on their sustainability impacts </title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2009/Pressrelease_14_April_2009.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{1437E649-7C70-43A1-B451-CA18E7AE1D2C}</guid><description>15 April 2009&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;San Francisco&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
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The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) &amp;#82</description></item><item><title>G20 must seize the day and lay the foundations for greater transparency and sustainability</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2009/PressRelease_31_March_2009.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{D1E6DA72-DF23-4B89-BE2F-D211A6254C42}</guid><description>31 March 2009Amsterdam
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) today called on government leaders due to meet at the G20 summit in &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;London&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt; on Thursday, to restore confidence i</description></item><item><title>Declaración de Ámsterdam sobre Transparencia e Información </title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2009/SpanishTranslationAmsterdamDeclaration.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{1100B299-5D24-44D2-A30B-CD1FCEB57E11}</guid><description>Nosotros, &amp;#8220;El Consejo de la Global Reporting Initiative&amp;#8221; (GRI) declaramos que la poca transparencia que existe en el sistema actual de hacer informes empresariales ha fallado a sus grupos de inter&amp;#233;s. Aunque reconocemos que determinados gobiernos han demostrado su liderazgo en divulgaci&amp;#243;n de inform</description></item><item><title>Companies that fail to link their ESG disclosures to corporate strategy fail to connect with investors
 </title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2009/Pressrelease25March2009.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{6B5C55FB-F833-493E-850B-B1487F0FB344}</guid><description>25 March 2009&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Amsterdam&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
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The Global Reporting Initiative (</description></item><item><title> 
Vollständiger Wortlaut der Amsterdammer Erklärung über die
Transparenz und Berichterstattung</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2009/Pressrelease_17_March_2009_German_Translation_AmsterdamDeclaration.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{BB769AC6-D85D-4809-B061-AF2648C2EFB5}</guid><description>
 
&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
Wir, der Vorstand der Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), vertreten die Auffassung,
dass  mangelnde Transparenz im bestehenden System der Berichterstattung zum
Scheitern der Unternehmen f&amp;#252;hrte. Zwar nehmen wir wahr, da</description></item><item><title>La Déclaration d'Amsterdam sur la transparence et le reporting </title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2009/Pressrelease_17_March_2009_French_Translation_AmsterdamDeclaration.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{215E3DEA-4582-46AE-A928-6F2E7AFD3109}</guid><description>Mars 2009&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;
Nous, Le Conseil d&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:PersonName w:st="on"&gt;'&lt;/st1:PersonName&gt;administration de Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)&amp;#61446; c</description></item><item><title>Leaders from business, labor and civil society call on governments to demand greater transparency from companies in this time of crisis</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2009/PressRelease_10March2009.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{46B71B6C-960F-4539-97FD-AC683D9FADF7}</guid><description>10 March 2009
Amsterdam &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
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Global leaders from business, labor and civil society today declared their belief that the lack of transparency in the existing system for corporate reporting has failed its stake</description></item><item><title>Sustainability disclosure guidance is on the way for media industry</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2009/PressRelease26Feb2009Media.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{ED91BD2F-B75F-4F62-8674-BAAB11F1B0B0}</guid><description>26 February 2009&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;Amsterdam&lt;/st1:City&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;
Media sector sustainability r</description></item><item><title>Oil firms come together to improve sustainability reporting</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2009/PressRelease26February2009.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{3A03BC1D-AD7D-4017-A535-33E57A74C4B1}</guid><description>
17 February 2009&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Amsterdam&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;
The Global Reporting Initia</description></item><item><title>Have your say on sustainability guidance for the mining industry </title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2009/PressRelease_03_02_09.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{49C7A48F-813F-44ED-BD7D-BE20CEF70E41}</guid><description>&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;29 January 2009,&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;Amsterdam&lt;/st1:City&gt; / &lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;London&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;</description></item><item><title>Norwegian companies urged to disclose their sustainability performance</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2009/Pressrelease_27_jan_09.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{F31753F4-E785-4526-8A06-67E00AC46D74}</guid><description>&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;27 January 2009&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Amsterdam&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;
The Norwegian government has launched i</description></item><item><title>Business and civil society leaders call for better human rights disclosure </title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2008/Pressrelease_11_Dec_2008.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{87096222-34DD-45D5-8792-9263A18960AE}</guid><description>10 December 2008, &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Amsterdam&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt; &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
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Today - on the 60th anniversary of the ad</description></item><item><title>Global Reporting Initiative and UNCTAD sign cooperation agreement </title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2008/PressRelease_11_Nov_2008.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{79469C31-EAAB-4F46-B194-C4E516838B6F}</guid><description>6 November 2008&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Amsterdam&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the United Natio</description></item><item><title>Disclosure on sustainability performance has become the norm for large companies globally ­ new survey</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2008/Pressrelease_28_Oct_2008.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{DA12B3D1-6363-4879-8288-218F35D5A6BC}</guid><description>
27 October 2008, Amsterdam&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) today welcomed the findings of the most recent global survey from KPMG which finds that disclosure on corporate economic, environmental and social performance has</description></item><item><title>UNEP and GRI launch new reporting tool to encourage greater disclosure in the financial sector</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2008/Pressrelease_21_Oct_2008.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{585257B2-CAA4-4C6A-A926-92EBF9EF4B8E}</guid><description>21 October, 2008&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
United Nations, &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Geneva&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;
Banks, insurers a</description></item><item><title>Global Reporting Initiative establishes new Australian base at St James Ethics Centre</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2008/PressRelease_16_Oct_2008.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{032D111E-F63C-4F10-8F48-81546D132B42}</guid><description>17 October 2008&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Sydney&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and St James Ethics Cen</description></item><item><title>IFC Partners with the Global Reporting Initiative to Promote Sustainability Reporting in Emerging Markets</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2008/PressRelease_EmergingMarkets.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{B6A4BDBE-B36E-4D36-8113-B0CD7B0E6D07}</guid><description>September 16, 2008&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;Washington&lt;/st1:City&gt;, &lt;st1:State w:st="on"&gt;D.C.&lt;/st1:State&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;
IFC, a member</description></item><item><title>IFC Partners with Global Reporting Initiative to Improve Corporate 
Reporting on Gender Issues</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2008/PressRelease_Gender.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{3A467DF0-D762-4037-83D3-907654FE96F1}</guid><description>
&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
September 17, 2008&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;Washington&lt;/st1:City&gt;, &lt;st1:State w:st="on"&gt;D.C.&lt;/st1:State&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;</description></item><item><title>
De grandes organisations appellent à mieux intégrer les droits de l'homme dans les rapports de développement durable des entreprises.</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2008/PressRelease_HumanRights_French.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{66A44974-37B2-405C-8787-14811FC01BF7}</guid><description>
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23 septembre 2008 &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
Amsterdam&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
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Pour marquer le 60e anniversaire de l&amp;#8217;adoption de la D&amp;#233;claration universelle des droits de l&amp;#8217;homme, trois grandes organisations </description></item><item><title>Destacadas organizaciones llaman a la mejora de los informes empresariales sobre derechos humanos</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2008/PressRelease_HumanRights_Spanish.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{EA81D7D3-7C9B-4D06-83C2-B7D3E0B980B0}</guid><description>23 de septiembre de 2008 &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
&amp;#193;msterdam&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;
En el a&amp;#241;o en que se celebra el 60&amp;#186; aniversario de la proclamaci&amp;#243;n de la Declaraci&amp;#243;n Universal de los Derechos Humanos, tres destacadas organiza</description></item><item><title>Organizações-líder apelam a uma melhoria nas notificações sobre os direitos humanos por parte das sociedades</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2008/PressRelease_HumanRights_Portugues.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{88859517-074B-4A43-86F9-06C38A29A6E9}</guid><description>23 de setembro de 2008Amsterd&amp;#227; &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;
Marcando os sessenta anos da ado&amp;#231;&amp;#227;o da Declara&amp;#231;&amp;#227;o Universal dos Direitos Humanos, tr&amp;#234;s organiza&amp;#231;&amp;#245;es importantes est&amp;#227;o lan&amp;#231;ando uma nova iniciativa </description></item><item><title>Leading organizations call for better corporate reporting on human rights </title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2008/PressReleaseHumanRightsCallToAction.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{C561F43B-9B7F-4E74-8D12-DBB405129F7D}</guid><description>23 September 2008 &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Amsterdam&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
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Marking sixty years since t</description></item><item><title>GRI and German development agency to host conference to examine the benefits of transparency throughout the supply chain</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2008/SupplyChainConferencePR.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{1BFE3A41-7C71-4654-A867-42E63FB709C2}</guid><description>12 September 2008&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;Amsterdam&lt;/st1:City&gt; / &lt;st1:State w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Berlin&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:State&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
T</description></item><item><title>Sustainability top of the agenda at unprecedented Australasian seafood industry gathering</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2008/AustraliasianSeafoodPRAug08.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{FFC5B639-1ABF-4A9A-A86F-CF2F7C059483}</guid><description>13 August 2008&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Sydney&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
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An unprecedented number of represen</description></item><item><title>World's most widely used sustainability reporting guidelines now available in Japanese</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2008/GuidelinesinJapanesePR.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{A6696364-F364-4B54-AD75-C08CFA0574B5}</guid><description>&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt; 17 July 2008, Amsterdam
&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;
The Global Reporting Initiative&amp;#8217;s G3 Guidelines, </description></item><item><title>Have your say on new sustainability reporting guidelines for the Food Processing Sector </title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2008/FoodProcessingPR.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{D5CACF65-5AFA-4F2F-B3A4-F61D38CC499B}</guid><description>
&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Amsterdam&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;, 15 July 2008&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;
Amsterdam-based Global Reporting</description></item><item><title>GRI lança nova rede global para estimular maior transparência na cadeia de fornecimento das empresas</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2008/PressReleaseJuly3Por.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{24DCA602-77CE-4CD5-A9DE-D3BFB677C003}</guid><description>4 de Julho de 2008, Amsterd&amp;#227;o,&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
Com problemas nas cadeias de fornecimento das empresas internacionais a continuarem a vir a lume, a Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), sedeada em Amsterd&amp;#227;o, anunciou o lan&amp;#231;amento da su</description></item><item><title>
GRI lanza una nueva red global para fomentar una mayor transparencia en la cadena de suministro de las empresas</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2008/PressRelease3JulySpa.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{47245B83-E30E-401C-BE77-806EC444D2B7}</guid><description>4 de julio de 2008, 
&amp;#193;msterdam
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Mientras los problemas en las cadenas de suministro de las empresas internacionales siguen siendo el centro de atenci&amp;#243;n, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), con sede en &amp;#193;msterdam, h</description></item><item><title>GRI launches new global network to encourage greater transparency in the corporate supply chain</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2008/PressRelease3JulyEng.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{0783005F-C400-44A7-BD26-84D8E202D98D}</guid><description>4 July 2008, 
Amsterdam
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As problems in international companies&amp;#8217; supply chains continue to come under the spotlight, Amsterdam-based Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) today announced the launch of the GRI Global Action Ne</description></item><item><title>Durante la giornata internazionale per l'Ambiente GRI invita aziende ed autorità governative a rendicontare sulle emissioni di gas ad effetto serra</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2008/Pressrelease_05_June_2008_IT.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{8420CF0D-2699-4222-9E31-9BA6BAA497E6}</guid><description>5 giugno 2008,Amsterdam  
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Quest&amp;#8217;oggi &amp;#8211; giorno internazionale per l&amp;#8217;Ambiente - la Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) ha inviato un appello ad aziende, governi e ONG di tutto il mondo per sollecitare l&amp;#8217;atti</description></item><item><title>A l'occasion de la journée mondiale de l'environnement, le GRI engage plus d'entreprises et d'autorités à rendre compte de leurs émissions de gaz à effet de serre</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2008/Pressrelease_05_June_2008_Fr.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{30C6A0FE-9FCD-44FE-B172-5FD52E74E4B7}</guid><description>5 juin 2008,Amsterdam
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L&amp;#8217;organisation Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) bas&amp;#233;e &amp;#224; Amsterdam a appel&amp;#233; aujourd&amp;#8217;hui &amp;#8211; journ&amp;#233;e mondiale de l&amp;#8217;environnement &amp;#8211; les entreprises, les gouver</description></item><item><title>GRI insta a más empresas y autoridades a informar sobre las emisiones de gas invernadero en el Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2008/Pressrelease_05_June_2008_ES.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{296C9DB5-2E19-4938-BE36-D6DBF8121FE7}</guid><description>
5 de junio de 2008, 
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La Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), con sede en &amp;#193;msterdam, ha alentado hoy (D&amp;#237;a Mundial del Medio Ambiente) a empresas, gobiernos y ONG a informar al p&amp;#250;blico s</description></item><item><title>GRI urges more companies and authorities to report on greenhouse gas emissions on World Environment Day</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2008/Pressrelease_5_June_2008.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{72AC1CD0-568C-4DA3-AF1D-6A291011A8F2}</guid><description>&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;
5 June 2008
Amsterdam&lt;/o:p&gt;
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Amsterdam-based Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) today - on World Environment Day - called on companies, governments and NGOs to report publicly on their sustainability performance and inclu</description></item><item><title>Readers agree:  sustainability reporting enhances brand reputation ­ new proof from GRI survey</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2008/Pressrelease_08_May_08.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{AA186FAF-8A88-4D48-9FD1-F9BE81C0A675}</guid><description>&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;
&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;8 May 2008,
Amsterdam &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
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Ninety percent of sustainability report rea</description></item><item><title>Companies from Brazil and India scoop most awards at inaugural GRI Readers' Choice Awards for sustainability reporting.</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2008/Pressrelease_07_May_08.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{E2D4E889-2C47-4188-A4EF-F8FDD556320D}</guid><description>&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Amsterdam, 7 May 2008&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;
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The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) today announced the </description></item><item><title>Global Reporting Initiative works with socially responsible investment researchers to improve data comparability</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2008/Pressrelease_05_05_2008.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{B03F6EF2-96AE-4240-8181-0F9A1C178D46}</guid><description>&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;5 May 2008Amsterdam &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
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The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) today anno</description></item><item><title>De finish in zicht: de Global Reporting Initiative Readers' Choice Awards Finalisten nu bekend. Winnaars worden op 7 mei bekend gemaakt</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2008/PressRelease_10_04_08_NL.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{8DBDE2E4-9D4C-4F79-9FCB-50E68A15B93F}</guid><description> 
45 duurzaamheidsrapporten in de race voor beste duurzaamheidsverslag.&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
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Pers bericht. 8 april 2008, Amsterdam. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
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De laatste vijf jaar zijn via jury-gebaseerde prijsvragen hetzelfde handjevol</description></item><item><title>El 7 de mayo en Ámsterdam se conocerán los ganadores de los  premios otorgados por los lectores del Certamen Global Reporting Initiative Readers' Choice Awards.</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2008/PressRelease_10_04_08_Es.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{ED106D66-8780-4F18-9748-EE7882C9F772}</guid><description>
 
Comunicado de prensa. 7 de abril de 2008, &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Amsterdam&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
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45 memorias </description></item><item><title>The finishing line is in sight: Global Reporting Initiative Readers' Choice Awards Finalists Revealed. Winners to be announced in Amsterdam, 7 May</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2008/Pressrelease_08_04_2008.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{E7F35782-89D9-4B1C-BDBA-856777AA269D}</guid><description>45 sustainability reports remain in the running for unique and innovative honor&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
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8 April 2008, 
&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Brazil is among leading nations for sustainability reporting and corporate transparency</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2008/PressRelease_25_03_08.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{8CFCBF25-18FD-432B-959C-998E7902027B}</guid><description>While Brazilian companies are increasing their world share of sustainability reports, the report readers from the region have submitted a big share of responses to the Global Reporting Initiative&amp;#8217;s (GRI) Readers&amp;#8217; Choice Awards.&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;</description></item><item><title>España a la cabeza en elaboración de informes de sostenibilidad y transparencia corporativa</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2008/PressRelease_18_03_2008.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{C96E5696-C256-4197-ACA2-24B3A1B896BD}</guid><description>&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt; 
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Al mismo tiempo que  las empresas espa&amp;#241;olas incrementan su volumen global de informes de sostenibilidad, los lectores de informes locales confirman que est&amp;#225;n a la altura mediante su aportaci&amp;#243;n del ma</description></item><item><title>World Governments Take Notice of Sustainability Reporting</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2008/PressReleaseMar08.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{C29A7112-D90D-4171-8538-2DAA45EE4AD4}</guid><description>The City of Buenos Aires, China and &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;Sweden&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; have all recently announced steps towards sustainable and transparent business practice. All have taken a stro</description></item><item><title>Global voices select 78 for awards shortlist</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2008/PressRelease_14_01_2008.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{532A4A64-6483-482E-9C03-30040CE6A9CB}</guid><description>11 January 2008&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
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Investors, NGOs, employees, jou</description></item><item><title>Low Visibility Expected to Dissipate: Airports to earn their wings by improving environmental and social impacts through greater transparency </title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2007/PressRelease_18_Dec_2007.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{B5135B08-14D7-4ADF-8D84-AB484ED54413}</guid><description>18 December 2007
Amsterdam
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&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;Athens&lt;/st1:City&gt;, Frankfurt, and &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:PlaceName w:st="on"&gt;Munich&lt;/st1:PlaceName&gt;</description></item><item><title>Sweden pioneers a global first in sustainability reporting</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2007/20071203PressReleaseSweden.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{78B62CFC-5AC7-40D1-ACF8-7B79D3147B3B}</guid><description>&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;
3 December 2007
Amsterdam
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All 55 state owned companies in &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Sweden&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;</description></item><item><title>Food companies take responsibility for improved sustainability reporting </title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2007/PressRelease20Nov2007.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{38BB9C56-6C93-4D12-8F3C-70C53AC48D63}</guid><description>20 November 2007,&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Amsterdam&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
Nestl&amp;#233;, Bunge, Tyson Foods and Green Mountain Coffe</description></item><item><title>GRI Readers' Choice Awards Raise the Bar for Sustainability Reporting</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2007/PressRelease_1_Oct_2007.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{88F1A241-DEA2-4F51-9DAF-99F3C4AD1FFD}</guid><description>&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;1 October 2007,Amsterdam&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;
&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Introducing the GRI Readers Choice Awards</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2007/PR280808RCA.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{9DF4A91B-0EEC-40B9-959B-46D24B64042D}</guid><description>Readers to identify the best sustainability reports world wide&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
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27 August 2007
&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Amsterdam&lt;/st1:place&gt;</description></item><item><title>Top global companies that do not publish sustainability reports are in the minority, according to recent GRI research
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&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;27 July 2007, Amsterdam
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80% of the top 15 Global Brands as ranked by Interbrand and Business Week produce reports on their economic, environment, and social performance based on metrics from the Global Reporting In</description></item><item><title>Water management and reporting made easier with new tool </title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2007/PRAug15GlobalWaterTool.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{095BA006-C175-4E3F-AFB4-BA95109BA101}</guid><description>&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt; 
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In response to the challenges large companies face in assessing potential risks associated with water use, the World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD) has dev</description></item><item><title>Recently published research shows that companies are quicker to report climate change as a new business bearer than a cause of risk</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2007/PressRelease17Jul2007.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{170BC288-8F87-4424-9998-50FB06D17381}</guid><description>17 July 2007, 
Amsterdam
 
In the wake of the recent Live Earth concerts, an article recently published in a &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;UK&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; paper stated that 40 percent of citizens in the &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Reporting brings increased credibility to world's most widely adopted CSR code. GRI and Global Compact promote a commitment to transparency at largest high-level multi-stakeholder Summit to date </title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2007/Jul07UNGCGRISummit.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{86872A55-4BBF-4F01-BFBA-8A5602A5B713}</guid><description>&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:date Year="2006" Day="5" Month="6"&gt;&lt;/st1:date&gt; 
&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;5 July 2007 &lt;/o:p&gt;
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Top-level business, civil society, and government leaders </description></item><item><title>The G8 encourage GRI reporting to promote development and support investors</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2007/G8Release.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{6E1F9385-A7B4-44E2-B257-D460A2BF5B98}</guid><description>&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:date Month="6" Day="8" Year="2007"&gt;&lt;/st1:date&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
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G8 members yesterday formally en</description></item><item><title>UN Global Compact and Global Reporting Initiative form Strategic Alliance Move to Further Advance Responsible Corporate Citizenship</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2006/PressReleaseUNGC-GRI.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{01FAD80F-47B5-4756-B662-34E930A9C740}</guid><description>&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:date Year="2006" Day="9" Month="10"&gt;9 October 2006&lt;/st1:date&gt;, &lt;st1:City&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;Amsterdam&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;
The world&amp;#8217;s two most significant international corporate citizenship initiatives announced that they have un</description></item><item><title>Global Reporting Initiative G3 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines launched</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2006/PressReleasesG3Release.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{B45875FA-DD98-4086-8091-03D5962C308B}</guid><description>A new global reporting standard - business and investors call for widespread use
5 October 2006, Amsterdam
The next generation framework for businesses and other organizations to report on tough issues like climate change, corporate governance, and child labor is launched today by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI</description></item><item><title>Mervyn King appointed as new Chair, Global Reporting Initiative Board of Directors </title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2006/PressReleaseMervKing.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{A5BA0CB2-7777-4DF1-BB76-4349ADD1E83A}</guid><description>11 October 2006, Amsterdam 
The Chair of the Global Reporting Initiative, Dr. Judy Henderson, announced at the GRI Amsterdam conference on &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:date Month="10" Day="6" Year="2006"&gt;6 October 2006&lt;/st1:date&gt; the appointment of Judge Mervy</description></item><item><title>A dozen top tech providers join forces with GRI to digitally enhance the future of sustainability reporting</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2006/PressRelease2.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{70642B88-673E-4FF9-83C3-762C0A003975}</guid><description>25 April 2006&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Amsterdam&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;. As sustainability reporting practices becomes increasingly</description></item><item><title>Board unanimously approves the G3 Guidelines for release</title><link>http://www.globalreporting.org/NewsEventsPress/LatestPressReleases/2006/PressRelease1.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">{50E4CD18-00DC-437B-832A-0103E1EDEA7E}</guid><description>25 July 2006&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Amsterdam&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;. 
The Global Reporting Initiative&amp;#8217;s (GRI) Board of Directors unanimously approved the G3 &lt;st1:PersonName w:st="on"&gt;Guidelines&lt;/st1:PersonName&gt; l</description></item></channel></rss>