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| 03-Feb-2010 | | 4th European ESG Workshop – Trade unions and public authorities | | The fourth of the European workshops on disclosure of environmental, social and governance (ESG) was held last week in Brussels, this time focusing on the perspectives of trade unions and public authorities.
European trade unions, trade union research institutes, national trade unions (Spain and UK), as well as secto |
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| 02-Feb-2010 | | All poster presentations now selected for academic conference | |
The topics for all twelve poster presentations to be featured at the Academic Conference have now been selected. The Academic Conference is an integral part of the overall Amsterdam Conference on Sustainability and Transparency to be held between 26 – 28 May 2010.
The final selection encompasses a wide var |
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| 02-Feb-2010 | | Scoring remains open for the Readers’ Choice Awards
| | The first round of scoring in the 2010 GRI Readers’ Choice Awards will remain open throughout February, so, there’s still time to have your say on the state of sustainability reporting today and to reward those organizations who you feel are getting it right.
The first round of scoring has been extended as |
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| 02-Feb-2010 | | New report shows increase in uptake of GRI reporting in the S&P 100 | | The latest edition of the annual Sustainable Investment Research Analyst Network (SIRAN) commissioned report - ‘S&P 100 Sustainability Reporting Comparison’ - shows a marked increase in the number of firms issuing GRI reports.
• The number of Standard and Poors (S&P) companies producing sustainabil |
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| 02-Feb-2010 | | GRI engages with US Business Roundtable on ESG Reporting Trends | | GRI Sustainability Reporting Framework Director, Mike Wallace was recently invited to present to the members of the US Business Roundtable on ESG Reporting Trends.
The Business Roundtable’s SEE Change Initiative provides guidance and resources to US companies on sustainability and ESG, and it was through this p |
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| 02-Feb-2010 | | Indian government releases voluntary CSR guidelines | | India’s Ministry of Corporate Affairs has launched voluntary guidelines for responsible business which aim to add value to the operations and contribute towards the long term sustainabilityof the business. These guidelines also aim to enable business to focus as well as contribute towards the interests of the sta |
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| 02-Feb-2010 | | The ESG research firm market is heating up – mergers, acquisitions and sales | | Recent activity among environmental, social and governance (ESG) research houses demonstrates its increasing value.
In August 2009, the North American arm of sustainability research provider to the financial sector, Sustainalytics, merged with Canadian-based research firm, Jantzi Research, to form Jantzi-Sustainalyt |
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| 02-Feb-2010 | | More firms excluded from Norwegian sovereign wealth fund on ethical grounds | | On 19 January 2010, the Norwegian Ministry of Finance announced that it will drop 17 tobacco companies from the portfolio of its Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), adding to a growing list of stocks blacklisted by Europe’s biggest equity investor.
The companies were barred from the $455 billion (€326 b |
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| 02-Feb-2010 | | New GRI data partners announced- Alternate (Hungary) and NCSR (Indonesia) | | GRI recently signed agreements with Hungarian organization Alternate, and Indonesian organization NCSR who becomeGRI’s newest data partners.
GRI and the data partners share their knowledge of new GRI reports with one another on a monthly basis, ensuring that the latest GRI reports from around the world are avail |
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| 02-Feb-2010 | | New research examines GRI reporting in the public agencies sector | | Communication with the citizens of cities, countries or regions affected by public regulations is only one reason why Public Agencies are asked to engage in GRI sustainability reporting. GRI has recently examined the use of the Sector Supplement for Public Agencies (pilot version, 2005), and the findings of this resear |
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| 02-Feb-2010 | | Hungarian translation of GRI Application Levels | | The Application Levels document, one of three core documents that make up the G3 Guidelines, has now been translated into Hungarian. GRI would like to thank Alternate for making this possible.
The Application Levels communicate to what extent the G3 Guidelines have been utilized in your sustainability report. They are |
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| 02-Feb-2010 | | New call for Training Partners in Central and Eastern European countries
| | GRI is now calling for Training Partners in the following Central and Eastern European countries: Russia, Czech Republic, Croatia, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and Slovakia.
The GRI certified training program prepares training participants to plan and coordinate a reporting process, based on GRI Guidelines.
The candidat |
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| 02-Feb-2010 | | New call for Training Partners in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand | | GRI is now calling for Training Partners in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. The GRI certified training program prepares training participants to plan and coordinate a reporting process, based on GRI Guidelines.
The candidate-organizations must have an ethically sound reputation and experience in the implementatio |
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| 02-Feb-2010 | | New Organizational Stakeholders | | GRI welcomes this month’s new Organizational Stakeholders! To find out more about the OS program, please contact GRI.
Organization Name
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CSRE
Switzerland
Ecología |
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| 02-Feb-2010 | | Paul Hohnen engages with GRI's South African stakeholders in Cape Town | |
GRI Associate, Paul Hohnen, recently hosted a business breakfast in Cape Town to discuss the rapidly changing sustainability reporting landscape and reporting requirements in South Africa. Implications and opportunities that have arisen following the launch of the King III report in September last 2009 were discusse |
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| 11-Jan-2010 | | Next focus area for G3 Updates: Supply Chain Reporting | |
GRI will soon begin a Supply Chain Disclosure Project with the aim of addressing what is one of the most difficult challenges for sustainability reporting organizations today.
The globalization of the world economy has led to a corresponding growth in the complexity of sustainability management. Organizations no |
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| 11-Jan-2010 | | Reflections on COP15 and the challenges of reporting on climate change | | In December 2009, GRI Deputy Chief Executive, Teresa Fogelberg, was present in Copenhagen at the COP15 Climate Change Summit (COP15) to launch a joint research publication by GRI and ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), entitled “High Impact Sectors: the Challenge of Reporting on Climate Ch |
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| 11-Jan-2010 | | The Public Sector falls under the sustainability and transparency spotlight | |
In response to increased demand for more specific reporting guidance for public sector organizations in the past GRI has developed the Public Agencies Sector Supplement in support of the GRI Guidelines. The Sector Supplement is currently a pilot version, but may soon move into the final phases of development.
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| 11-Jan-2010 | | State-owned companies in Sweden out-do the rest in sustainability reporting | | In December 2009, the Institute for the Accountancy Profession in Sweden (FAR) and the Swedish Association of Auditors (SRS) awarded the annual prizes for the ’Best Sustainability Reports’ in Sweden at the Finforum - a yearly event held by the Swedish Financial Analysts’ Federation.
State-owned compa |
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| 11-Jan-2010 | | GRI ‘Year in Review’ report now available | | At the commencement of this new year, the GRI Secretariat is proud to announce and launch its first ‘Year in Review’ report, which gives an account of the organization’s achievements during the financial year 2008-2009, and will help readers understand how GRI went about the business of meeting its st |
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| 11-Jan-2010 | | Online now! Draft program for GRI Conference | |
The 3 day program for The Amsterdam Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency (to run from 26-28 May 2010) is shaping up nicely. The draft program for all the plenary sessions is now viewable on the Conference website.
Readers can find out about all the plenary sessions including the Opening Plenary s |
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| 11-Jan-2010 | | Connect with leading researchers from the CSR field at the Academic Conference | |
As an integral component of the overall Conference, the Academic Conference will offer ample opportunity for interaction and exchange between academics and sustainability reporting practitioners. A series of six debates will focus attention on important topics within the field of sustainability/CSR reporting. These |
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| 11-Jan-2010 | | Embark now on the Airports Sector Supplement public survey | |
The first public survey on the Airport Operators Sector Supplement is now open. Have your say on the development of the Sector Supplement between 13 January and 5 March 2010. Click here to take the survey.
The working group has developed the draft Sector Supplement over the course of three meetings. Three further |
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| 11-Jan-2010 | | Let’s Report Template now available in Polish | |
A Polish translation of the “Let’s Report!” template is now available. The template shows what a basic GRI report should contain (according to the requirements in the GRI G3 Guidelines for an Application Level C report) and provides a simple way for an organization to produce a report. |
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| 11-Jan-2010 | | Last call for Training Partners – UK/Republic of Ireland, Portugal, France, Italy, Netherlands/Belgium/Luxembourg, Greece and Turkey | | GRI is now calling for Training Partners in UK/Republic of Ireland, Portugal, France, Italy, The Netherlands/Belgium/Luxembourg, Greece and Turkey.
The candidate-organizations must have an ethically sound reputation and experience |
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| 11-Jan-2010 | | New GRI-certified Training Partners | | GRI has certified three new training partners this month: China WTO Tribune is certified in the Chinese speaking countries. They are specifically certified to offer the training in Mainland China, Macau and Taiwan.
The second Cer |
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| 11-Jan-2010 | | GRI welcomes international delegates to ‘Training of Trainers’ course | |
Nine participants from four different countries attended the third ‘Training of Trainers’ course held in Amsterdam from 1-3 December 2009. The participants represented six Training Partner organizations from India, Peru, Spain, and the USA. Most of the participants have already provided or are about to |
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| 11-Jan-2010 | | New Organizational Stakeholders | | GRI welcomes this month’s new Organizational Stakeholders! To find out more about the OS program, please contact GRI.
Organization Name
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Centro IDEARSE para la Re |
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| 11-Jan-2010 | | GRI information more accessible to Chinese speakers | |
Starting this month, GRI information will be much more accessible to Chinese speakers. The GRI website now features several explanatory webpages in Chinese. Additionally, the GRI Monthly Newsletters will also be translated into Chinese on a regular basis.
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