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Latest press releases
6 November 2008
Amsterdam
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and development today signed an agreement to work together to further promote and draw greater participation in the development of sustainability reporting standards in developing countries and economies in transition. More...
27 October 2008
Amsterdam
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 become the norm among larger companies globally. More...
21 October 2008
United Nations, Geneva
Banks, insurers and asset managers, struggling to rebuild battered reputations after the financial turmoil of 2008, will benefit from a new environment and social reporting standard launched today, claims a senior United Nations official. More...
17 October 2008
Sydney
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and St James Ethics Centre (the Centre) have today signed an agreement to establish an Australian base for GRI. More...
23 September 2008
Amsterdam
Marking sixty years since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, three leading organizations are launching a new initiative to foster greater integration of human rights principles into corporate sustainability reporting. More...
En español
Destacadas organizaciones llaman a la mejora de los informes empresariales sobre derechos humanos
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En français
De grandes organisations appellent à mieux intégrer les droits de l’homme dans les rapports de développement durable des entreprises.
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12 September 2008
Amsterdam / Berlin
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH are to host a conference on sustainability reporting for companies throughout the supply chain. More...
17 July 2008
Amsterdam
The Global Reporting Initiative’s G3 Guidelines, the world’s most commonly-used framework for sustainability reporting - i.e. the reporting of organizations’ economic, environmental and social performance – are now available to download free of charge in Japanese. More…
15 July 2008
Amsterdam
Amsterdam-based Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is calling for feedback on draft guidance intended to bring about greater transparency and sustainability in the food processing sector. More…
GRI launches new global network to encourage greater transparency in the corporate supply chain
4 July 2008
Amsterdam
As problems in international companies’ supply chains continue to come under the spotlight, Amsterdam-based Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) today announced the launch of the GRI Global Action Network for Transparency in the Supply Chain. More…
En español
GRI lanza una nueva red global para fomentar una mayor transparencia en la cadena de suministro de las empresas Mas…
Em português
GRI lança nova rede global para estimular maior transparência na cadeia de fornecimento das empresas Mais...
GRI urges more companies and authorities to report on greenhouse gas emissions on World Environment Day
5 June 2008
Amsterdam
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 include details on their greenhouse gas emissions. More...
En español: GRI insta a más empresas y autoridades a informar sobre las emisiones de gas invernadero en el Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente Mas...
En français: 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. Plus...
In Italiano: Durante la giornata internazionale per l’Ambiente GRI invita aziende ed autorità governative a rendicontare sulle emissioni di gas ad effetto serra. Clicca qui.
Readers agree: sustainability reporting enhances brand reputation – new proof from GRI survey
8 May 2008
Amsterdam
Ninety percent of sustainability report readers agreed that their views of a company had been influenced by reading its report – of these, 85% reported a more positive perception of the company, according to a new report released today by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). More...
Companies from Brazil and India scoop most awards at inaugural GRI Readers’ Choice Awards for sustainability reporting.
7 May 2008
Amsterdam
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) today announced the winners of the GRI Readers’ Choice Awards for sustainability reporting at the Amsterdam Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency. More...
Global Reporting Initiative works with socially responsible investment researchers to improve data comparability
5 May 2008
Amsterdam
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) today announced that it has begun working with leading socially responsible investment (SRI) firms from around the worldto update and simplify the method by which companies can communicate their environmental and social performance. Nine of the world’s leading SRI firms have welcomed the move in a joint statement and GRI is now calling for involvement from others in shaping the process through which companies report on their sustainability performance. More...
8 April 2008
Amsterdam
45 sustainability reports remain in the running for unique and innovative honor
For the past five years jury-based award programs for sustainability reports have put the same handful of companies at the top of the tables. But now readers and stakeholders have had the chance to express their opinion – thanks to a new process of online scoring of sustainability reports. More...
En español: Anuncian los finalistas de los Premios de los Lectores de Global Reporting Initiative Readers’ Choice Awards. Mas...
In Nederlands: de Global Reporting Initiative Readers’ Choice Awards Finalisten nu bekend. Winnaars worden op 7 mei bekend gemaakt. Meer...
25 March 2008
Amsterdam
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’s (GRI) Readers’ Choice Awards. More...
18 Marzo 2008
Amsterdam
Al mismo tiempo que las empresas españolas incrementan su volumen global de informes de sostenibilidad, los lectores de informes locales confirman que están a la altura mediante su aportación del mayor número de respuestas en los premios Readers´Choice Awards de Global Reporting Iniciative (GRI) con respecto al resto de países. More...
World Governments Take Notice of Sustainability Reporting
6 March 2008
Amsterdam
The City of Buenos Aires, China and Sweden have all recently announced steps towards sustainable and transparent business practice. All have taken a strong interest in sustainability reporting in their areas of influence.
International developments in the field will be discussed in detail at The Amsterdam Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency (May 7-9 2008). Hosted by the Global Reporting Initiative and the City of Amsterdam, it is a gathering of over 1,000 stakeholders including reporting companies and those who read the reports. More...
Global voices select 78 for awards shortlist
11 January 2008
Amsterdam
Investors, NGOs, employees, journalists and concerned citizens tell companies whether or not their information needs on top economic, environmental, and social issues are being met. More...
Low Visibility Expected to Dissipate: Airports to earn their wings by improving environmental and social impacts through greater transparency
18 December 2007
Amsterdam
Athens, Frankfurt, and Munich Airports call for others worldwide to create sustainability reporting guidelines for their sector under the Global Reporting Initiative. More...
Sweden pioneers a global first in sustainability reporting
3 December 2007
Amsterdam
All 55 state owned companies in Sweden have to file an annual sustainability report based on the Global Reporting Initiative (G3) Guidelines before the 31 March each year from 2009, the Swedish Government announced today. More...
Food companies take responsibility for improved sustainability reporting
20 November 2007
Amsterdam
Nestlé, Bunge, Tyson Foods and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters first to commit to multi-stakeholder development of GRI’s sector-specific indicators for sustainability reporting. More...
GRI Readers’ Choice Awards Raise the Bar for Sustainability Reporting
1 October 2007
Amsterdam
Thousands of companies issue sustainability reports each year, but who reads them and what do they think of them? As a way to capture the preferences of readers and to alert potential new readers to the value of sustainability information, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and its partners have pioneered the first non jury-based worldwide online sustainability reporting awards scheme. The GRI Readers’ Choice Awards were launched online today. More...
GRI Readers' Choice Award to begin Oct 1 2007
28 August 2007
Amsterdam
Your opinion counts in the world's biggest international sustainability reporting awards program. From 1 October 2007 you are invited to score the sustainability reports issued by companies that you work for, own stock in, are neighbors with, report on, or do business. More...
Water management and reporting made easier with new tool
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