Interest in sustainability reporting by the public sector has been growing rapidly. Agencies on every tier of government have started down the road to better transparency and reporting on their sustainability impacts, just as the general public has started to increase demand for more accountability. An international multi-stakeholder working group has drafted a Sector Supplement to compliment GRI’s Sustainability Reporting Guidelines and meet the reporting needs of public agencies.
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The OECD Guidelines recommend principles and standards for multinational enterprises, but they do not prescribe precise ways in which to measure and report actual behaviour. Where complementarities exist, the GRI indicators can be used to help measure and report on performance in relation to some of the recommendations set forth in the OECD Guidelines.
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Gearing Up, a new SustainAbility report launched on 24 June in New York at the United Nations Global Compact Leaders Summit, concludes that despite achieving impressive momentum the corporate responsibility (CR) movement is bumping up against real limits. Some responsible businesses have scratched the surface of global issues like climate change and HIV/AIDS, but just as many work to maintain the status quo. The efforts of business, in combination with government and civil society, are quite simply being outpaced by the problems. It’s time for change.
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Business and NGOs clash on conclusions of final report of Multi Stakeholder Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility.
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What you would like to see in GRI’s first sustainability report? As a member of GRI’s international network you are an important stakeholder in the organisation.
We value your thoughts on the general parameters we have set for the report –
which include key decisions around issues such as boundaries, presentation, assurance and engagement. You are invited to submit your responses to a concise six-question
survey on these issues. It will take less than 60 seconds to fill out, and your responses will remain anonymous. This short six-question survey will help us assess whether or not we are meeting your expectations.
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(Published in the Slovak Spectator on 26 july 2004)
CORPORATE social responsibility is only at the beginning of its path in Slovakia. Large companies with foreign capital usually have included this strategy in their corporate policy, but the Slovak business sector and the general public are still looking for ways to support society.
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ISO is to develop an International Standard for social responsibility. The objective is to produce “a guidance document, written in plain language which is understandable and usable by non-specialists” and not intended for use in certification.
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Speech by Mr Erkki Liikanen
Member of the European Commission, responsible for Enterprise and the Information Society
“Corporate Social Responsibility: the way forward”
EU Multi-Stakeholder Forum on CSR
Brussels, 29 June 2004
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The EU Commission welcomes recommendations of the EU Multi-Stakeholder Forum on how to advance the European agenda on corporate social responsibility (CSR).
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AccountAbility is pleased to announce the release of the latest AA1000 Assurance Standard Practitioners Note. This Practitioners Note was produced from a consultation with representatives from companies, assurance providers, non-governmental organisations, and government in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Today sees the launch of the first global index, The Accountability RatingÃ??, which evaluates how well the world’s 1001 largest companies account for their impacts on society and the environment. This topical index is released at a decisive time, as trust in big business continues to be eroded by corporate scandals.
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The oil giant Shell, already under scrutiny for overstating its oil reserves, stands accused of polluting communities, damaging wildlife habitats and failing to live up to its promise of environmental and social responsibility in a new report launched by Friends of the Earth today (Wednesday 23 June), ahead of the company’s annual general meeting (AGM).
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