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Innovative tools now available to strengthen management and disclosure of ESG information

For many businesses, managing multiple disclosure demands and increasing stakeholder pressure for disclosing environmental, social and governance (ESG) information is an ongoing challenge. The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) released the ESG Disclosure Handbook and Indicator Library to help companies address the issue. Both the handbook and the library provide practical resources for addressing

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GRI calls for business and governments to partner on SDGs

The chairman of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) had called for greater collaboration and cooperation between businesses and national governments in order to achieve the aims of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The GRI, one of the most recognisable standards for sustainability reporting, partnered with the Bombay Stock Exchange earlier this week to host

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Helping sectors increase accountability and transparency

The first GRI Sector Standard will focus on oil, gas and coal. GRI is inviting nominations to join an expert working group to produce the first GRI Sector Standard, for oil, gas and coal. Sector Standards will help companies in a specific sector to define their economic, environmental, and social impacts, enabling improved transparency and accountability

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Municipality Integrated Reporting model: The Famous Istanbul District, Kadıköy adopts integrated reporting

A sustainable and more livable world depends on good governance of our resources as well as our collective needs and demands.  The legitimacy of governments is built on the trust they earn from their citizens. Governments cannot function effectively without it.  It is a necessary condition for governments to successfully carry out public policies. Citizens

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How to report on the SDGs

by Karen McWilliams Main points: The Senate Inquiry into Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has published 18 recommendations for Australia The Corporate Reporting Dialogue have released a position papersupporting the development of better reporting guidelines for the SDGs Corporate reporting is key to providing the transparency needed to assess progress against the SDGs in a meaningful way The United

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IASB does not plan standards on sustainability reporting

Hans Hoogervorst, chair of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), has indicated the board intends to play a role in developing climate-change related financial reporting, but will not move in to standard setting in this area, reports Pat Sweet He cautioned against exaggerated expectations for sustainability reporting as a catalyst for change in the absence

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Increasing sustainability reporting in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh

More than 500 businesses in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are being supported to report on their sustainability impacts following the launch of new guidance.​ GRI has provided technical input to guides produced by the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), which they will share with all their listed companies, providing recommendations

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Strong backing for tax transparency from investors

A future where disclosure of the taxes paid by businesses is common international practice is one step closer, following widespread and trans-national support received through a GRI consultation exercise – and from investment organizations in particular.   As national economies become increasingly integrated, there have been growing calls from around the world – including investors, governments

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The world is getting less circular – can reporting help?

The world is going backwards when it comes to circularity – we’re addicted to the linear take-make-waste economic model. That’s the conclusion of the second annual Circularity Gap Report, released by Circle Economy in January during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting.  According to the report, “Our world is only 9% circular and the trend

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Finding answers as global business moves to integrated thinking and reporting

The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) has  published a set of answers to some of the most frequently asked questions, as corporate reporting is being reformed worldwide to embrace the concept of integrated reporting – available on the IIRC’s website. Integrated reporting is the broad-based framework for business and investment decisions that are long-term, inclusive and with