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Arabia CSR Network successfully conducts Middle East’s first ever training on global standards for sustainability reporting

Sustainability reporting using global standards is on the rise says expert   UAE, May 13, 2017 – The Arabia CSR Network (ACSRN) has successfully conducted the Middle East region’s first round of training for Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards for Sustainability Reporting. Held recently in Dubai, ACSRN, a certified training partner of GRI, offered the …

TCS and GRI collaborate to highlight the power of sustainability reporting in India

April 29, 2015, Mumbai: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS) a leading IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, today announced the launch of the Moving Beyond Disclosure: Leveraging Sustainability Reporting to Drive Change, a study undertaken in collaboration with GRI, the developer of the world’s most widely used Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. The …

GRI consults on intended governance changes in order to play its role as a standard setter in sustainability reporting

Sustainability reporting has moved from a practice undertaken only by pioneers to become standard practice for thousands of the world’s largest companies, the majority of which are using the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) Guidelines as a basis for their sustainability reports. While GRI has long been accepted as ‘de facto standard setter’ in providing sustainability …

GRI is the global standard as sustainability reporting goes mainstream, says KPMG survey

Almost 80 percent of the largest 100 companies in 41 countries worldwide issuing corporate responsibility (CR) reports now use the Global Reporting Initiative’s Sustainability Reporting Guidelines, according to a new survey by KPMG. The KPMG International Survey of Corporate Responsibility Reporting 2013, released today, found that sustainability reporting is truly mainstream, with almost three quarters …

G4 Online puts sustainability reporting at your fingertips

G4 Online, a web-based tool to support organizations preparing sustainability reports using the latest generation of the Global Reporting Initiative’s Sustainability Reporting Guidelines, is launched today. The free to use website presents the content of the G4 Guidelines complete and in a dynamic and easy-to-navigate format, and is designed to support users directly involved in …

Sustainability reporting can serve as bridge between business and sustainable development, says GRI

A new business engagement architecture unveiled by the UN presents a major opportunity to leverage sustainability reporting to drive the private sector’s contribution to sustainable development, the Global Reporting Initiative said today. At the UN Global Compact’s triennial Leaders’ Summit in New York, UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon today launched an implementation architecture that …

CSR Europe and Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) join forces to build on expertise in sustainability reporting

(Brussels, 28 May 2013) CSR Europe and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding outlining their collaboration over the next three years at ‘Is Europe at a turning point for corporate reporting?’, a joint event hosted by CSR Europe and Burson Marsteller. Against the backdrop of the recent …

G4 is future of sustainability reporting, say business leaders

Business leaders today called on companies and organizations around the world to embrace the next generation of the Global Reporting Initiative’s Sustainability Reporting Guidelines – G4. G4 was unveiled before an audience of 1,600 thought leaders and practitioners from around the globe at GRI’s 2013 Global Conference today. Experienced reporters welcomed the publication of the …

GRI hosts Global Conference for a more sustainable future

A global gathering of 1500 leaders and practitioners from business, finance, civil society, government and labor will assemble in Amsterdam this May to discuss the key challenges and opportunities on the path to a more sustainable global economy. The Global Reporting Initiative’s three-day Global Conference on Sustainability and Reporting will see the launch of the …