at the very Core of it all … is Content!
By Peter Paul van de Wijs (Global Reporting Initiative) and Cornis van der Lugt (University of Stellenbosch Business School) Environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure has never been more pervasive around the world – and it is now firmly in the mainstream of policies requiring reporting on organizational performance. This was a key conclusion of …
Today, the European Parliament adopted the long-awaited directive on the disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large companies. “This vote is a victory for transparency and this is a great day for the future of sustainability reporting,” said Teresa Fogelberg, Deputy Chief Executive, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). “This agreement demonstrates the EU’s …
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) today announced Chief Executive Ernst Ligteringen’s decision to leave GRI by the middle of 2015, having indicated his desire to look for a new role over the past year. “The leadership offered by Ernst Ligteringen over the past 11 years has been a very important factor in GRI’s remarkable development …
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) announced that its Board of Directors has elected institutional investor Christianna Wood as its Chairman, effective 24 November 2013. Ms. Wood is a member of the board of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) and the former Chairman of the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN), a London based investor-led organization …
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Guidelines now rank among the most widely recognized Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) instruments among large European companies, according to new research published by the European Commission. A survey¹ of the public CSR statements of 200 randomly selected large companies suggests that the GRI Guidelines are now referred to almost as …
The Global Reporting Initiative will officially launch its Focal Point South Africa at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange next week, with a mission to make sustainability reporting standard practice for companies and organizations in South Africa and the wider region. The Focal Point, hosted by ACCA South Africa, will act as a regional hub, facilitating and …