G&A Institute Update (Issue 5, December 2011) -- US Corporate Sustainability & Responsibility Reporting

Update: US Corporate Sustainability & Responsibility Reporting

From small beginnings, US companies have dramatically stepped up their disclosure practices and formalized reporting on sustainability and responsibility strategies, goals, performance, and achievements. 
  
A growing number of shareholders are keenly interested in these disclosures. So are key stakeholders including employees, shareholders, business partners, suppliers, and others. The influential parties shaping access to capital, setting market valuations, and shaping reputations of US companies, are the primary audience for these reports.

In this Update newsletter you’ll find news, perspectives and results of our monitoring, trendwatching and corporate reporting analysis.

Issue #5 Headlines | December 20, 2011

• Update on Corporate Sustainability & Responsibility Reporting in November
• Featured Social Responsibility Report - H.J. Heinz Company
• Does Sustainability & Responsibility Reporting Matter to Investors? An Analysis by G&A Institute of Fortune 500 Company Reporting and Stakeholder Response
• Trendwatching: As Corporate Reporting Rises – So Does Criticism
• European Union Rules on Corporate Reporting - Corporate Responsibility in Focus & India SEBI Requires ESG Disclosure for India Stock Exchange -- Corporate Responsibility in Focus
• Governance & Accountability Institute – Now Data Partner for the United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland

Governance & Accountability Institute is the “Sustainability Headquarters™” for clients in the corporate, investment, public and social sectors.  The G&A team provides research, monitoring, advisory and strategic information resources to clients in the corporate, investment, public and social sectors.

G&A Institute closely monitors the sustainability, responsibility, environmental, citizenship, and other similarly-titled reporting of US domestic corporations and the US-based subsidiaries of non-US companies.  We also monitor reports of trade and professional associations, non-profits, the public sector, professional practices, and colleges & universities. 

G&A Institute is the USA Data Partner of the GRI We monitor, receive, collect, analyze, and database the US corporate (and institutional) reports and make these publicly available.  G&A Institute is the Data Partner of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) in the United States. 

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• Sustainability Coaching, Team Building & Training
• Corporate Sustainability & Responsibility Reporting
• ESG & CR Issues Monitoring & Research
• Stakeholder Identification, Monitoring & Engagement
• Strategic Risk Management

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