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Oct 3, 2011 3:00 PM ET - This blog post covers a panel at last week's Commit!Forum on creating transparency and shareholder value. Panelists included: Ernst Ligteringen, Chief Executive, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Michelle Greene, Vice President and Head of Corporate Responsibility , NYSE Euronext Steve Leffin, Director of Global Sustainability, UPS David Vidal, Director of The Conference Board Center for Sustainability, moderated the discussion.

Sep 30, 2011 9:30 AM ET -  This Council Perspectives was authored by The Conference Board Chief Environment, Health, and Safety Officers’ Council. The Chief Environment, Health, and...

Sep 28, 2011 11:44 AM ET - (3BL Media / theCSRfeed) September 28, 2011 - Symantec Corp. today released its 2011 Corporate Responsibility report. The report addresses high-priority issues for Symantec including climate and energy,...

Sep 26, 2011 1:12 PM ET - The movement toward integrated reporting on environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) issues continues to gain momentum despite the relatively slow spread of regulatory mandates in this area, according to a recent paper, “Integrated Reporting: A better view?” by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL).

Sep 22, 2011 1:15 PM ET - (3BL Media / theCSRfeed) Amsterdam - September 22, 2011 - Carbon emissions, management and remediation of contaminated land, and sub-contracted labor issues are some of the sustainability issues that can now be reported by construction and real...

Sep 22, 2011 9:30 AM ET - (3BL Media / theCSRfeed) September 22, 2011 - For the fifth year in a row, Sanofi has become a member of the prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability World Index. The index assesses the world’s 2,500 largest companies from 57 different industry...

Sep 21, 2011 3:00 PM ET - In his ZDnet blog, sustainability expert James Farrar contrasts the forthright transparency in GE's 2010 Citizenship Report around its strategic position on nuclear power with the relative silence on the topic in sustainability reports from Siemens, which recently announced plans to exit the nuclear business.

Sep 21, 2011 9:30 AM ET - (3BL Media / theCSRfeed) September 21, 2011 - Global medical technology company Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT) has released the company’s 2011 Corporate Citizenship Update, “Innovating for a Better World” at...

Sep 19, 2011 9:25 AM ET - (3BL Media / theCSRfeed) September 19, 2011 - Telefónica S.A, one of the world's largest telecommunications companies with leading brands in Spain and Latin America (Movistar, Vivo) and northern Europe (O2), has launched its comprehensive...

Sep 16, 2011 12:00 PM ET - G&A Institute monitors the sustainability, responsibility and citizenship reporting of US domestic corporations and the US subsidiaries of non-US companies. (We also...

Sep 15, 2011 9:00 AM ET - GE’s Citizenship team invited Bob Massie, co-founder of the Global Reporting Initiative, to contribute an Expert Perspective on integrated reporting, which merges traditional financial reporting with sustainability reporting. As a member of the International Integrated Reporting Committee Working Group, Massie provides a first-hand account of the current status and future trajectory of integrated reporting, and also weighs in with his opinions about the significance and implications of the emerging practice.

Sep 9, 2011 7:30 AM ET - (3BL Media / theCSRfeed) Naperville, IL - September 9, 2011 - Nalco (NYSE: NLC), providing essential expertise for water, energy and air, has again been named among the top sustainability companies in world. The Company was named to...