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20 years GRI – Driving Global Change
Twenty years after it was founded in Boston, USA, to set new global standards for sustainability reporting, GRI has become the world’s leading provider of sustainability ... -
Actions architects can take to protect our planet
The Liuzhou Forest City, designed by Stefano Boeri Architetti, will be the very first Chinese Forest City, with hotels, offices, houses, hospitals, schools, completely covered by ... -
Get acquainted with GRI Standards, the first global standards for sustainability reporting
GRI has pioneered sustainability reporting since the late 1990s, providing the world’s most widely used standards for sustainability reporting: 80% of the world’s 250 largest companies ... -
ABN AMRO has positive impact on health: it is no longer accepting clients from the tobacco industry
ABN AMRO, the third-largest bank in the Netherlands, with more than six million customers worldwide, announced that it will stop investing in the tobacco industry, because ... -
Workshop 14 June 2017: CSR/Sustainability Reporting made easy with the GRI Standards
On 14 June 2017 FBRH Consultants Ltd (GRI Certified Training Partner) and Deloitte Academy successfully organized a free seminar/workshop where participants were shown in simple terms ... -
Bravo Sustainability Awards 2017: the winners
On Thursday the 25th of May, at Megaron, the Athens Concert Hall, the annual event of the Bravo Initiative took place: . The Bravo Initiative Seven ... -
Dutch company to utilize the heat of computer servers to meet households’ hot water needs
Dutch company Nerdalize has developed a heating system that utilizes the residual heat of computer servers to meet the hot water needs of households. This heating ... -
Building Long-Lasting Partnerships with Government and NGOs
According to a recent report by the Pacific Basin Research Center in Orange County, California, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to integrate sustainability into business practices and ... -
Shareholders vs. Stakeholders: Who should businesses be accountable to?
Should companies only strive to maximise shareholder value or try to serve the interests of all stakeholders? There are two conflicting theories attempting to answer this ... -
Climate change: a material business risk
While climate change is widely recognized as a material risk to society, the environment, and financial stability, business leaders have yet to understand how businesses might ... -
Supply chain transparency: The key to global business success
, not least because of the many advantages: dealing successfully with the risks and capitalizing on the opportunities of supply chains globally, supporting sustainable development, positive ... -
GRI Standards recommended by Nasdaq’s Nordic and Baltic Exchanges
A voluntary ESG Reporting Guide issued by seven Nordic and Baltic Exchanges (in Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius) in March 2017, intended to ... -
Sustainability: No Longer an Option but a Necessity for Suppliers
Across the globe, supply chain risk management has become a key priority for corporations. Circular business models encourage companies to implement stricter sustainable procurement policies, focused ... -
Nielsen enters into a strategic alliance with Special Olympics
Nielsen, striving to share its expertise in data collection and analysis with governments, nonprofit organizations and other stakeholders to create value for society as a whole, ... -
GRI: The gold standard in policy-making for governments worldwide
Across the globe, more and more governments, regulators and public authorities adopt the GRI Standards in planning, developing and implementing policies, guidelines, recommendations and regulations for ... -
CSR: The Strategic Importance of Sustainability Reporting Done Responsibly
You are invited to the conference “CSR: The Strategic Importance of Sustainability Reporting Done Responsibly”, jointly organized by CYTA and FBRH Consultants that will take ... -
BSDC: Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will create, for businesses, opportunities worth US$12 trillion
The “Better Business, Better World” report by the Business and Sustainable Development Commission (BSDC) presents a sustainable business model, focused on the 17 UN Sustainable Development ... -
CSR: Building trust with key stakeholders in the banking and financial services sector
The UK-Cyprus Enterprise Council, in association with RCB Bank and PGD Strategy Ltd presented in London, at the Connaught Hotel in Mayfair, on the 26 January 2017, ... -
How the World Bank takes action on UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
Committed to eradicating extreme poverty and supporting shared, sustainable prosperity across the globe, the World Bank takes action to advance UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). ... -
Walmart’s renewed sustainability agenda and commitments for a “new era of trust and transparency”
Walmart’s president and CEO Doug McMillon recently unveiled Walmart’s renewed, broader sustainability agenda, delineating the company’s enhanced responsibilities and commitments towards society and the environment. Walmart, ... -
Harvard Business Review: Why Sustainability Is Good For Your Business
Contrary to what many executives still believe, research shows, according to a Harvard Business Review article, that incorporating sustainability into corporate strategy bears many advantages regarding ... -
PepsiCo CEO: “A company does well by also doing good.” PepsiCo Launches 2025 Sustainability Agenda Designed to Meet Changing Consumer and Societal Needs
Continuing Performance with Purpose, launched in 2006, PepsiCo announced its sustainability agenda for the next decade. “The first ten years of PepsiCo’s Performance with Purpose journey ... -
How Sustainability/ CSR/ ESG/ SDG reporting gives your company a competitive advantage
Besides proving that your company is socially and environmentally responsible, CSR/ESG/ Sustainability will also help you gain a competitive advantage, in more than one ways: Reducing ... -
Sustainability Report highlights and benefits – MISC Berhad’s 2015 Sustainability Report published
MISC Berhad (MISC) announced the publication of its 2015 Sustainability Report, covering the company’s commitments, strategy, performance and progress towards its sustainability goals for 2015. President/Group ... -
Toyota will use 100% renewable energy at its new North American headquarters
Toyota announced that it will use 100 percent renewable energy at its new North American headquarters in Plano, Texas. The $1 billion campus, scheduled to open ... -
Case study: How Nike solved its sweatshop problem
With this article, we present actions Nike has taken through the years to solve its sweatshop problem, using information published in its GRI Standards-based CSR/ ESG/ Sustainability ... -
Ikea says in fiscal year 2015 there was a 29% rise in sales of products contributing to a more sustainable life at home for consumers
Ikea is committed to enabling more customers to live more sustainably. One way Ikea measures its impact is by tracking the sales of products that Ikea ... -
Revenue from General Electric’s Ecomagination products totaled $34 billion in 2014, representing about 30% of total GE sales
Ecomagination is GE’s business strategy in order to achieve improved economic and environmental outcomes not only for its customers, but also in its own operations. Since ... -
Focus on sustainability leads to faster growth for Unilever: In 2015, Unilever’s Sustainable Living brands grew 30% faster than the rest of the business, accounted for nearly half of Unilever’s growth and included Unilever’s five biggest brands: Knorr, Dove, Dirt is Good, Lipton and Hellmann’s
As the company reports its fifth year of progress with its Sustainable Living Plan, Unilever’s Sustainable Living brands continue to show excellent sales results. Unilever realizes ...
