ESG

UN Targets Sports Organizations on Climate Pledge

January 04, 2017

The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is calling on sports organizations and other companies to sign up to the UN's Climate Neutral Now Initiative, under which they pledge to measure, publicly report, and offset their greenhouse gas emissions to achieve the goals of the UN climate deal agreed in Paris in 2015.
UN Expands Gender Certification Scheme to Jamaica

January 02, 2017

The UN Development Programme is seeking to expand its Gender Equality Seal Certification Programme to the Caribbean by asking Jamaican businesses to sign on to a pledge to reduce "gender gaps" in their operations.
Companies Push for Insurance Based on Climate Projections

December 30, 2016

A report from a coalition of 29 insurance companies, called ClimateWise, calls on insurers to close what they say is a growing gap between the current value of property insurance and the projected cost of catastrophic impacts of climate change and pushes governments to do more to combat the effects of global warming.
GRI Reports on "Sustainability" in Latin American Industries

December 30, 2016

A report from the Global Reporting Initiative and consulting firm A.T. Kearney shows the impact of growing pressure from global organizations and activists on the leadership of Latin American businesses to implement the UN's "sustainable development" agenda in corporate operations and supply chain decisions.
GRI Pushes for Mining, Energy, and Financial Disclosures

December 30, 2016

The Global Reporting Initiative and the Chilean academic institute Centro Vincular-PUCV have produced a study in which they call for expansive reporting on human rights impacts in the operations and supply chains of businesses in the mining, energy, and financial industries.
Bloomberg, Carney Tout Climate Disclosure Report

December 21, 2016

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney have published an article praising the recommendations of a taskforce of the G20 group of countries' Financial Stability Board pushing for global corporate disclosures on the financial impacts of climate change.
GRI Pressures Businesses on Anti-Poverty Initiatives

December 21, 2016

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has announced a new project, funded by the UK and Swedish governments, to determine how ramped-up business reporting standards can produce data that would help GRI and other stakeholders pressure companies to do more to alleviate poverty in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
NGOs Seek Corporate BHR Reporting Rules in UK

December 15, 2016

A coalition of nongovernmental organizations called CORE has praised the UK government's planned consideration of rules that would require corporations to report on their social and environmental impacts as part of the government's corporate governance consultations, in line with the global business and human rights (BHR) reporting agenda.
NGOs Seek Stronger French BHR Diligence Plan

December 15, 2016

A group of nongovernmental organizations called the European Coalition for Corporate Justice has praised a French bill, passed by the country's National Assembly, requiring corporate "due diligence" to counter business and human rights (BHR) impacts but calls for stronger provisions on remedies for alleged victims of BHR violations.
GRI Launch Events Show Breadth of Reporting Standards

December 14, 2016

Through global launch events on six continents, the Global Reporting Initiative has demonstrated how it expects business leaders around the world to use its "ubiquitous" global standards for "sustainability reporting" to publicly disclose the impacts of their operations on the UN's sustainable development agenda.