Sustainability Metrics

What’s state of the art in sustainability reporting?

By Joss Tantram | Published: January 31, 2015

Rewarding the best of the best at the CRRA Awards gives an inkling on sustainability reporting in 2014.

For the last three years my firm (Terrafiniti) has had the distinct pleasure of supporting CorporateRegister.com’s annual CR Reporting Awards (CRRA 15), the unique global, non-financial reporting accolades.

Our role has been to support shortlisting; reading and scoring all awards entries, which gives a fantastic snapshot of current practice in reporting across the world. This year (2014, for the 2015 Awards), the CRRA had a record number of entries, with around 100 organisations submitting reports.

Also posted in Business and Sustainability, CSR Reporting, The Hub | Tagged corporate register, CRRA, csr reporting, g4, GRI, materiality, sustainability, Terrafiniti) | Leave a comment

Helping Empower Boards to Unlock the Value of Corporate Sustainability

By Helle Bank Jorgensen | Published: December 7, 2014

Board members can play a pivotal role in helping companies unlock the value of corporate sustainability.

Open a newspaper or tune into a radio show, and it’s a good bet you’ll run into a story about growing mistrust of companies and their leaders.

The sense that some of our current incentive systems seem to be driving risky and in some cases immoral behavior has catalyzed a public call for transparency, accountability, better governance and stewardship of our common resources. One major change people seek is commitment to sustainable business principles and subsequent global action.

Also posted in Business and Sustainability, Culture and Leadership, Leadership, Organizational Culture, The Hub | Tagged boards of directors, corporate governance, corporate sustainability, leadership, sustainability, UN Global Compact, Unlock the value of CSR | Comments closed

The Disconnect Continues with Sustainability and Investing

By Christopher Gleadle | Published: December 2, 2014

[In a recent post Derek Wong of Carbon49 illustrated how sustainability leaders outperform the market (Canadian CSR Leaders Outperform TSX) yet a glaring disconnect continues when it comes to assessing a companies risks and opportunities as it relates to it’s CSR strategy. Why is it so hard for the investment community to put meaningful metrics behind CSR?]

Companies are struggling to effectively communicate with investors on sustainability, according to the UN Global Compact – Accenture CEO Study on Sustainability in collaboration with the Principles for Responsible Investment.

Also posted in Business and Sustainability, Risk Management | Tagged ceos, collaboration, communication, socially responsible investing, sustainability, sustainability valuations | Comments closed

8 Things to Know about Integrated Reporting

By Megan Wallingford | Published: November 28, 2014

Key takeaways from a 2-part Integrated Reporting webinar series, hosted by UN Global Compact Canada.

By: Megan Wallingford and Helle Bank Jorgensen of GCNC

In response to the growing need for companies to demonstrate the relationship between financial and non-financial information, integrated reporting (IR) is emerging as the future of corporate reporting. This fall the Global Compact Network Canada hosted leading integrated reporting experts and trailblazing companies for a 2-part webinar series on IR.

Also posted in CSR in Canada, CSR Reporting, The Hub | Tagged CSR metrics, csr reporting, Helle Bank Jorgensen, IIRC, integrated reporting, novo nordisk, Prudential Financial, UN Global Compact Canada, VANCITY, webinar | Comments closed

(VIDEO) GDP is so 20th century – Social Progress is the metric of the 21st century. Congrats Canada for being #1 among the G7

By Brad Zarnett | Published: November 15, 2014

“Our fetish for economic growth has led us astray”

We need a better way to measure our societies, a measure based on the real things that matter to real people. Do I have enough to eat? Can I read and write? Am I safe? Do I have rights? Do I live in a society where I’m not discriminated against? Is my future and the future of my children prevented from environmental destruction? These are questions that GDP does not and cannot answer- it’s time for the Social Progress Index.

Please visit the original TED link here.

Also posted in Capitalism 2.0, Capitalism2.0, Social and Environmental Impacts, systemic change, The Hub, Videos | Tagged gdp, GDP flawed, Michael Green, Simon Kuznetz, social progress indicator, Ted talk | Comments closed

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