BSR Insight | Nine Key Trends in Corporate Responsibility Reporting
About the Author(s)
Dunstan Allison Hope, Managing Director, Advisory Services
Publication Date
October 19, 2010
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A new BSR guide highlights nine trends that are shaping the evolution of corporate responsibility reporting and can be built into a company's reporting strategy:
- Focus on the material issues that deliver the greatest value to your business and to your most important stakeholders.
- Think strategically about the coordinated use of print and web-based media.
- Introduce local reports for specific countries, regions, or sites, especially in countries that have prominent sustainability challenges.
- Publish credible commentary—that is both longer and more analytical—from internal and external stakeholders.
- Use key performance indicators (KPIs) and key performance narratives (KPNs) for seven to 15 of your most material issues.
- Maximize "web 2.0" to broaden the reach, improve the accessibility, and enable conversations about your report.
- Include ESG performance information alongside business and financial analysis in one integrated report.
- Create a predictable, regular, and robust reporting cycle.
- Establish external stakeholder advisory panels to increase assurance.
About the Author(s)
Dunstan Allison Hope, Managing Director, Advisory Services
Dunstan works with a diverse range of companies—including those in the information and communications technology (ICT), consumer products, and heavy manufacturing sectors—on corporate responsibility issues such as human rights, reporting, sustainability strategy, and stakeholder engagement... Read more →
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