In This Issue
Editor's Note
The Future of Disclosure
Earlier this month, the International Integrated Reporting Committee (IIRC) released its vision for a new integrated reporting framework. This comes on the heels of the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) launch of work on its “G4” guidelines. BSR is an active participant in both the GRI and the IIRC, and we have been running a series of articles on the future of reporting.
This week, following their earlier feature on areas for improvement in the GRI guidelines, BSR Advisory Services Managing Director Dunstan Allison Hope and Director Virginia Terry examine how companies can use integrated reporting to demonstrate long-term value, and they consider some critical debates about how this could affect disclosure.
We also hear from Christine Bader, who recently joined BSR as an advisor on human rights, on what “redefining leadership” for sustainability means to her—the latest post from our guest blog series on the topic.
And we want to hear from you: We’ll be hosting a focus group to discuss BSR’s editorial content at our Conference in November. Contact Communications Manager Eva Dienel if you want to participate.
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In Depth
Integrated Reporting: A New Vision for Disclosure
By Dunstan Allison Hope, Managing Director, Advisory Services, BSR
The International Integrated Reporting Committee has issued its vision for a new integrated reporting framework. With this development, we consider key questions about potential changes: Which comes first, integrated thinking or integrated reporting? Who determines materiality? How much focus should be on the future? And how will accountability for reporting change?
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On the Record
Christine Bader on Leadership for a Changing World
To examine the theme of the BSR Conference 2011 and the BSR Report 2010, we are featuring a series of guest blogs from global sustainability and business leaders on the forms of leadership needed today. In our most recent post, Christine Bader, who just joined BSR as an advisor on human rights, shares what “redefining leadership” for sustainability means to her:
“Stop calling number-crunching a ‘hard’ skill and stakeholder engagement a ‘soft’ skill. Anyone can learn Excel in a few hours. Real leadership means not just listening to stakeholders—which seems difficult enough for many companies—but engaging in real dialogue with them. And then taking what is emerging from that dialogue and acting on it.”
Read other recent posts, including perspectives from EDF President Fred Krupp and in.gredients Cofounder Christian Lane, and check back soon for more.
Spotlight
What Do You Think About BSR’s Content?
By Eva Dienel, Associate Director, Communications, BSR
A little more than two years ago, we launched the BSR Insight to deliver expert tools and analysis on timely global sustainability topics. Since then, we have published articles on everything from CSR in the boardroom to Walmart’s sustainability story to the future of business-NGO relationships.
To generate ideas for these articles as well as our blogs and Sustainability Matters webinar series, our editorial team gathers weekly, and we meet with an organizationwide editorial council every other month. We also comb the media and talk with our colleagues regularly to learn what our members are asking BSR. What issues are rising to the top? Are there parallels among industries? In 2010, we completed a member survey, through which we gathered your views on our publications and webinars and solicited your opinions about what topics we should be covering.
Now we are planning a small focus group on Tuesday November 1 during the BSR Conference 2011, and we’re looking for participants. If you are interested in joining us for an hour, please contact Eva Dienel.
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