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BSR Insight Article: Integrated Reporting: A New Vision for Disclosure

Virginia Terry, Former Director, Advisory Services Dunstan Allison Hope, Managing Director, Advisory Services

A better model of company reporting is needed. While traditional annual reports deliver reliable financial statements, they fail to capture critical information about the company’s long-term value. And sustainability reports often overload the reader with information, despite the growing emphasis on limiting the reports to what is “material” or relevant to that company’s core business. Read more 

Posted: October 4, 2011 | Topics: Reporting & Communications

Blog: In Your Words: Christine Bader on Leadership

Christine Bader, BSR Advisor

Christine BaderThis guest blog is part of BSR's ongoing series exploring what leadership for sustainability looks like in today's world.

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Posted: October 4, 2011 | Topics: Human Rights, Information & Communications Technology, Leadership, Reporting & Communications

BSR Insight Article: Four Improvements for the Global Reporting Initiative’s ‘G4’ Guidelines

Dunstan Allison Hope, Managing Director, Advisory Services Virginia Terry, Former Director, Advisory Services

In its first major overhaul since 2006, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) plans to create a new “G4” version of its Sustainability Reporting Guidelines by 2013. In preparation for this, the GRI will be accepting comments from the public as well as multistakeholder working groups. Read more 

Posted: September 20, 2011 | Topics: Reporting & Communications

BSR Insight Article: Walmart: The Greatest Sustainability Story of Our Time?

Eva Dienel, Associate Director, Communications

In Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edward Humes’ latest book, Force of Nature, Walmart is the unlikely hero in a tale about the environment and sustainability, which Humes calls “the most important story of our age.” I spoke with Humes—who will discuss sustainability storytelling at the BSR Conference 2011—about what makes Walmart’s story so compelling, how to make your business’ sustainability story part of company lore, and how to avoid the trap of “mego” (shorthand for “my eyes glaze over”) when chronicling your own experience. Read more 

Posted: September 6, 2011 | Topics: Environment, Reporting & Communications, Strategy & Integration, Toxicity & Product Design

BSR Insight Article: Best Practices in Reporting on Ethics

Dunstan Allison Hope, Managing Director, Advisory Services

Ethics and integrity disclosure—reporting on the implementation of codes of ethics—is an important part of corporate transparency. Leading companies typically take one of the following approaches: Read more 

Posted: August 30, 2011 | Topics: Governance & Accountability, Reporting & Communications, Stakeholder Relations

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