Michael Meehan, the new chief executive of the Global Reporting Initiative, speaks to Tom Revell about the future of corporate sustainability reporting and the challenges of...
Since the start of the recession the UK’s biggest companies have almost doubled their donations to charities, according to the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF). However, research...
Corporations and investors should work together to ensure that sustainability is integrated throughout businesses, in order to establish long-term value creation, according to a report from...
Four in five investors have looked at sustainability issues in one or more investment contexts in the last year, according to research from PwC. However, investors...
A new standard on the recognition of revenue from contracts with customers is set to improve financial reporting of revenue and make it easier for investors...
Almost nine out of 10 institutional investors say that non-financial performance information plays a pivotal role in at least some of their investments, according to a...
Transparency is a key component of stewardship, according to a survey conducted by First State Investments. Some 37% of respondents said a high degree of transparency...
Both the government and the BBC must improve their communication of climate science and the risks of climate change to the public, according to a new...
Wilmar, the world’s biggest palm oil company, has launched a new ‘No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation’ policy in order to improve its sustainability credentials. The...
A survey has revealed that the public thinks companies should be legally required to report on corporate responsibility (CR) issues. The poll, conducted by CorporateRegister.com, found...
A decade after taking the reins of what is now the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment, James Gifford announced in August his intention to step...
The chief scientific adviser to the UK government has warned that climate change experts need to learn how best to explain their findings to a wider...
A new study has found that the majority of news articles about climate change are centred on narratives about disaster and uncertainty. According to the research,...
It’s a week since it was revealed the Church of England invested indirectly in Wonga – the payday lender that the archbishop of Canterbury had vowed...
Self-styled climate sceptic Charles Moore was bemoaning the BBC’s lack of impartiality last week. This is a man who has edited and now writes for the marginally less...