Sustainability & Corporate Responsibility Reporting
G&A Institute is the Global Reporting Initiative's (GRI) sole data partner for the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and the Republic of Ireland. As the data partner we monitor, analyze and database information on all Sustainability reports issued in these territories. Recent Sustainability and CR Reports issued in the USA, UK and Ireland are: USA - Sustainability Reporting: How Chrysler Does It
- Honda Issues 2011 North American Environmental Report
ESG / Sustainability Billionaires Occupy Davos as 0.01% Bemoan Income Inequality
(Wednesday - January 25, 2012)
Source: BusinessWeek - Ukrainian billionaire Victor Pinchuk wants to talk about income inequality. So does Irish billionaire Denis O’Brien and Indian billionaire Vikas Oberoi. The three are among a contingent of at least 70 billionaires who are joining... The 10 Most Sustainable Companies of 2012
(Wednesday - January 25, 2012)Associated Profiles : Corporate Knights
Source: Forbes - Corporate Knights, a Toronto-based media company, just announced its eighth-annual list of the world's most sustainable companies. Here are the top 10. EIA: U.S. using less foreign oil, carbon emissions flatlining
(Tuesday - January 24, 2012)
Source: Washington Post - The U.S. Energy Information Administration just released its Annual Energy Outlook 2012 report, and three things stick out: The United States is dramatically curbing its oil imports, carbon emissions are flatlining and we have... Raiding the Bread Basket: Use and Abuse of the Mississippi River Basin
(Monday - January 23, 2012)Associated Profiles : Water Footprint Network
Source: National Geographic - Industrial agricultural has significant socioeconomic and environmental costs in the Mississippi River Basin, although scientists are bringing solutions. U.S. Wind-Farm Boom Set to Bust in 2013 as Obama Tax Breaks End
(Friday - January 20, 2012)Associated Profiles : Bloomberg New Energy Finance
Source: Bloomberg - A U.S. boom in wind farm projects is poised to bust in 2013 as tax breaks by President Barack Obama’s administration prompt developers to rush through construction of new sites this year, according to Bloomberg New England The Top 10 Trends in CSR for 2012
(Thursday - January 19, 2012)
Source: Forbes - Here are the biggest developments to watch for this year in the ever growing and changing world of corporate social responsibility. Sovereign Wealth Funds Investors see Africa as most attractive destination: EIU poll
(Tuesday - January 24, 2012)Associated Profiles : Invest AD
Source: Reuters - LONDON - More than one in two institutional investors see Africa as the most attractive region to invest in the next decade, with one in three expecting to put at least 5 percent of their portfolios into the continent by 2016... Attorney: Tapes show Richardson mired in pay-to-play
(Tuesday - January 24, 2012)Associated Profiles : New Mexico State Investment Council - Permanent Trust Funds (United States)
Source: Santa Fe New Mexican - ALBUQUERQUE -- Transcripts of secretly recorded meetings about state investments during Gov. Bill Richardson's administration show the governor was calling the shots on decisions that steered millions of dollars to a political ... Kuwait- Top Municipality officials in millions dinar bribes
(Monday - January 23, 2012)Associated Profiles : Kuwait Investment Authority
Source: Menafn Arab News - Senior officials in Kuwait Municipality allegedly accepted bribes worth millions of dinars to stop the valuation of a property owned by the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) ... Asset Managers Sustainability expert: 'Standard approaches aren't enough'
(Wednesday - January 25, 2012)Associated Profiles : MSCI Group (NYSE: MDX)
Source: The Steamboat Pilot - Aspen Skiing Co. Director of Sustainability Auden Schendler told a Talking Green audience Tuesday night that it would take “radically different things” to solve climate change. Top 10 tips for global equities success in 2012
(Tuesday - January 24, 2012)Associated Profiles : Schroders
Source: Money Observer - Virginie Maisonneuve, head of global and international equities at Schroders, identifies 10 drivers for global equities success this year, from owning plenty of US stocks to watching currency movements. Centre plans national corporate governance policy
(Monday - January 23, 2012)Associated Profiles : UBS
Source: The Hindu - The Centre plans to frame a national corporate governance policy as part of its overall efforts to further improve corporate governance practices in India, Mr M. Veerapa Moily, Corporate Affairs Minister, said here ... Carlyle Readies an Unfriendly I.P.O. for Shareholders
(Thursday - January 19, 2012) Associated Profiles : The Carlyle Group
Source: NY Times - Not only would soon-to-be public shareholders have no power over the Carlyle Group, the firm is also seeking to force all shareholder legal claims into arbitration. US Pension Funds CalPERS reports just small gain in 2011
(Tuesday - January 24, 2012)Associated Profiles : California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) Source: The Sacramento Bee - CalPERS, still struggling to recover from the market crash of 2008, said Monday it earned a return of just 1.1 percent on its investments in 2011. Survey: Pension Plans Top Source of Equity in 2012
(Monday - January 23, 2012)Associated Profiles : New York City Comptroller’s Office: Bureau of Asset Management Source: Globe Street.com - NEW YORK CITY-Pension plans will remain the top source of US real estate equity in 2012, according to a new survey from Goodwin Procter. The "Estate Capital Markets Snapshot 2012"surveyed a cross section ... State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli calls 401(k)s 'woefully inadequate'
(Friday - January 20, 2012)Associated Profiles : New York State Common Retirement Fund
Source: Democrat and Chronicle - ALBANY — State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli on Thursday criticized 401(k)-type retirement plans as an inefficient alternative to the state's current pension system, just two days after Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed it as an option... | Corporate ESG Performance Factors are important to financial analysts, asset owners and managers, and many stakeholders. The ESG framework or approach considers environmental issues and impacts, the company’s positioning and actions on social/societal issues, and important aspects of corporate governance. ESG key performance indicators are considered by investors as proxies for effective governance and management. Increasing numbers of of independent research and financial analysis firms monitor and measure these and advisie investors. The Sustainability HQ™ platform is an important profiling and monitoring resource for the G&A team, and for our clients and subscribers. ESG market players and corporate reputation influencers are profiled and monitored by G&A Institute. In these Highlights we provide some results of our continuous global scanning for ESG, sustainability and corporate responsibility news.. The Associated Profiles indicated are in our Sustainability HQ™ platforms. For more information, please email us at info@sustainabilityhq.com
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Watching the Watchers  Friends of the Earth (Europe)
Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium
Established: 1969
KEY PARTNERS
Part of Friends of the Earth International. Funders include several European Union Commission agencies, Oxfam Novib, and foundations. OVERVIEW/MISSION
The organization summarizes its activities by writing: "Friends of the Earth Europe campaigns for sustainable and just societies and for the protection of the environment, unites more than 30 national organisations with thousands of local groups and is part of the world's largest grassroots environmental network, Friends of the Earth International." News Sweeps
BASF to end GM crop production for the EU
(Monday - January 16, 2012)Associated Profiles : Friends of the Earth (Europe)
- European Voice - 26 minutes ago - German firm says hostility from consumers is the reason for the move. German chemical company BASF today (16 January) announced that it is stopping production of genetically modified (GM) crops... [more] Durban agrees to reach deal on CO2 emissions by 2015
(Sunday - December 11, 2011)Associated Profiles : Friends of the Earth (Europe)
- European Voice - 1 hour, 45 minutes ago - Climate change deal includes all major emitters. Countries have agreed a roadmap to reach a legally-binding deal by 2015 to to cut greenhouse gas emissions. [more] EU Biofuel Target Seen as Driving Species Loss
(Monday - December 05, 2011)Associated Profiles : Friends of the Earth (Europe)
- Scientific American - Nov 16 11:25am - By Charlie Dunmore BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A European Union target to promote the use of biofuels will accelerate global species loss because it encourages the conversion of pasture, savanna... |
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