3BL Media and G&A Institute Join Forces To Improve Distribution and Benchmarking of Sustainability Reports We have exciting news for you this week about an important collaboration, just announced by G&A Institute and 3BL Media. We’re joining forces to help organizations communicate their release of their CSR / Sustainability Report through the largest distribution network focused on CSR and Sustainability news – and to help organizations strategically plan for the future by benchmarking their reporting versus their peers. Together these offerings can help organizations to be recognized for the accomplishments of their "Sustainability Journey" and to help steer the ship and set the sails in the right direction towards the next report. 3BL Media provides a portfolio of communications and outreach services to a growing roster of corporate and institutional clients. The company has grown organically and is bolstering its resources by acquiring a number of well-known and established sustainability responsibility players such as CSR Wire, JustMeans, SocialEarth, Ethical Performance, and Report Alert. Corporate clients uses the 3BL platforms to communicate with a wide universe of stakeholders. The G&A team has been working with 3BL colleagues in a variety of ways over the years, and has just arranged with 3BL to provide a benchmarking resource designed to help management better understand their own competitive positioning on sustainability reporting vs. their industry and/or investment peer companies. Through this partnership G&A Institute is offering their Basic GRI G4 Competitive Benchmark Report at a discounted rate of $950 when packaged with 3BL's ReportAlert (Standalone priced at $1500). 3BL Media’s ReportAlert Stakeholder Communications Service allows publishers of sustainability reports to reach the largest and most comprehensive group of important stakeholders around the globe. The service enables the corporation to cut through the clutter of the increasing number of reports being published. And, to get important data and narrative in front of “the right people” who might otherwise miss the published report. This is the ReportAlert Service. Clients using the ReportAlert service now have the opportunity to also have G&A Institute provide a snapshot report to benchmark their select peers at this discounted price. This report will be of instant value to the client, presenting highlights of their own company plus three peers, to better understand the competitive environment into which their report is being released, and plan for the future. (What are the peer companies reporting on? How solid is their report – ahead of, behind the client company? What issues / aspects / indicators are peers finding material? What are their strengths / weaknesses in disclosure? Where are opportunities for leadership in the sector? And more.) 3BL Media's ReportAlert provides clients with a powerful communications platform exclusively for the distribution of corporate social responsibility and sustainability news and content. This content appears on literally hundreds of thousands of Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters platforms and on thousands of third party media distribution platforms. To inquire about these new opportunities to improve your sustainability program please contact Louis Coppola at lcoppola@ga-institute.com or 646.430.8230 xt 14. Top Stories of the Week 3BL Media and Governance & Accountability Institute Announce Partnership to Improve Distribution and Benchmarking of Corporate Sustainability Reports
(Thursday - January 14, 2016)
Source: Governance & Accountability Institute - NEW YORK – 3BL Media and Governance & Accountability Institute (G&A Institute) announced today a data analysis and distribution partnership to increase awareness of corporate sustainability reporting, and to better enable companies to benchmark their sustainability reporting versus their industry... 4 New Year’s Resolutions for Sustainability Marketers
(Thursday - January 14, 2016)
Source: Sustainable Brands - A new year means four more quarters to pitch, market and advertise your sustainable product or brand to eager consumers across the globe. The world is shifting toward environmental consciousness whether you believe it or not, and... Sustainability in Focus Does Sustainability Reporting Make a Difference?
(Monday - January 11, 2016)
Source: Sourceable - In Australia, 97 per cent of all ASX100 companies and 87 per cent of ASX200 companies now report annually on sustainability, according to the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors.
There Is a Language of Sustainability... But Is it English?
(Monday - January 11, 2016)
Source: Huff Post - "The limits of my language, means the limits of my world" said philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, our perceptions of the world are therefore constrained by the words we use. In the context of our challenges around sustainability...
Walking the talk in our journey to sustainability
(Monday - January 11, 2016)
Source: Cebu Daily News - Ill-advised”. That is the word that immediately registered in my mind on the highly publicized presence of the president in the inauguration of a 300-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Davao. Had the inaugural picture, splashed...
China's multinationals must lead on sustainability
(Monday - January 11, 2016)
Source: Enterprise Innovation - Before most of the world stopped to rest and celebrate Christmas, the UN Climate Conference in Paris concluded with the world’s political leaders agreeing to curb the rise of global warming by less than 2°C by the end of this...
6 Sustainability Careers That Haven’t Occurred to You Yet
(Monday - January 11, 2016)
Source: Triple Pundit - When it comes to sustainability careers, one of the things that makes job-searching so tough is that the field is so incredibly diverse. If you’re a job-seeker hoping to make an impact, chances are you’re already looking at roles.
Sustainability Reporting Trends in North America
(Tuesday - January 12, 2016)
Source: CSRWire - The latest CSE research focuses on the sustainability reporting trends of companies and organizations in North America, on the use of specific reporting standards and guidelines, and on the external assurance practices mostly...
How disruptive progress leads to sustainability
(Tuesday - January 12, 2016)
Source: GreenBiz - In the not-so-distant future, my Amazon package would have arrived courtesy of a drone, but today it was left in the porch by a UPS driver. A rip of the cardboard zip disgorged four books for the rapidly expanding Volans library... The five ethical stories that will define the next decade
(Tuesday - January 12, 2016)
Source: The Guardian - From the use of antibiotics in farming to China’s environmental tipping point – a look at the issues that could define the next ten years.
Bottle bans backfire, promote sustainability instead
(Tuesday - January 12, 2016)
Source: The Alestle - Dozens of universities, including the University of Vermont and Western Washington University, have put an end to the sale of bottled water on their campuses in an effort to be more environmentally friendly.
University of Kentucky Earns a STARS Silver Rating for Leadership in Sustainability
(Wednesday - January 13, 2016)
Source: UKY Edu - The University of Kentucky has earned a STARS Silver Rating in recognition of its sustainability efforts from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.
Grazing towards sustainability
(Wednesday - January 13, 2016)
Source: PHYS.org - The first international Global Farm Platform conference hosted by the University of Bristol this week [12 to 15 January] will highlight the benefits of utilising pasture and robust cows over high-yield, intensive systems.
State of Sustainability 2016 – feedback request
(Wednesday - January 13, 2016)
Source: Ethical Corp - Ethical Corporation, a global leader in events, research and analysis on sustainability and ethical business, is calling for feedback on its state of sustainability survey 2016.
Sustainability Mythbusters: Is Reducing Product Energy Use Always the Best Solution?
(Thursday - January 14, 2016)
Source: Sustainable Brands - It's easy to use 'common sense' and make assumptions in sustainability, but does that get you the results you want? As a science-based method, LCA is an excellent tool to bust the myths that surround sustainability. In this...
4 New Year’s Resolutions for Sustainability Marketers
(Thursday - January 14, 2016)
Source: Sustainable Brands - A new year means four more quarters to pitch, market and advertise your sustainable product or brand to eager consumers across the globe. The world is shifting toward environmental consciousness whether you believe it or not, and...
In It for the Long Haul: How Sustainability Professionals Can Go the Distance
(Thursday - January 14, 2016)
Source: CSRWire - The Synergos Institute, where I work, builds partnerships between companies, governments and communities to generate social impact. It also provides leadership development, advisory support, and project implementation guidance to...
Ikea Brings Sustainability Practices to Memphis
(Friday - January 15, 2016)
Source: Memphis Daily News - When Ikea opens its 271,000-square-foot Memphis store this fall, it will implement a number of sustainable practices – a move that isn’t exactly new for the Swedish company, which has more than 370 stores worldwide, including 41...
4 sustainable packaging drivers in 2016
(Friday - January 15, 2016)
Source: Packaging Digest - In an increasingly sustainability driven world, packaging experts and consumer products companies alike are learning that a focus on “green” is quickly becoming a necessity in today’s product environment. On the heels of COP21,... ESG Issues & Players The five ethical stories that will define the next decade
(Tuesday - January 12, 2016)
Source: The Guardian - From the use of antibiotics in farming to China’s environmental tipping point – a look at the issues that could define the next ten years.
Oil Falls Back Below $30 With Brent Discount Biggest Since 2010 - text/video(Friday - January 15, 2016)
Source: Bloomberg - Oil fell to a new 12-year low below $30 a barrel in New York, while the discount on global benchmark Brent reached a five-year high as Iran moved closer to restoring exports.
Global Warming Could Stave Off Next Ice Age For 100,000 Years
(Thursday - January 14, 2016)
Source: NBC - OSLO — Global warming is likely to disrupt a natural cycle of ice ages and contribute to delaying the onset of the next big freeze until about 100,000 years from now, scientists said on Wednesday.
Business Leaders Get an 'F' in Ethics, Yet Again
(Monday - January 11, 2016)
Source: Forbes - Each year, Gallup asks people to rate the honesty and ethics of a range of professionals. In 2015, nurses again topped the list, followed by pharmacists, physicians, and high school teachers. Journalists, bankers, and building...
Danger ahead: migration, climate top risks for Davos leaders
(Thursday - January 14, 2016)
Source: Reuters - We live in an increasingly dangerous world, with political, economic and environmental threats piling up, according to experts polled by the World Economic Forum Asset Managers, US Pension Funds,
Sovereign Wealth Funds Exclusive: Saudi Arabia plans new sovereign wealth fund - sources
(Friday - January 15, 2016)
Source: Reuters - Saudi Arabia plans to create a new sovereign fund to manage part of its oil wealth and diversify its investments, and has asked investment banks and consultancies to submit proposals for the project, according to people familiar...
NYC Comptroller Announces 2016 Proxy Access Shareholder Proposals
(Thursday - January 14, 2016)
Source: Lexology - Some things are as certain as death, taxes and Adobe updates. There will always be a proxy season, and maybe 15 years ago we started to think about ISS. Now the list has grown to include Scott Stringer, Comptroller of the City...
Stocks and commodity currencies floored by new oil plunge
(Thursday - January 14, 2016)
Source: Reuters - Share markets and heavily commodity-dependent currencies took a fresh beating on Thursday, having been floored again by the latest plunge in oil prices, this time to below $30 a barrel Watching the Watchers  World Economic Forum
Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland, with offices in New York, New York; and Beijing, China.
Established: 1971
ESG/Sustainability Focus: Many issues are related to sustainability and ESG.
KEY PARTNERS
The World Economic Forum's alphabetical list of dozens of strategic partners begins with ABB and ends with Zurich Financial Services. Twenty Industry Partner Groups involve corporations.
OVERVIEW/MISSION
The World Economic Forum describes itself as "…an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas."
In its Web site FAQ, the World Economic Forum writes of its mission: "The Forum is 'committed to improving the state of the world' and we go about achieving this through projects which address issues like HIV/AIDS treatment, water supply and fostering dialoque between Islam and the West."
The World Economic Forum's programs emphasizes its "collaborative and collegial" atmosphere.
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DIARY- Emerging Markets Economic Events to Jan 26
(Saturday - January 16, 2016) Associated Profiles : World Economic Forum
- Reuters - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20 NAIROBI - Central bank of Kenya announces interest rate decision. DAVOS, Switzerland - World Economic Forum 2016 Annual Meeting (to Jan 23). BRASILIA - Central bank of Brazil...
Davos: What to Expect
(Saturday - January 16, 2016) Associated Profiles : World Economic Forum
- barrons.com - A new industrial revolution is the theme for debate at the 46th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland but there will be plenty of talk about turmoil in emerging...
Amari to explain Abenomics at Davos meeting
(Saturday - January 16, 2016) Associated Profiles : World Economic Forum
- Japan Today - Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Akira Amari said Friday he plans to attend the World Economic Forum meeting next week in Switzerland and call for investment in Japan as part of efforts to pull...
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