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Rankings vs. performance debate, articles about rankings, etc.
SRI awards, awards for best research on SRI, finance
Communication awards, PR, reputation, etc.
· CorporateRegister.com > e.g.
o Reports >
§ Reports (some with »Reader Ratings«)
§ Awards (= CR Reporting Awards = CRRA)
· Categories:
o Best report
o Best 1st time report
o Best SME report
o Best integrated report
o Best Carbon Disclosure
o Creativity in Communications
o Relevance & Materiality
o Openness & Honesty
o Credibility through Assurance
· See also related articles at:
o Reporting blog (Elaine Cohen):
§ Getting your toes wet (20 January 2010; Relating to the category of Best First Timers)
§ CRRA 10 How will you vote? You WILL vote, right? (13 December 2009)
o SocialFunds: 2008 Sees Increases in CSR Reporting and Adherence to GRI Guidelines (20 April 2009)
o CSRwire:
§ Companies From Around the World Convene in Berlin for First Ever Corporate Responsibility Reporting Awards (7 March 2008)
§ Global Independent CR Reporting Awards 2007 - Call for Entries (23 August 2007)
o Downloads (login required) >
§ CR Reporting Awards 08 Official Report: Global Winners & Reporting Trends (March 2009; .pdf has 36 pp.)
§ CR Reporting Awards 07 Official Report: Global Winners & Reporting Trends (March 2008; .pdf has 36 pp.)
· The CR Reporting Awards 2007 Report details voting patterns, the winners and global reporting insights and trends.
· Winners include Vodafone (Best Report), BP, Novo Nordisk, Bayer, BMW, Coca-Cola Enterprises, and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters.
· The CR Reporting Awards 2007 (CRRA) is the first in an annual programme.
· GRI Global Reporting Initiative >
o News & Events >
§ Newsletter >>
· Readers to identify the best sustainability reports worldwide in the GRI Readers’ Choice Awards (30 August 2007)
o Both the Global Readers’ Choice Awards and the survey results will be presented during ‘The Amsterdam Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency’ (7-9 May 2008)
o See also Sustainability Reporting Blog >>
§ Back to basics (4): Who reads sustainability reports? (8 October 2007)
§ The value of sustainability information (5 October 2007)
§ Conference & Events >>
· Conference = The Amsterdam Global GRI Conference on Sustainability and Transparency > e.g.
o GRI 2010 Conference: The 3rd Amsterdam Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency (26–28 May 2010, Amsterdam) - Featuring the Readers' Choice Awards
· Award categories (Awards 2010):
o The Engage Award
o The Civil Society Award
o The Value Chain Award
o The Investor Award
o The Readers' Choice Award – Best Overall
o The Most Effective Report Award.
· See also
o related article at Environmental Leader: Brazilian, Indian Companies Dominate GRI Reporting Awards (8 May 2008)
· ACCA Association of Chartered Certified Accountants >
o General public > Technical activities > Subject areas > Sustainability >
§ ACCA awards for sustainability reporting
· »ACCA has promoted greater transparency in the reporting of organisations' social and environmental impacts for over fifteen years. ACCA is involved in reporting awards in more than 20 countries in Europe, Africa, North America/Canada and the Asia Pacific region.«
· »ACCA Awards around the world reward companies for excellence in environmental, social and sustainability reporting. The aim of our Awards is to identify and reward innovative attempts to communicate corporate performance, although we do not comment on performance itself. Our aim is to reward transparency.«
· >
o The European Sustainability Reporting Awards (ESRA) archive
o The ACCA UK Awards for Sustainability Reporting: Rewarding Transparency
o The ACCA Ireland Sustainability Reporting Awards
o Ceres-ACCA North American Awards for Sustainability Reporting
o The ACCA Australia and New Zealand Awards for Sustainability Reporting
o The ACCA Malaysia Environmental and Social Reporting Awards
o The ACCA Singapore Environmental and Social Reporting Awards
o The ACCA Hong Kong Awards for Sustainability Reporting
o The ACCA-WWF Pakistan Environmental Reporting Awards
o ACCA Sri Lanka Awards for Sustainability Reporting
o The ACCA South Africa Awards for Sustainability Reporting
· Ceres »Investors and Environmentalists for Sustainable Prosperity« (Boston, USA) >
o What We Do >
o Since 2002, Ceres and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) have given out awards for the best sustainability reports in North America.
o >
§ Past winners (= Ceres-ACCA Winning Sustainability Reports)
· ESRA The European Sustainability Reporting Association
o The European Sustainability Reporting Awards have been held since 1995. Winners from national awards schemes are entered into the scheme and an overall European winner selected by a panel of judges.
o In 2006, for the first time, the European participants are focusing on sharing European reporting developments and best practice from both country-specific and regional perspectives. This is (perhaps temporarily, ??) replacing the European Awards scheme and the ESRA acronym now stands for "European Sustainability Reporting Association", whose purpose is "to inspire and improve sustainability reporting in Europe by sharing developments of European countries".
o For an overall picture of the European reporting situation, visitors to this site can download the General Reporting Trends table. More detailed information can be found in the individual country-reports and country statistics sheets prepared by CorporateRegister.com
§ Countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
· CSE Centre for Sustainability and Excellence (Athens (Headquarters), Brussels, Chicago, Nicosia) >
o News & Events > e.g.
§ CSE and WCfCG Launch Global Award for CSR Reporting (Sep 2007)
§ Well Known Organisations Get Awarded with the Golden Peacock Award for CSR Reporting (Sept. 2007)
§ CSE and WCfCG Launch Global Award for CSR Reporting (June 2007)
· »The Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting, which is anticipated to become an international top event, was developed in order to provide support to the global corporate reporting efforts in the area of CSR, and at the same time to offer an international distinction for corporations that provide best practices in CSR Reporting.
· The award ceremony for 2007 will take place during the 8th International Conference on Corporate Governance, on the 20-21 of September 2007, in London.«
· See also:
o WCFCG website
o Special website for Golden Peacock Awards
§ Golden Peacock Awards have been instituted by the Institute of Directors (IOD) in 1991 have given boost to Indian Industry.
§ See also, e.g.:
· Press release at CSRwire: Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. Wins Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting (16 October 2007)
o »A distinguished jury chaired by former Prime Minister of Canada Joe Clark selected Coca-Cola Enterprises from more than 100 global companies for this esteemed award...«
· SustainAbility >> e.g.
o Tags: Reporting >> e.g.
§ Learn from the Leaders (searchable online database of leading sustainability reporting)
· »Extensive, searchable online database of leading sustainability reporting«
· »Invaluable material for awards schemes, investor rating research and performance benchmark studies«
· Developed in partnership with Flag
· Ethical Corporation >>
o Ethical Corporation Awards
§ Ethical Corporation's 2010 awards are our inaugural celebration of excellent responsible business practices.
§ The awards will be worldwide in scope, and will feature only the best and most impressive CR practices in business today - as assessed by an outstanding panel of internationally recognised judges.
§ Presentations will be made at a lavish ceremony on May 4th, during Europe’s largest business conference on CR and sustainability – the Responsible Business Summit 2010.
§ Awards Categories: also
· Innovative reporting
· Authentic communications
· The site on International Corporate Sustainability Reporting >
o Awards (updated ??) = The Gallery of Awards for Sustainability and Environmental Reports (Name of Award Scheme; Organizing institute(s); Latest winner; Links to more online info)
§ By countries:
· Australia / New Zealand, Austria, Belgium / Luxembourg, Canada, Denmark, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, The Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA
o Search might be useful
· BSDglobal > Current issues > Corporate Reporting >
o Reporting awards (updated ??)
· BSR Business for Social Responsibility (USA) >
o Research > Issue Briefs (??) > CSR Reporting >
§ Awards / Recognitions (two by May 2008)
· IFAC International Federation of Accountants > e.g.
§ This search engine has been developed by IFAC and its members to provide professional accountants in business, small and medium practitioners, and other accountants with access to global resources and information.
· edie (Environmental Data Interactive Exchange; Surrey, UK) is an online resource for environmental professionals, researchers and all those with an interest in green issues, bringing together practical information and in-depth yet accessible news. >
o Awards >
§ Consultancy Awards:
· Corporate Social Responsibility & Environmental Reporting
o >
§ Faversham House Websites include:
o also Category: Environmental / Sustainable Development Reporting (75 entries by July 2007; Emphasis on UK)
· The Green Awards (UK)
o Launched in 2006 to critical acclaim, the Green Awards were set up to recognise and reward creative work that communicates the importance of Corporate Social Responsibility, sustainable development and ethical best practice in any sector and across any marketing discipline.
o >
§ Categories:
· Best Green CSR Report Award
· FReM UK Government Financial Reporting Manual
o »The Financial Reporting Manual is the technical accounting guide that complements guidance on the handling of public funds published separately by the relevant authorities.«
o > e.g.
§ Sustainability and Environmental Reporting
· »As part of its sustainable development strategy the Government encourages both companies and public bodies to disclose their sustainability and environmental performance via their annual reports and accounts.«
· »The purpose of this web page is to provide examples of good practice and sources of further information on sustainability and environmental reporting from private and public sector.«
· BPTA Building Public Trust Awards »celebrates the commitment of the UK's largest corporations and public sector bodies to build public trust through their communication of the key building blocks of sustainable performance.«
o By: PwC & National Audit Office
o Categories (BPTA 2009):
§ Executive Remuneration Reporting in the FTSE 150
§ Sustainability Reporting in the FTSE 100
§ Sustainability Reporting in the FTSE 250
§ Sustainability Reporting in the Public Sector
§ People Reporting in the FTSE 100
§ People Reporting in the FTSE 250
§ Tax Reporting in the FTSE 100
§ Tax Reporting in the FTSE 250
o See also, e.g.:
§ FT.com Financial Times > e.g.
· Partnership Publishing >>
o Understanding Reporting (12 October 2007) >
§ Building Public Trust Awards (By Rod Newing) - Judges for the fifth annual awards to recognise excellence in corporate reporting explain the reasons behind their choices
§ Comment: Measuring success in reporting (By Sir Andrew Likierman) - Organisations will always struggle to satisfy all stakeholders
· Spada Professional Services PR Firm (London) > e.g.
o Swordplay >
§ Communication >
· FTSE 100 Sustainability: Big Report = Big Award? (17 November 2008) >
o Environmental Reporting: Trends in FTSE 100 Sustainability Reports (.pdf, November 2008, 29 pp.) - investigates the terminology, thematic content and length of Britain’s leading corporate reports on sustainability.
§ See also related news: FTSE 100 Environmental Reports: Could Do Better…
· See also related articles at:
o MallenBaker.net >> Business Respect - CSR Dispatches No 141 - 24 November 2008
§ What point the story with no plot?
o Mallen Baker's Blog: Can you have a short award-winning CSR report? (18 November 2008)
o GreenBiz: Longer Sustainability Reports Win Awards, Carbon-Intense Companies Report Less (18 November 2008)
· Tomorrow's Company (UK) >
o News >
§ Mark Goyder presents awards and key note speech at Strategic Value in Corporate Reporting Awards (2009)
· On 29th April Mark Goyder, Founder Director of Tomorrow's Company, gave the key note speech and presented the awards at the Strategic Planning Society's 2009 'Strategic Value in Corporate Reporting Awards'.
· The subject of his speech was Sustainability in Annual Reporting and as the awards recognised the best narrative reporting Mark described the secret of storytelling…
· Cross Border >
o Events >
§ IR Magazine >
· Awards
§ CorpComms >
· Awards
· LSCA Leinster Society of Chartered Accountants (Ireland) >
o PAA
§ The Published Accounts Awards are the premier recognition of excellence in financial reporting on this island.
§ Also category: Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting
· NIVRA Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut van Registeraccountants (The Netherlands)
o Thema's >
§ MVO Maatschappelijk Verantwoord Ondernemen >
· Activiteiten van het NIVRA:
o ACC Award (with »Juryrapporten«)
§ »In samenwerking met het NIVRA reikt de VMA jaarlijks de ACC Award uit voor het beste Nederlandstalige milieu- dan wel maatschappelijk verslag.«
· Ministerie van Economische Zaken (The Netherlands) >>
o MVO Maatschappelijk Verantwoord Ondernemen > e.g.
§ Documenten >>
· Transparantiebenchmark Maatschappelijke verslaggeving (Annual publication; In Dutch)
o See also:
§ related news at GRI:
· GRI reporter Rabobank tops Dutch transparency benchmark (25 January 2008)
· Kauri is the Belgian multi-actor network and knowledge centre on local & global ethical, sustainable, intercultural, fair and transparent NGO & business practices. >
o CSR Awards Belgium >
§ IBR - IRE Award Best Belgian Sustainability Report (Belgium)
· Het Instituut van de Bedrijfsrevisoren, in samenwerking met Business & Society Belgium (B&S) en Kauri, wenst door de Prijs voor het Beste Rapport Duurzaam Ondernemen de initiatieven inzake transparantie op economisch, milieu en sociaal vlak van de Belgische entiteiten (vennootschappen, vzw's, overheden, openbare entiteiten, enz.) te promoten.
· Globe Forum (Stockholm, Sweden) >
o International Globe Award >
§ Sustainability Reporting Award
· GRI Global Reporting Initiative >
o News & Events > Newsletter > News 2010 >
§ State-owned companies in Sweden out-do the rest in sustainability reporting (11 January 2010)
· In December 2009, the Institute for the Accountancy Profession in Sweden (FAR) and the Swedish Association of Auditors (SRS) awarded the annual prizes for the ’Best Sustainability Reports’ in Sweden at the Finforum - a yearly event held by the Swedish Financial Analysts’ Federation.
· Lexikon der Nachhaltigkeit (or here: In German) >>
o Auszeichnungen für Nachhaltigkeitsberichte - European Sustainability Reporting Awards (ESRA), DURA (Germany), ASRA (Austria), ÖBU (Switzerland), Russia
· Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät >> Institut für Management > Business & Society Portal >
o Forschung > Studien > Externe Studien >
§ CSR-Ranking von Unternehmensberichten, Unternehmen und Universitäten (Emphasis on Germany, also other; updated ??)
· Ranking der Nachhaltigkeitsberichte (Germany) > also
o Ranking der KMU-Nachhaltigkeitsberichte (since 2009)
§ See also related news at Rat für Nachhaltige Entwicklung: Nachhaltigkeitsberichte des deutschen Mittelstands auf dem Prüfstand (5 February 2009)
o DURA - Deutscher Umwelt Reporting Award (Germany)
· Oekoweb (Austria) >> Nachhaltigkeitsbericht (updated ??) >
o Preise für Nachhaltigkeit (Austria) >
§ ASRA Austrian Sustainability Reporting Award
· See also at KWT
§ TRIGOS »Die Auszeichnung für Unternehmen mit Verantwortung« (or directly)
o Fabrik der Zukunft >>
§ Systematische Evaluierung von Nachhaltigkeitsberichten mit dem EVANAB Tool und Strategieanalyse österreichischer Nachhaltigkeitsberichte (.pdf, Wien, Jänner 2009, 98 pp.)
· See also
o related news
o EVANAB (at Institut für Industrielle Ökologie)
· ÖBU »Netzwerk für Umwelt und Management« (Zürich, Switzerland; Website in German) > e.g.
o ÖBU-Themen > Kommunikation/Marketing > e.g.
§ ÖBU-Preis für den besten Nachhaltigkeitsbericht
· La FERPI - Federazione Relazioni Pubbliche Italiana (Italy) > Attivita >
§ »Dal 1954 l 'Oscar di Bilancio premia infatti le imprese, le organizzazioni pubbliche, le assicurazioni, le banche e le associazioni no profit che siano riuscite ad attuare la migliore comunicazione economica, sociale ed ambientale verso tutti i pubblici di riferimento. In questi anni la Giuria del Premio ha esaminato migliaia di bilanci, scoprendo e presentando al largo pubblico centinaia di best practices che sono poi divenute patrimonio comune di imprese, enti pubblici e organizzazioni no profit.«
· AECA Asociación Española de Contabilidad y Administración de Empresas (Madrid, Spain) > Premios AECA >
o Memorias de Sostenibilidad y Medioambiental
· Deloitte Hungary > Services > Audit >>
o Green Frog Award = CEERA Central European Environmental Reporting Award
· Raporty spo³eczne (Poland)
o »Raporty spo³eczne - Nagrody za najlepiej sporz¹dzone raporty z zakresu spo³ecznej odpowiedzialnoœci biznesu« to inicjatywa maj¹ca na celu upowszechnianie idei odpowiedzialnego biznesu (CSR).
o Organizatorami projektu s¹: CSR Consulting, Forum Odpowiedzialnego Biznesu i PricewaterhouseCoopers.
· Partners for Financial Stability (PFS) Program
o The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) established the Partners for Financial Stability (PFS) Program in 1999 as a public private partnership to help complete reforms necessary to have market-oriented, sound and well-functioning financial sectors in the eight Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries that have since joined the European Union. In 2005, the geographical focus of the program shifted to South East Europe (SEE).
o >
§ Areas covered >
· Capital Markets > Capital Markets Research
o Semi-Annual Surveys of:
§ Websites of the Largest Listed Companies in CEE Countries - Investor Relations Online
§ Reporting on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by the Largest Listed Companies in CEE Countries
· EuroCharity (Athens, Greece; Also English version of website) »The reference point for Corporate Social Responsibility and the green economy« >
o English > Events >>
§ CEO & CSR conference titled 'Mainstreaming Corporate Social Responsibility in Business Strategy' to be held in Athens, October 31, 2007
· also category: Best CSR or Sustainability Report 2006
· Maala (Israel; Also English version of website; BSR affiliate)
o See post by Elaine Cohen: Greater CSR leadership needed in Israel (17 October 2009)
§ At the annual CSR conference in Israel this week, organised by Maala, the BSR affiliate in Israel, for the first time, an award was presented to Companies who had issued (or almost issued) CSR reports during the years 2007 to 2009…
· CICA Chartered Accountants of Canada >
o News >
§ Upcoming events > Corporate Reporting Awards
· Judges' Comments Publications > also
o Sustainable Development Reporting
o Research & Guidance >
§ Research Activities >> Corporate Reporting to Stakeholders
· > Blog >>
o Label: Corporate Reporting Awards
· PR News (USA) >
o Awards/Events >
§ CSR Awards > e.g.
· Categories > also
o Sustainability Report
§ This category recognizes outstanding CSR-and-sustainability reports for shareholders and other key constituents.
· The Black Book (New York, NY, USA) >
o Publication News >>
§ AR100 + CSR Entry (2007)
· New for 2007, we are welcoming Corporate Sustainability Report entries.
§ The Black Book Announces AR100 and CSR Guide and Competition (23 February 2007)
· As an addition to the already popular AR100 Award Show book, the CSR Guide will be added to the existing printed publication, which celebrates the overall design in Annual Reports. The CSR Guide will premiere as a competition of the design and content matter of Corporate Sustainability Reports, where corporations, designers, photographers, paper companies and printers can exhibit their excellence in quality while demonstrating their corporate social responsibility.
· LACP League of American Communications Professionals LLC >
o Award Programs >
§ Spotlight Awards (Print, Video & Web Comms. Competition)
§ Vision Awards (Annual Report Competition)
§ Inspire Awards (Magazine & Newsletter Competition)
· MerComm, Inc: International awards for professional communicators >
o International ARC Awards – World's Best Annual Reports
§ Also: Best Social and Public Responsibility Report
· Prêmio Balanço Social (Brazil)
· ABERJE Associação Brasileira de Comunicação Empresarial (Brazil)
· Acción RSE (Chile) >
o Actividades > Premio Mejor Reporte de Sustentabilidad
· GEF Global Environmental Forum (Japan) >
o Activities > Environment and Economy >
§ Environmental Communication Awards (in Japanese), see also here
· The Environmental Communication Awards recognize outstanding environmental reports, environmental activity reports, and environmental television spots, with the aim of promoting environmental communication by business and improving the quality of communication.
· See also, e.g.:
o related news at JFS Japan for Sustainability: Environmental Communication Awards 2008 Announced (4 July 2009)
· Sustainable Future is a non-partisan, not-for-profit research organisation specialising in issues affecting New Zealand. >
o Resources >
§ Annual Reporting Awards (New Zealand, Australia)
· NZICA New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants >
o About Us > How we are structured > Special Interest Groups > National SIGs >
§ Sustainability > e.g.
· The Annual Report Awards, including the Sustainability Reporting award
· ARA Australasian Reporting Awards
o Special Awards have been introduced to encourage excellence in annual reporting in areas of: Sustainability (formerly environmental), corporate governance, occupational health and safety, knowledge capital and communication.
· NCSR National Center for Sustainability Reporting (Jakarta, Indonesia; Or here)
o NCSR has been declared on June 23, 2005 by 5 (five) major independent organizations which are the Indonesian Management Accountants Institute (IAMI / prev. IAI-KAM), the Indonesian-Netherlands Association (INA), National Committee on Governance (KNKG), Forum for Corporate Governance in Indonesia (FCGI) and the Public Listed Companies Association (AEI).
o >
§ ISRA Indonesia Sustainability Reporting Award
· See also, e.g.:
o CSR Asia >>
§ Sustainability reporting awards for Indonesia (28 June 2008)
o The Jakarta Post (Indonesia) >> e.g.
§ KPC wins 2007 sustainability award (7 September 2007)
· Third annual Indonesian Sustainability Report Awards (ISRA)
· Five categories: Best Sustainability Reporting, Best Environmental and Social Reporting, Best Environmental Reporting, Best Social Reporting, and Best Website.
· Organized by IAI-KAM Ikatan Akuntan Indonesia = Indonesian Institute of Accountants
· CSR Asia – Corporate Social Responsibility in Asia >> e.g.
o The Asian Sustainability Rating (ASR) (26 October 2009) >
§ Special dedicated website: Asian Sustainability Rating
· The Asian Sustainability Rating is a simple, open-source benchmarking tool for use by Asian companies, investors and other stakeholders. It was launched in October 2009 and initially covers the top 20 companies, by market capitalisation, in ten Asian markets. ASR™ 2010 will include three further markets. In order to promote sustainability disclosure the final company scores and methodology is made publicly available.
· The 51 indicators have been carefully selected to cover the basic elements of sustainability that each company should be addressing through disclosure, irrespective of sector.
· For the purposes of this project, information was gathered from a range of publicly available sources only. These included, but were not limited to, annual financial reports, CSR reports, corporate websites, press releases, brochures and presentations.
· Ten Asia Pacific markets are included in the Asian Sustainability Rating™ (ASR™): Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
· Analysis:
o GRI
o Global Compact
· CSR-China.org China WTO Tribune's Development Center for Chinese CSR (Also English version) >
o News >> e.g.
§ Golden Bee 2009 Excellent CSR Reports Released in Beijing (2 December 2009)
· On December 2, 2009, the Ceremony for the Announcement of the Golden Bee 2009 Excellent CSR Reports, which was hosted by the China WTO Tribune, took place at the Empark Grand Hotel, Beijing. This is the first honor roll of excellent CSR reports ever published in China. They consist of social responsibility reports from thirty-three enterprises and three institutions. These reports represent the highest level of Chinese CSR reporting practice and provide valuable reference for numerous enterprises for preparing and publishing CSR reports.
· Ernst & Young South Africa >
o Services > Assurance >
§ Excellence in Sustainability Reporting Awards
· Ai Africa investor >>
o Awards > Categories >
· »This award is open to all companies operating in Africa that have issued a non-financial report on their business.«
· allAfrica.com >>
o Nigeria: Sera Awards - Batn Wins Sustainable Reporting Prize (7 October 2009)
· UN Global Compact > e.g.
o Communicating Progress > e.g.
· Companies selected for the quality of their COP, listed by industry.
§ Non-Communicating Participants
· CDP Carbon Disclosure Project >
o Results >
§ Reports
§ Leadership index = The Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI)
· The Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI) is a ranking applied to companies responding to the Investor CDP questionnaire. It shows at a glance the range and quality of the information disclosed.
· The CDLI scores for the Global 500, S&P 500 and FTSE 350 companies are now used by index provider, Markit, to create a family of high quality equity indices. These will help investors gain exposure to companies that actively manage their impact on the environment.
· > also
o CDLI scoring methodology
· IR Web Report (based in Toronto, Canada) »was created in late 2000 to research online investor relations practices around the world and advise public companies on best practices.« > e.g.
o Rankings >
· »The World's Best IR Websites™ program recognizes companies around the world that communicate effectively with investors on the Web.«
· ReportWatch (by e.com; Head Office: London) – Annual Report on Annual Reports
· Business & Human Rights Resource Centre >
o browse the online library, by:
§ All topics >
· Miscellaneous > e.g.
o Awards
§ Ratings & indexes: General
§ FTSE4Good Ibex (Spain)
§ 100 Best Corporate Citizens (USA)
§ Best Companies for Minorities (USA)
§ Corporate Responsibility Index (UK)
§ Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes
§ FTSE4Good
§ HRC Corporate Equality Index (USA)
§ Top 50 Companies for Diversity (USA)
§ Workplace Equality Index (UK)
· CSRwire »The Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire« >> e.g.
o Every Dollar Makes A Difference: The Better World Shopping Guide (15 October 2008) - Completely revised and updated version of this 40,000-copy bestseller by Ellis Jones >
§ better world shopper is a site dedicated to providing people with a comprehensive, up-to-date, reliable account of the social and environmental responsibility of every company on the planet AND making it available in practical forms that individuals can use in their everyday lives. >
· the research - the data behind the rankings:
o Berne Declaration: Public Eye Awards
o Better Business Bureau: International Torch Awards
o Business Ethics Magazine: The 100 Best Corporate Citizens Of The Year
o Business For Social Responsibility: Membership List
o Center For Public Integrity: LobbyWatch
o CERES Principles: Signatory List, Climate Change Index & Sustainability Report Awards
o Clean Clothes Campaign: Transparency Report Card
o Co-op America: Green Business Certification & Ladders Of Responsibility
o Corporate Accountability International: Corporate Abuse Campaigns
o Corporate Knights: The 100 Most Sustainable Corporations In The World
o Council On Economic Priorities: Shopping For A Better World
o Corpwatch: Greenwash Awards
o Covalence Ethical Quotation System: Corporate Ethics Scores
o Ethical Consumer: Boycott List
o FTSE: FTSE4Good Global Index
o Global Sullivan Principles: Signatories List
o Hoover's Online: Detailed Company Information
o Human Rights Campaign: Corporate Equality Index
o Multinational Monitor: 10 Worst Corporations Of The Year & Top 100 Corporate Criminals
o People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals: Do-Test List
o Responsible Shopper: Company Profiles
o Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition: Clean Computer Campaign
o Social Venture Network: Membership List
o Transfair USA: Fair Trade Certified Products
o Union Of Concerned Scientists: Automaker Environmental Rankings
o US Environmental Protection Agency: Green Power Awards
o World Environment Center: Sustainable Development Awards
· UPJ is the German national network of engaged businesses and local non-profit intermediary organizations. > e.g.
o CC und CSR Portal:
§ Infopool:
o Mittlerweile gibt es eine Reihe von Wettbewerben in Deutschland (im Ausland), die kleine, mittlere und große Unternehmen für ihr gesellschaftliches Engagement auszeichnen. Eine Auswahl stellen wir Ihnen hier vor.
o >
· Kompetenzplattform ARGUS (Architecture of Ratings in Company Related Global CSR/CS for Users and Stakeholders)
o ARGUS is a research project that is accomplished by the Chair of Corporate Finance and the Chair of Information Systems I of the University of Stuttgart (Prof. Dr. Henry Schäfer und Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Kemper) in collaboration with the “Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt“ (DBU), as the project sponsor.
o Also English version of website
o See also:
§ Bertelsmann Stiftung > e.g.
· Wirtschaft >
o Gesellschaftliche Verantwortung von Unternehmen > Projekt: Gesellschaftliche Verantwortung von Unternehmen >
§ Service > Downloads > CSR gestalten >
· Who is who in Corporate Social Responsibility Rating? - A survey of internationally established rating systems that measure Corporate Responsibility (.pdf, July 2006, 181 pp.; In English; Or here (.pdf))
o The study is presenting portraits, analytics and tendencies in CSR ratings on an international scale, covering 58 institutions operating an independent CSR rating.
o See also
· (Also English version of website):
o Economy >
§ Corporate social responsibility (CSR) >
· Project: Corporate social responsibility >>
o Can corporate social responsibility be measured? - Study of transparency in rating assessment tools
· CSR Europe »The European business network for CSR« > e.g.
o News
o »Search« might be useful
· Corporate Social Responsibility in SMEs - Practical examples to foster SMEs' competitiveness > e.g.
§ Reports for countries (& languages): Austria, Finland, Germany, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain
o Additional Information on CSR >
· UNDP UN Development Programme >
o Regions > Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States > News >>
§ EC, UNDP to promote responsible business in new and prospective EU members (11 January 2007) >>
· Special website: Accelerating CSR in New Europe >
o CSR Database > Supplemental Part >
§ CSR awards >
· Overview of CSR Award systems in Europe and advice on establishment of Government Award system in Lithuania (.pdf, October 2007, 26 pp.; Prepared by: Kaarina Dubee, Jean-Dominique Rugiero; Daxam Sustainability Services)
· CSRQuest project (Athens University, Greece) >
o Corporate Responsibility Monitor >
§ CR ratings and awards (updated ??)
· EnvironmentAwards.net »was researched, developed and produced by the RSA's Forum for Environmental and Sustainable Development Awards. Management of the awards database was transferred to Edie.net on 1 April 2005.« >
o 27 different categories (emphasis on UK)
· Design Council (London, UK) >
o Directory listings >
· Forum for the Future (UK) >
o Browse by subject >
§ Business >
· BBRC The Business & Biodiversity Resource Centre (Earthwatch Institute, English Nature, Defra) >
o Resources >
§ Grants and Awards (Emphasis on UK)
· Haymarket Events >
o Awards > e.g.
§ World Business Green Business Awards
· SNEEP Studentisches Netzwerk für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik >
o Wirtschaftsethik > Links >
§ Wettbewerbe/Aktionen (Rankings - Wettbewerbe - Preise - Projekte – Aktionen) (emphasis on Germany, also other; updated ??)
· Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät >> Institut für Management > Business & Society Portal > Forschung > Studien > Externe Studien >
o CSR-Ranking von Unternehmensberichten, Unternehmen und Universitäten (Emphasis on Germany, also other; updated ??)
· MVO Nederland (The Netherlands; Website in Dutch only) >
o MVO-bibliotheek > MVO-prijzen (Dutch awards)
· Sustainability Reporting Central (GRI Blog; updated ??) >> e.g.
o Labels: Ranking
· ClimateBiz »The Business Resource for Climate Management« > e.g.
o Research >
§ Tools >
· Organizing and Sponsoring Environmental and Sustainable Development Awards
· EL Environmental Leader »Energy & Environmental News for Business« (Fort Collins, Colorado, USA) > e.g.
o See All Topics >
§ Awards
· CSRwire >
o More Information > Categories:
§ Ratings & Awards: News Items
§ Ratings & Awards: CSRlive (articles, video, audio and commentary)
o CSR Directory >
§ Search Category:
· Online Consumer Ratings Orgs
· BSR Business for Social Responsibility (USA) >
o Research >
§ Issue Briefs (??)
· These 53 Issue Briefs are grouped into primary topic areas:
o business ethics; community investment; environment; general CSR; governance and accountability; human rights; marketplace; and workplace
· The Issue Briefs are designed as primers. As such each paper provide an overview of the topic and is divided into sections covering:
o business benefits, key developments, external standards, implementation steps, leadership examples, sample polices,
o awards and recognition programs,
o and links to relevant resources.
· EthicsWorld (Sponsored by the Vogl Foundation) > e.g.
o Ethics & Employees > e.g.
§ Surveys & Trends
o Corporate Governance
o Corporate Social Responsibility > e.g.
§ Best Corporate Practices
o Public Sector Governance
o News From NGOs >
§ Awards
· CSR360 Global Partner Network
o Business in the Community (BITC) convenes this network that currently (as of September 2008) comprises 100 partner organisations from 60 different countries around the world.
o >
§ Partners >
· Search for a Partner:
o Services Offered:
§ Awards
· Bizjournals is the online media division of American City Business Journals >
o Events & Networking > Nominations
· Blog: What Do You Stand For? (Cone; Boston, MA) >>
o Cause Awards (19 October 2007)
· Centre for Excellence on CSR at the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) - the hub of knowledge on CSR-related practices and approaches >
o Resources >
· CSR Awards
· Sustainability indices and rankings
· CSR-related awards by mining company
o The table lists major Canadian mining companies and some of the CSR-related awards they have received in recent years that have been publicized on their corporate websites.
· Industry Canada >>
o Programs and Services > By Subject > Sustainability and Environment > Corporate Social Responsibility >
§ CSR Tools > Other CSR Tools > CSR Awards (updated ??)
· Sustainable Future is a non-partisan, not-for-profit research organisation specialising in issues affecting New Zealand. >
o Resources >
§ Performance Awards (New Zealand)
· HK (Hong Kong) BEC Business Environment Council (WBCSD Regional Partner) >
o Focuses and Services > Corporate Responsibility > Business Guide to Sustainable Development >
§ Business Tools > Resources > Awards programmes >
· Hong Kong
· International
o Awards
· CII Confederation of Indian Industry >
o Strategic partners >
§ India Partnership Forum »Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue for Promoting CSR« >
· Awards (India, International; updated ??)
International, world, global awards / rankings
· Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World
o »The first annual Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World was launched during the World Economic Forum in Davos, on January 28, 2005.«
o »A project initiated by Corporate Knights Inc., with Innovest Strategic Value Advisors Inc.«
o See also, e.g.:
§ CSRwire: Corporate Sustainability Ranking Gets a Face Lift at Davos (2 February 2010; CSRlive Commentary by Bill Baue)
§ GreenBiz: GE, PG&E Corp. Hold Top Spots on Corporate Knights' List of Most Sustainable Companies (29 January 2010)
§ Environmental Leader: GE Tops List of Most Sustainable Companies (28 January 2010)
§ SocialFunds:
· Global 100 List Raises the Profile of Sustainability at the World Economic Forum (and Beyond) (25 January 2007)
· How to Determine the Top 100 Sustainable Companies in the World (28 January 2006)
· ICC International Chamber of Commerce & UNDP & IBLF:
o World Business and Development Awards in support of the Millennium Development Goals (also here)
· GBC The Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria >
o Events >
§ Awards for Business Excellence
o Rankings >
§ 50 Codes Ranked
§ Global Anti-Corruption Quotient 2008
§ Meet the Ethisphere Institute Advisory Committees
§ World’s Most Ethical Rankings
§ Government Contractor Ethics Program Ranking
§ 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics
· SCCE The Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) >>
o Annual International Compliance and Ethics Awards
· Covalence »Ethical Quotation System« (Based in Geneva, Switzerland) > e.g.
o Products >
· Fortune Magazine >
o Rankings > e.g.
§ World's Most Admired Companies (= Global Most Admired Companies)
§ Best Companies to Work For
§ Most 'accountable' big companies
§ Global 500
· Great Place to Work® Institute, Inc. »is a research and management consultancy based in the U.S. with International Affiliate offices throughout the world.«
o »We have been listening to employees and evaluating employers since 1980, to understand what makes a workplace great.«
o > e.g.
· »We use the same selection methodology for the U.S. lists as for our 25 international lists, including "Best Companies to Work for" lists in all 15 countries of the European Union, Brazil, Korea, India and a number of other countries throughout Latin America and Asia.«
· RWC Robert W. Campbell Award
o »This international Award recognizes organizations that achieve business excellence by integrating safety, health & environmental management into their business operating systems.«
· Hewitt Associates >>
· Association for the Spirit at Work >
o International Spirit at Work Awards
· WorldBlu Search for the Most Democratic Workplaces
o >>
§ Ethical Corporation Awards
· Ethical Corporation's 2010 awards are our inaugural celebration of excellent responsible business practices.
· The awards will be worldwide in scope, and will feature only the best and most impressive CR practices in business today - as assessed by an outstanding panel of internationally recognised judges.
· Presentations will be made at a lavish ceremony on May 4th, during Europe’s largest business conference on CR and sustainability – the Responsible Business Summit 2010.
· Awards Categories:
o Innovative reporting, Authentic communications, Individual leader, Effective Campaigner, Best Collaboration, Lifetime achievement award (non entry), Sustainability Commercialised, Sustainability Technology, Outstanding performance, Greenwasher of the year (non entry)
o >>
§ Who are the unsung ethical heroes of corporate responsibility? (6 September 2009) - In the latest issue of Ethical Corporation's print edition, the magazine analyses ten companies doing important, yet often unrecognised work on corporate responsibility around the world
o ClimateChangeCorp.com > Branding >
§ Top 20 companies: Climate change leaders show the way (26 July 2007; By Mike Scott)
· AccountAbility & csrnetwork (Two Tomorrows) >
o The Accountability Rating (since 2004)
§ The Rating draws on information companies put into their public reporting, as well as data on their actual social and environmental performance. It rates companies on four ‘domains’: strategy, governance, engagement and impact.
§ >> e.g.
· The global Accountability Rating (G50+)
o Every year, we apply the Rating to the world’s largest companies, and the headline results are published in Fortune magazine.
· Country ratings > e.g.
o for 2008: Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Russia, South Korea, Turkey
o for 2007: Russia, Hungary, Turkey, Greece, South Africa
o for 2006: Russia, Hungary, South Africa
· The top 10
· Performance by sector
· Performance by region
· Performance by domain
§ See also, e.g.:
· related article at SocialFunds: 2008 Accountability Rating Finds More Companies Willing to Address Social and Environmental Challenges (28 November 2008)
· related article at Environmental Leader: BP, Barclays, ENI Top List Of World’s Most Accountable Companies (2 November 2007)
· related article at SocialFunds: Corporate Accountability Improves, Progressing on Stakeholder Engagement But Not Assurance (29 November 2006)
o »The report acknowledges limitations of the methodology, which is based primarily on corporate reporting, so actual performance (both positive and negative) can slip through the cracks if not included in sustainability or annual reports.«
o The Tomorrow’s Value Rating is a new tool (September 2009) that rates companies on how well they manage their most pressing social and environmental issues.
o Run by international sustainability consultancy Two Tomorrows, the Rating aims to further the debate on sustainable business, identify and reward best practices, and spur healthy competition among companies, motivating them to create tomorrow’s value.
o The Tomorrow’s Value Rating examines companies’ performance in five key areas: Strategy, Governance, Engagement, Value Chain and Innovation. Assessments are based on companies’ public disclosures, and the methodology draws on five years’ experience with its predecessor rating, the Accountability Rating.
o >
§ Results
· Every two months, a new sector rating examines the largest companies in a globally important industry.
· Later in 2010, there will be an overall global Tomorrow's Value Rating covering many of the world's top companies, plus national ratings for the largest companies in different countries.
· >
o Sector results >
· See also
o related news: Accor tops hotel groups sustainability rating (22 September 2009)
· The Berne Declaration is a Swiss non-governmental organization with 19,000 members. > English version of site > Campaigns > Globalization > Criticizing Globalization >
o Public Eye Awards (and here) are given to companies that have shown irresponsible social and environmental behaviour.
§ »Beginning in the year 2000, the Berne Declaration has been casting a critical eye on the World Economic Forum with its »Public Eye on Davos« conference. While the CEOs of WEF-members wax eloquently about corporate accountability, the Public Eye takes a closer look at the everyday behavior of the corporations attending the Forum.«
· Ethical Corporation >> e.g.
o Ethical Corporation's 2010 awards are our inaugural celebration of excellent responsible business practices.
§ Presentations will be made at a lavish ceremony on May 4th, during Europe’s largest business conference on CR and sustainability – the Responsible Business Summit 2010.
§ Awards Categories: also
· Greenwasher of the year (non entry)
o Greenwasher December 2007 – special anniversary awards (16 December 2007)
· Enviromedia Social Marketing >>
o EnviroMedia Greenwashing Index
· GreenBiz > e.g.
o > News >
§ Fiji Water, Clean Coal and Political Parties Make 2008 Greenwash List (30 December 2008)
· In a big year for green initiatives, it's inevitable that there will be some big greenwashes as well; and as part of an onslaught of year's-end lists, the Greenwash Brigade on National Public Radio's Marketplace has tallied their list of the most notable green flops of 2008…
· The Angry Mermaid Award is organised by Attac Denmark, Corporate Europe Observatory, Friends of the Earth International, Focus on the Global South and Spinwatch.
o The Angry Mermaid Award has been set up to recognise the perverse role of corporate lobbyists, and highlight those business groups and companies that have made the greatest effort to sabotage the climate talks, and other climate measures, while promoting, often profitable, false solutions.
o Named after the iconic Copenhagen mermaid who is angry about the destruction being caused by climate change, the Angry Mermaid Award winner will be decided by a public poll.
o Voting closes on Sunday 13 December 2009 and the winner of the Angry Mermaid Award will be announced in Copenhagen on Tuesday 15 December 2009.
· Corporate Accountability International (formerly Infact) >
· Transparency International (based in Berlin, Germany) »The coalition against corruption« >
o news room > integrity awards
· One World Trust - making global governance more accountable >
o Projects >
§ Global Accountability Report (GAR)
· The Global Accountability Report (GAR) presents an assessment of the accountability of the world's most powerful organisations to the people they affect. The Report analyses organisations from the intergovernmental, corporate and non-governmental sectors, according to four dimensions: transparency, participation, evaluation, and complaint and response mechanisms.
· AccountAbility = Institute of Social and Ethical AccountAbility > e.g.
o Our work >
· Millennium Development Goals Awards (UN MDG Awards)
o The purpose of the MDG Awards is to recognize the efforts of those individuals, non-profit organizations and business entities that are working to achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.
· GAIN (Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition), in association with the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF), has created the GAIN Business Award for Innovation in Nutrition.
· UNEP United Nations Environment Programme >
o Awards >
§ The Green Star Awards
§ Champions of the Earth
§ UNEP Sasakawa Prize
§ COM+ Communications for Sustainable Development Award
§ The Seed Awards
§ Volvo Environment Prize
§ Focus On Your World - UNEP International Photographic Competition
§ International Hotel and Restaurant Association (IH&RA) Environmental Award
§ Zayed International Prize for the Environment
§ Global 500 Roll of Honour for Environmental Achievement
§ The LivCom Awards: International Awards for Liveable Communities
§ Ozone Awards
§ The Green Awards
· St Andrews Prize for the Environment is an initiative by the University of St Andrews in Scotland and the international integrated energy company, ConocoPhillips.
· WEC World Environment Center (Washington, USA) »is an independent, not-for-profit, non-advocacy organization promoting sustainable development and the efficient use of natural resources in multinational corporations.« >
o Gold Medal: Honouring Industry Excellence - WEC Gold Medal for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development (since 1985)
o Green Investing >
§ Progressive Investor »is a monthly sustainable investing newsletter, provides on-going analysis of clean technology investment opportunities: renewable energy, green building, organics and more.« > e.g.
· Back Issues >
o Issue 46 (July / August 2007) = 2007 SB20: The World's Top 20 Sustainable Stocks
§ See also related article at SocialFunds: Twenty Diverse Companies Make the Sustainability Cut (26 July 2007)
o Issue 37 (June / July 2006) = 2006 SB20: Sustainable Businesses Changing the World (This is the fifth year for the SB20.)
· SB20 - The World's Top Sustainable Business Stocks
· Ceres »Investors and Environmentalists for Sustainable Prosperity« (Boston, USA) > e.g.
o News > Press Releases > e.g.
§ IBM, Tesco and Dell Receive Top Scores in First-Ever Ranking of Consumer & Tech Companies on Climate Change Strategies (11 December 2008)
· relating to report (Corporate Governance and Climate Change: Consumer and Technology Companies) issued by the Ceres investor coalition and authored by RiskMetrics Group that analyzes climate change governance practices at 63 of the world's largest retail, pharmaceutical, technology, apparel and other consumer-facing companies
· See also related news at GreenBiz: IBM, Tesco and Dell Earn Top Marks for Climate Change Governance (12 December 2008)
· SAM Group (Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland) > e.g.
o Publications >
§ SAM Sustainability Yearbook (in collaboration with PwC PricewaterhouseCoopers)
· »The Sustainability Yearbook is the world's most comprehensive reference work for assessing exchange-listed companies according to their economic, ecological and societal success factors.«
· See also related article at SocialFunds: Yearbook Presents Sustainability Trends and Leaders (5 February 2008)
o ...The annual Yearbook for the first time in 2008 awarded companies gold, silver and bronze classifications with one company in each sector named a "sector mover...
o ...Of the 376 companies in the 2008 Yearbook, 67 companies were placed in the Gold Class, 74 Companies in the Silver Class, and 63 in the Bronze Class...
· World Clean Energy Awards recognize achievement and innovation in the integrated use of energy efficiency (regarding both supply and demand) and renewable energy (regarding supply).
· Euromoney and Ernst & Young Global Renewable Energy Awards
o See related article at SocialFunds.com:
§ BP, John Deere, Goldman Sachs, and Allianz Among Renewable Energy Award Winners (27 September 2006)