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INTERNATIONAL Section

You will find here a wealth of fully informative and direct links on the subject of corporate stand-alone environmental, CSR and sustainability reporting (e.g. reporting guidelines and guides, collections of reports, awards, best practices & surveys, news sources, reporting requirements, assurance, consultancies, web-based reporting, etc.)

Broader topics are covered as well (e.g. CSR, SRI, transparency, accounting, sustainable business, business case & case studies, public & stakeholder opinion, CSR instruments, tools, glossaries, CSR & environmental news sources, books & journals, sustainability reporting of public agencies & NGOs, specific industry sectors, financial services sector, SMEs, corporate watch, free-market views, etc.)

Resources are listed in 30 categories:

SOURCES OF CSR/sustainability NEWS (latest news, events calendars, new publications, e-Newsletters, e-Bulletins, Blogs)

News about sustainability/CSR reporting; Other corporate social responsibility news

News related to corporate environmental management/performance/reporting; Other environmental news

News on websites of international institutions

PUBLISHERS / books / book reviews; Other journals / magazines; Audio / radio; Video / TV; Podcasts

GLOSSARIES, descriptions, definitions of CSR/sustainability terms and concepts; Key CSR frameworks and relationships between them; Future of CSR/sustainability, trends, predictions, reviews of past years

Mandatory non-financial reporting & disclosure REQUIREMENTS in some countries; Comparison of national legislations; Company law; Mandatory vs. voluntary non-financial reporting; Pressures, initiatives for greater disclosure

ACCOUNTING - Corporate non-financial reporting / assurance / auditing; Company law; Corporate governance

Accounting links (International and national accounting organisations)

Big international accounting and auditing firms

Collections of company financial reports

Information needs of the financial community; Investment decision-making; The materiality of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues; The TRANSPARENCY of non-financial information

Investor interest in environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues; Materiality; Integration of ESG value drivers in asset management and financial research; Improving the transparency of non-financial information; Communicating to financial community and the disclosure of material risk; Investor relations; Shareholder resolutions

Reducing of »Survey / questionnaire fatigue«; Distribution of data to research & rating firms, investors

Disclosure of (mainly investment-related) information concerning climate risk & GHG emissions; Environmental risks

ENVIRONMENTAL & Social ACCOUNTING

GHG (GreenHouse Gases) accounting and reporting

Environmental Management Accounting (EMA); Environmental / sustainability / social / ethical accounting

SRI (SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTING)

Europe-based

Other (global & non-European)

Some indexes & ratings; SRI research

Polls, research, surveys of general public, business, financial community & NGOs leaders' OPINION, perceptions and views about CSR, SRI, etc.; Reputation; Consumer attitudes towards sustainable consumption, CSR, etc.

BUSINESS CASE for: Corporate sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), corporate citizenship, communicating and reporting, etc.; CASE STUDIES / Good (best) practices, profiles of companies; MACRO level: CSR and competitiveness (of communities, nations, countries, regions)

CSR INSTRUMENTS, principles, frameworks, initiatives, standards; Self-regulation, voluntary incentives; Role of government, business regulation; Supply chain; Codes of conduct

PORTALS, resource centres and other similar websites with many resources on environmental, sustainability, social, CSR, non-financial reporting

Sustainability REPORTING GUIDELINES; Other nonfinancial reporting guidelines, guides, guidance

Reporting guidelines (global)

Guidelines by countries

Guidance for reporting on CSR, social & ethical performance, intangibles; Stakeholder engagement; Communicating CSR, sustainability

Reporting scorecards, scoring sheets, benchmarks; Older reporting guidelines

Some terminological and conceptual problems in corporate »sustainability« & »TBL Triple Bottom Line« reporting

Standards for ASSURANCE, verification, auditing; Other texts, reviews, surveys, analysis, etc. related to assurance / credibility of non-financial reports / information

FINANCIAL services sector (banking, insurance): Non-financial reporting; Also environmental and social responsibility, performance, management, risks

Sustainability reporting guidance (& other related resources) for: PUBLIC sector (governmental agencies, local authorities, public sector organisations); Education; Third sector, NON-PROFIT sector

Non-financial / sustainability reporting in specific sectors / industries; Other resources related to sustainability and CSR topics relevant for specific SECTORS / industries

SMEs (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises): Sustainability reporting and related resources (CSR / Responsible Entrepreneurship, sustainability, environmental management)

REGISTERS (directories, collections) of non-financial reports (environmental reports, CSR reports, sustainability reports); Links to corporate environmental websites, CSR websites, sustainability websites of companies

Non-financial reporting AWARDS (environmental, social, CSR, sustainability reporting awards); OTHER corporate sustainability and responsibility awards, rankings, indexes, recognitions, competitions, best companies lists

Analysis, SURVEYS, studies on the state of non-financial reporting, trends in reporting, best practice in reporting; Reviews, benchmarking, scoring of reports; Reports of the judges; Reporting case studies; Studies on sustainability reporting practices by country, and globally; Statistics of reporting (by country, by report type, by sector, by year, by format); Public, business leaders & stakeholder opinion surveys about reporting; Research about corporate CSR / sustainability practices (if company reports were analysed); Relationship between reporting and performance

PROVIDERS of services (consultancies, consultants, practitioners) specialising in: Compiling a non-financial report / Strategy & communications / Stakeholder engagement / Measuring, evaluating, benchmarking environmental & social performance / Assurance & verification / Other CSR and sustainability services; Job listings; Guidance for consultants & resources related to advertising, marketing, communications, PR, media

WEB-BASED (online, Internet, electronic, digital) reporting: Guidelines, surveys, awards, best practices; Tools, software, online & digital solutions for compiling a non-financial report

Practical TOOLS / toolkits: Measuring (& evaluation, benchmarking) environmental (& EHS, sustainability, social) performance; Sustainability (balanced) scorecard; Also: Quality management, Value-based management, Intangible assets, Strategy

General overview of websites:

ENVIRONMENTAL / sustainable management; Environment, (occupational) health & safety; Industrial ecology, eco-efficiency, cleaner production, etc.

General overview of websites:

Some national (governmental) and international INSTITUTIONS

(Emphasis on corporate sustainability and sustainable development strategies and policies)

General overview of websites:

Business coalitions/councils; Sustainability resource centres, research organisations, institutes, networks, forums, etc.
(Emphasis on: BUSINESS & SUSTAINABILITY / sustainable development)

General overview of websites:

Corporate Social Responsibility Portal: CSR, Corporate citizenship, Business ethics

(Emphasis on social issues)

Five subcategories:

Europe

United Kingdom

USA & Canada; Latin America

Asia & Pacific

International level; CSR/global corporate citizenship & development issues; Business & human rights; CSR & Africa

CIVIL society organisations, NGOs; Pressure groups, campaigns, corporate WATCH & critic; Practices and profiles of companies; Responsible shopping

LIBERAL, free-market, laissez faire views; »Anti-business movement« watch; Debate on the purpose of the corporation, role of business in society

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