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

 

 

 

To check the very latest news see: Home page > Latest news

 

E-newsletters, e-bulletins, e-magazines, etc. are written in italic.

 

 

 

 

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

 

CSR websites

 

Blogs

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

News on websites of international institutions

 

 

See also two other categories that cover international institutions:

Institutions > International institutions

Corporate Social Responsibility > International

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

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

 

 

 

The majority of magazines, journals, newspapers, newsletters, etc. are listed in:

Sources of news.

Listed here are only those that aren't listed in "Sources of news" yet.

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

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

 

 

 

See also:

CSR instruments & Providers of services & other categories of links dedicated to specific topics (or concepts)

 

 

About terminology related to corporate non-financial reporting see also:

Reporting guidelines > e.g. Some terminological and conceptual...

& Surveys & Providers of services

 

 

 

 

Glossaries and descriptions of concepts (In this order: General environment/sustainable development; Sustainable business/corporate sustainability; TBL; SRI; Sustainability reporting; Corporate governance; Corporate social responsibility; Corporate citizenship; Business ethics)

 

 

Key codes, standards and frameworks relevant to the sustainability/CSR agenda

 

 

Future of CSR/sustainability, trends watching and analysis, predictions for the years ahead, trajectories, evolution of concepts; Top CSR news, stories, events, developments in past years

 

 

See also:

Opinion, polls, views, expectations, attitudes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

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

 

 

 

See also:

Accounting and corporate governance & Transparency

& Reporting guidelines & Surveys

& CSR instruments

& Socially Responsible Investing

& Environmental and social accounting

& Sectors / industries & Financial services sector & Public sector, Social economy sector, NGOs & SMEs

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

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

 

 

 

See also:

Transparency

& Environmental and GHG and social accountingAssurance

 

 

 

 

Accounting links (International & national accounting organisations, EU, UK, USA, Canada, Australia, etc.)

 

International organisations

 

European Union / European countries

 

United Kingdom (UK)

 

USA, Canada, Australia, India, ...

 

Other

 

 

 

 

Big international accounting and auditing firms

 

 

 

See also:

Providers of services & Assurance

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

See also:

Accounting and corporate governance & Environmental and social accounting & Socially Responsible Investing & Business case

& Reporting requirements & Reporting guidelines & Surveys

& Opinion

& Tools

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

See also:

Web-based > Guidelines, surveys (about XBRL)

& Reporting guidelines > Global > More specific (about "integrated" reporting)

& Tools & Socially Responsible Investing

 

 

 

 

 

Disclosure of information concerning climate risk & GHG emissions; Environmental risks

 

 

 

See also:

Environmental & social accounting & Accounting and corporate governance

& Socially Responsible Investing & Financial services sector & Business case & Reporting and disclosure requirements

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

ENVIRONMENTAL & Social ACCOUNTING

 

 

 

GHG (GreenHouse Gases) accounting and reporting

 

 

 

See also:

Transparency > Disclosure of ... information concerning climate risk ...

& Accounting and corporate governance & Disclosure and reporting requirements

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

See also:

Accounting and corporate governance & Environmental and sustainable management & Tools

& Reporting guidelines > Some terminological and conceptual ...

 

 

About social and ethical accounting and auditing see also:

SMEs & Social economy sector, NGOs

& Reporting guidelines > Guidance for reporting on: CSR, social & ethical performance...

& Assurance

 

About »intangibles« see:

Tools

& Reporting guidelines > Guidance for reporting on: CSR, ... , Intangibles ...

& Business case & Opinion

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

SRI (SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTING)

 

 

 

See also:

Transparency & Financial services sector

 

 

 

 

SRI – Europe (based)

 

General

 

Some sources of European SRI news

 

Some documents, studies (SRI - Europe)

 

 

 

 

SRI – Other (global & non-European)

 

General

 

Some sources of SRI news (global & non-European)

 

Some documents, studies (SRI – globally, general, non-European)

 

 

 

Some indexes & other ratings; SRI research

 

 

 

See also:

Awards > Other > Specific awards (& rankings, lists, indexes)

& SRI (other sections above) & Tools & Opinion & Surveys & Corporate watch & Sectors

& Public > Some other issues related to public agencies (e.g. indexes/ratings for countries ...

 

& Transparency / materiality of ESG issues

 

About the link between sustainability and investors see in first place:

Business case > Business case

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

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.

 

 

 

See also:

Corporate Social Responsibility

 

 

To find surveys and research studies about attitudes of investors, fund managers and financial analysts towards SRI see also:

Socially Responsible Investing & Transparency

 

 

About responsible shopping / ethical consumerism see also:

Civil society > Responsible shopping

& Providers of services > Other > Guidance to consultants ... marketing

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

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

 

 

 

Business Case for: Sustainability / CSR / Corporate citizenship / Communicating & reporting / Etc.

 

 

 

About business case for corporate non-financial reporting and communicating see above all:

Surveys & Reporting guidelines & Providers of services

 

 

About the link between non-financial (environmental and social) performance of companies and their financial performance and shareholder value see also:

Transparency

& Socially Responsible Investing > Some indexes & other ratings

& Environmental and social accounting & Tools

& Guidelines > Some terminological and conceptual problems... > Reporting on economic impact

 

 

About issues related to reputation, general public opinion, consumer attitudes, views of financial community, business leaders, NGOs on CSR see above all:

Opinion, views, attitudes

 

 

About liberal, laissez-faire, free-enterprise economists' views on corporate social responsibility, socially responsible investing see:

Liberal

 

About the "(social) purpose (case) for business" and debate on the role of business in society see above all:

Liberal,

and also:

CSR instruments, regulation & Civil society, corporate watch

 

 

 

 

 

Case Studies & Good (Best) Practices: Environmental management / Sustainability / Corporate Social Responsibility; Profiles of companies

 

 

 

See also:

Awards

& Business case (the section above) & Collections of reports, company websites & Surveys & Opinion, views, attitudes & Corporate watch & Providers of services & Liberal, laissez-faire views

& Socially Responsible Investing > Some indexes and ratings

 

 

About case studies and best practices in corporate non-financial reporting see above all:

Awards & Surveys & Reporting guidelines

 

 

About corporate social responsibility performance and practices see also:

Corporate Social Responsibility

& Registers of corporate non-financial reports and websites of companies

& Surveys

& Opinion, polls, attitudes

& Awards > Other awards (& rankings, lists, indexes)

& Socially Responsible Investing > e.g. Some indexes and other ratings

& Sectors

& Providers of services

& Civil society, corporate watch

& Liberal, laissez-faire views

 

 

 

 

 

Macro level: CSR and competitiveness (of communities, nations, countries, regions)

 

 

 

See also:

Public sector

& CSR instruments, initiatives

& Reporting guidelines > Some terminological and conceptual... > Reporting on economic impact

& Transparency / materiality of ESG issues / investors

& Liberal views / role of business

& Surveys
& Corporate Social Responsibility

& Institutions - environmental issues

 

 

About reporting of public sector agencies (and other non-corporate organisations) on their sustainability performance (and about some issues related to public policy) see:

Public > Public sector reporting (and other related themes)

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

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

 

 

 

About national- and international-level CSR initiatives see above all:

Corporate Social Responsibility (Europe, Asia & Pacific & Middle East, North and Latin America, Africa, international, UN-level, etc.)

and also:

Institutions - environmental issues

& Business case > Macro / national level

& Public > Public sector sustainability reporting and related issues

& Glossaries & Business and sustainability & Disclosure and reporting requirements

 

About issues related to regulation and legislation see also:

Requirements

 

About issues related to specific sectors / industries see above all:

Sectors

 

About implementing CSR/sustainability strategies see:

Tools

 

About issues related to corporate non-financial reporting see above all elsewhere, e.g.:

Disclosure and reporting requirements & Reporting guidelines

 

 

About environmental management systems, EHS (environment, health, and safety) and other environmental issues see:

Tools & Environmental / sustainable management & Institutions - environmental issues & Business and sustainability

 

 

 

 

General

 

 

International normative frameworks

 

 

Standardization and CSR; Standards for (on) CSR

 

 

 

See also other sections of »CSR instruments«.

 

 

 

 

Supply chain management; Transparency, reporting, sustainability and CSR in the supply chain; Ethical sourcing; Supply chain working conditions; Monitoring, auditing, certification

 

 

Codes of conduct

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

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

 

 

 

Listed here are links to web sites of which the primary intention is to provide links (portals, gateways, clearinghouses, libraries of links, reference sites, resource centres) related to the topic of corporate environmental, sustainability and / or social reporting. In this way such web sites are similar to this particular (NFRCSR) site.

This page also includes some links to the »links sections« (if rich) on other web sites.

In general, the intention of this page is to list links to those web sites or pages that offer many reporting related links.

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

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

 

 

 

See also:

Surveys & Disclosure and reporting requirements & Transparency & Providers of services

 

 

About reporting guides and guidelines (and surveys on reporting, reporting awards, etc.) related to specific industry sectors or related to sectors as a whole see above all:

Sectors/ Industries

 

About reporting of financial services sector organisations see:

Financial

 

About reporting of public agencies and issues related to reporting (e.g. accountability) of other non-corporate organisations (NGOs, social economy sector organisations) see:

Public, social, non-profit sector

 

About reporting (also reporting guidelines, surveys on reporting, reporting awards, etc.) of small and medium sized enterprises see above all:

SMEs

 

About transparency / reporting in the supply chain see also:

CSR instruments > Supply chain

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reporting guidelines (global)

 

 

Reporting guidelines, guides, guidance (in some countries)

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

See also above sections of Reporting guidelines (Gen