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· Jungle Rating »internet consultants« (Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Also English version of website) > e.g.
o Publications >
· Since 2005, Jungle Rating assesses the quality of online sustainability reporting among Europe's largest companies. The overall goal of this research is to examine how companies use the web in order to communicate on their social, environmental and economic strategy, targets and performance.
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o 2007
§ Main research (53 selected companies after preliminary research)
· November - Final report 'Online Sustainability Research 2007' (.pdf has 34 pp.)
· November - BASF best in class in online sustainability communications
§ Preliminary research (160 members DJSI STOXX index)
· March - Research findings: quality of online sustainability reporting
· March - Preliminary research report (.pdf has 14 pp.)
o 2005 / 2006
§ Jungle Rating - Sustainability research
· Executive summary: Sustainability reporting on the web
· Research report: Sustainability reporting on the web
o ACCA Sustainability awards 2005
§ Report of the judges - ACCA online sustainability awards 2005
· >> also
o CorporateWebsite.com > e.g.
§ Topics > e.g.
· CSR >
o Headlines
o Articles > e.g.
§ BASF best in class in online sustainability communications (21 November 2007)
§ 4 tips for a sustainable corporate website
§ Research findings: quality of online sustainability reporting
§ 5 essential online communications trends in 2006
§ The internet presence of Dutch charity organisations
§ 20 valuable tips for online sustainability
§ Online sustainability reporting, Europe’s largest companies
o Best Practices
o Valuable Links
o Suppliers
· EnviroInfo (International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection) > e.g.
o EnviroInfo 2007 (Warsaw, Poland; 12-15 September 2007; Environmental Informatics and Systems Research) >> e.g.
§ Using Internet Technologies and Web Services for Sustainability Reporting: Research Initiative, Agenda, Early Results
· Jorge Marx Gómez, Jan Brosowski, Hans-Knud Arndt, Ralf Isenmann, Monika Schappert
§ Sustainability Reporting Topic Maps: An Approach to Support Stakeholder Inclusiveness
· Henner Graubitz, Hans-Knud Arndt, Rene Klesinski
o EnviroInfo 2006 (Graz, Austria; 6-8 September 2006; EnviroInfo's 20th anniversary) > e.g.
§ Program (Papers are not available online) >
· Full Papers > e.g.
o Sustainability Reporting Using the eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL)
§ By: Hans-Knud Arndt, Ralf Isenmann, Jan Brosowski, Inke Thiessen, Jorge Marx-Gomez (DE)
· Short Papers > e.g.
o Workflow-supported Creation and Administration of XML-based Sustainability Reports
§ By: Ralf Isenmann, Tobias Jordan, Jorge Marx Gómez (DE)
o EnviroInfo 2005 (Brno, Czech Republic)
o EnviroInfo 2004 (CERN, Geneva, Switzerland) > e.g.
§ Full Papers > by Theme >
· Corporate Sustainability Communication and Reporting (7 Papers)
· EA-SDI »Environmental Accounting and Sustainable Development Indicators« (Czech Republic; Website in English)
o International seminars and conferences (Proceedings available; Topics include also interactive, online corporate environmental reporting)
o Partners:
§ CSU Czech Statistical Office, Ministry of Environment of the Czech Republic, Charles University, Masaryk University, University of Pardubice
· ACCA & Next Step Consulting >>>
o Environmental, Social and Sustainability Reporting on the World Wide Web: A Guide to Best Practice (.pdf, October 2001, 44 pp.; Or at GreenBiz)
· Futerra »sustainability communications« >
o What We Do > Strategy, Research and Insight > Surveys > CSR survey
§ In May 2003 Futerra published a comprehensive survey of FTSE companies’ communication of social and environmental issues online. This survey, published in the Financial Times, was built upon a detailed analysis, drawing on our experience and expertise in communications strategy. The survey inspired wide debate and significant changes in multinational organisations’ approach to online stakeholder engagement.
· csrnetwork (UK CSR Consultancy) > e.g.
o News and views > Latest news and press releases > Archives > 2005 >
§ Online technology holds key to effective CSR reporting yet it's severely under-used (11 May 2005)
· GreenBiz.com > e.g.
o Marketing & Communications >
o >>
§ Best Practices for Online Reporting in Corporate Responsibility (Copyright 2002 Ethical Corporation magazine)
· SustainAbility (Headquartered: UK - London, Founder: John Elkington) >
o Think Tank > Research > Reporting >
§ Reporting Archive >
· The Internet Reporting Report (Engaging Stakeholders 1999; .pdf has 28 pp.)
o see also:
§ UNEP United Nations Environment Programme > Thematic Areas > Business & Industry > UNEP DTIE = Division of Technology, Industry, and Economics > Division of Technology, Industry, and Economics > Branches >
· Business & Partnerships > Further information > Business & Partnerships >
o Sustainability Reporting > Engaging Stakeholders > Reports >
§ Virtual Sustainability: Using the Internet to Implement the Triple Bottom Line (2001; »Read more and purchase online«)
· RY Radley Yeldar (London, UK)
o »We help our clients communicate through a range of specialist services including brand identity, corporate reporting, corporate responsibility, digital media, internal communication, marketing communications and online investor relations.«
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§ Corporate Reporting >> e.g.
· The Report Leadership group (CIMA, PwC, RY, Tomkins) > e.g.
· H&H Webranking is Europe's leading survey of corporate websites. It has been conducted annually since 1997. Each year approximately 500 websites are reviewed.
o Our researched target group is capital market actors like investors, analysts and business journalists. This means that focus is on financial information and investor relations. But areas such as corporate governance, CSR, press, general corporate information and interactive functions are also included.
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§ Products and services >
§ News >> e.g.
· The French H&H Webranking result published (30 January 2008)
o The survey shows that French companies have an edge in presenting CSR related information but overall French companies have some way to go, in order to reach up to European Best Practice standard.
· Finnish companies best in Europe in communicating CSR (20 November 2007)
o In a new Spotlight Report by Swedish consultancy Hallvarsson & Halvarsson covering Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) it is shown that Finnish companies are best in Europe in communication their CSR activities on their websites.
· CSR Europe >
o News >>
§ Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena tops Italian ranking on web communication on CSR (28 March 2008) - Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena achieved top ranking in the first Italian "2008 Csr Online Awards" for web communication on CSR issues, based on research conducted by Lundquist, the Italian subsidiary of Halvarsson & Halvarsson, a Swedish financial communication agency.
· The Centre for Sustainable Design (UK) >
o Resources >
§ Information and Order form >
· Contents >
o Environmental Communications >
§ Guidelines covering the project management, design and production or CERs (Corporate Environmental Reports)
· A checklist has been developed to support companies through the process of planning, developing and implementing Electronic Environmental Reporting.
· Internetbasierte Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung (Germany; English version is under construction ??)
o This website is developed by Department of BiOR – University of Kaiserlautern
o Heiner Mueller Merbach, Ralf Isenmann
· See also:
o Universität Bremen (Germany) >>
§ IPMI - Institut für Projektmanagement und Innovation >>
· Prof. Dr. Ralf Isenmann
· Ranking der Nachhaltigkeitsberichte (Germany) >> e.g.
o (In German) Print versus Internet im Non-financial Reporting (.pdf, March 2005, 24 pp.; By Andreas Steinert, Pleon Kohtes Klewes)
· Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Germany) >>
o INFU Institut für Umweltkommunikation = Institute for Environmental and Sustainability Communication >> e.g.
§ Nr.36: Blanke, Moritz; Godemann, Jasmin; Herzig, Christian (2007): Internetgestützte Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung - Eine empirische Untersuchung der Unternehmen des DAX30 (.pdf, 43 pp.; In German)
· Or .pdf at CSM Centre for Sustainability Management
· See also:
o related news at csr-news.net: Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung im Internet wird immer selbstverständlicher für DAX30-Unternehmen (23 October 2007)
o related article at respACT
o Related article at UPJ: Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung im Internet - CSM und INFU veröffentlichen Studie
§ Nr.24: Blanke, Moritz; Godemann, Jasmin; Herzig, Christian; Nierling, Linda; Rauer , Felix (2004): Wie nutzen große Unternehmen das Internet, um über Nachhaltigkeit zu kommunizieren? (.pdf, 53 pp.; In German) - Studie zur internetgestützten Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung von DAX 30 Unternehmen.
· CSR News (Based in Hückeswagen, Germany) >
o News = csr-news.net >> e.g.
§ Kirchhoff-Studie: Internet gewinnt für CSR-Kommunikation an Bedeutung (23 October 2007)
§ See also:
· Kirchhoff Consult AG (Hamburg, Munich, Zurich, Vienna; also English version of website) ist eine der führenden Beratungsgesellschaften und Designagenturen für die Kapitalmarktkommunikation. Wir sind spezialisiert auf Emissionsberatung, Finanz- und Unternehmenskommunikation. > e.g.
o english >
§ Our Services (= Investors look beyond the balance sheet) >
· CSR > also
o Development and execution of online CSR reports (= Entwicklung und Realisierung von Online-CSR-Berichten)
o deutsch >
§ Presse > Studien >
· Internet gewinnt für CSR-Kommunikation an Bedeutung (11.10.2007) >
o Directly to .pdf (48 pp.)
· Turku School of Economics >>
o Giuliano Noci: Practices on e-nvironmental reporting (.pdf, 2003, 13 pp.)
· EECZ Environment-oriented Enterprise Consultancy Zhejiang (China; English and Chinese versions of website; A Sino-German technical cooperation programme, GTZ & Zhejiang Environmental Protection Bureau) >
o Download > Cross-cutting Topics > e.g.
§ Research Summary - CSR Communication in China: A Survey of Online CSR Communication in Domestic and Foreign Companies Operating in China (.pdf, 2007, 6 pp.)
· From 16 October to 7 December 2006, EECZ conducted a comparative survey of the publicly available (online) corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities of the 30 largest (by revenue) foreign and 30 largest and best recognised domestic companies operating in China.
· The EMC (Electronic Media Commendation) is awarded by ACCA & CorporateRegister.com
o ACCA >>
§ Sustainability >
· The Awards >
o The ACCA UK Awards for Sustainability Reporting >> e.g.
§ The 2005 awards >
· Report of the Judges 2005 (.pdf, 36 pp.)
o about EMC see pp. 12, 18, 19
§ The 2004 Awards >
· Report of the Judges 2004 (.pdf, 44 pp.)
o about EMC see pp. 22, 23
o See also: ESRA The European Sustainability Reporting Association
§ Our aim is to improve Sustainability Reporting by sharing trends and best practice across European countries.
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· individual country-reports: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
· CICA Chartered Accountants of Canada > e.g.
o News >
§ Upcoming events >
· Corporate Reporting Awards >
o Judges' Comments Publications > also
§ Award for (& judges' comment) Reporting on the Internet; Excellence in Electronic Disclosure
· See also related article at IR Web Report: Canada’s top investor relations websites awarded (7 December 2007; By Dominic Jones)
o Research & Guidance >
§ Research Activities >> Corporate Reporting to Stakeholders
· »...Electronic disclosure and web-based reporting of both financial and non-financial information are now commonplace...«
· > also
o Blog
§ This blog provides a focal point for disseminating research and guidance materials that enhance communications between an organization and its various stakeholder groups. The emphasis is on financial information, such as performance reporting, and non-financial information, such as corporate social responsibilities. The information may be conveyed through various means, for example, paper-based annual reports and Internet-based communications, such as websites.
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· Labels: Electronic disclosure, Web-based disclosures, XBRL
· 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.« > also
o Rankings >
§ Best IR Websites
· EWMI East-West Management Institute (New York; Budapest representative office, Hungary) »EWMI is committed to assisting economic reform in developing and transition economies.« & USAID (United States Agency for International Development) >
o Partners for Financial Stability (PFS) Program >
§ South East Europe (SEE)
§ Central Eastern Europe (CEE)
§ Capital Markets >
· Capital Markets Research > e.g.
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
o Several Country Surveys of:
§ Websites – Investor Relations Online
§ Reporting on CSR
· Bowen Craggs is an independent website effectiveness consultancy > e.g.