· 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 Who are you?

§ »Access tailored GRI-resources from your stakeholder-category.«

§ >

· Public agency

· AccountAbility = Institute of Social and Ethical AccountAbility > e.g.

o Our work >

§ Sustainability Assurance and Reporting >

· Developing the AA1000 Series of Standards for Organisational AccountAbility. It has been used worldwide by leading businesses, NGOs and public sector bodies.

· CorporateRegister.com - the world's largest online directory of non-financial reports. These include CSR, sustainability, environmental and social reports. >> e.g.

o Advanced Companies Search & Advanced Reports Search

§ Business Sector:

· Government, Authorities & Agencies

o GRI Guidelines Register (Find reports using the GRI guidelines) > e.g.

§ Search by:

· Business Sector:

o Government, Authorities & Agencies

o AA1000AS Register (Find reports using the AA1000AS assurance standard) > e.g.

§ Search by:

· Business Sector:

o Government, Authorities & Agencies

o Global Compact Register >

§ Search by:

· Business Sector:

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· UNEP United Nations Environment Programme >

o Thematic Areas > Business & Industry > Division of Technology, Industry, and Economics > Division of Technology, Industry, and Economics > Branches > Business & Partnerships > Further information > Business & Partnerships >

§ Sustainability Reporting >

· Public Sector and Reporting

· UN Global Compact > e.g.

o How to Participate >

§ Cities >>

· Global Compact Cities Programme

o Communicating Progress > e.g.

§ COP Search (Communication on Progress) > e.g.

· Search Mode (advanced)

o Search for: Type of Participant: Other Stakeholders only

§ Option to select a specific Organization type:

· Academic

· Business Association (Global, Local)

· City

· Foundation

· Labour (Global, Local)

· NGO (Global, Local)

· Public Sector Organization

· Claremont McKenna College (USA, California) > Research Institutes >

o Roberts Environmental Center > e.g.

§ Current Sector Data »Graphs display the different categories of PSI scores by industrial sector« >

· Government Institutions

§ Sector Indicators >

· Government Institutions

§ Corporate Report Scores

· List of all reports analyzed to date

· Short description of all analyzed reports

· (Direct) links to websites from which the scored material was obtained

· Also:

o Government Institutions

· ICLEI—Local Governments for Sustainability

o ICLEI is an international association of local governments and national and regional local government organizations that have made a commitment to sustainable development. More than 700 cities, towns, counties, and their associations worldwide comprise ICLEI's growing membership. ICLEI works with these and hundreds of other local governments through international performance-based, results-oriented campaigns and programs.

o > e.g.

§ Programs >

· Local Action 21

· sustainable cities (= Building Sustainable Cities)

· climate protection (= Cities for Climate Protection (CCP))

· water

· biodiversity initiative

· Local Agenda 21 (LA21 Campaign)

· management instruments (=Sustainability Management Instruments)

· procurement (= Sustainable Procurement Program)

· ICLEI—Local Governments for Sustainability > also

o ICLEI Worldwide >

§ Oceania (Australia & New Zealand)

· ICLEI Sustainability Services and the Centre for Public Agency Reporting (CPASR; or directly) are merging (2008) to become Integrated Sustainability Services (ISS)

o Integrated Sustainability Services was formed to assist local councils, as well as state and federal government departments and agencies, integrate sustainability into planning, decision-making, reporting and communication processes.

o Instead of a single program, Integrated Sustainability Services is intending to offer three program streams, consisting of:

§ an evaluation and review stream called Sustainability Pathway;

§ a capacity-building stream called Advancing Sustainability;

· Advancing Sustainability provides a guided exploration of key topic areas, including:

o Sustainability Planning

o Measuring Sustainability Performance

o Sustainability Reporting

o Communications, Stakeholder Engagement and Training.

§ and a tailored stream called Sustainability for Leaders

· The Centre for Public Agency Sustainability Reporting (CPASR)

o was launched in March 2005. Its mission is to improve the sustainability performance of public agencies through the practice of reporting.

o CPASR is a collaboration of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI); ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability; the City of Melbourne; and the State Government of Victoria.

· Australian Government >> e.g.

o Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts > e.g.

§ Human Settlements >

· Government sustainability > also

o Promoting public reporting (= Public sector environmental reporting)

· >??>

o Sustainable Cities Programme

§ >>

· Government of South Australia > e.g.

o Environment Reporting

o >>

§ Department of Premier and Cabinet >

· The Department >

o Sustainability and Workforce Mgmt

o >>

§ Sustainability in Government > also

· Reporting

· GovernmentNews (Australia) >> e.g.

o Green report for the public (23 August 2006; By Jane Garcia)

· Parliament of Australia >>

o Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services (The committee is established by the (ASIC) Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001.) > Completed inquiries >

§ Corporate responsibility: Managing risk and creating value (Date Completed: 21 June 2006) = Inquiry into corporate responsibility and Triple-Bottom-Line reporting, for incorporated entities in Australia > e.g.

· Report > View the report as separate downloadable parts > e.g.

o Chapter Eight - Encouraging corporate responsibility >

§ The role of government >

· Leadership – sustainability in government

o Sustainability reporting by government agencies

o Improving sustainability performance of government agencies

o Supplementary report by Labour members >

§ Sustainable, responsible government activities >

· Government sustainability reporting

· The State of Victoria >> e.g.

o Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability

o Department of Sustainability and Environment

· CIV Community Indicators Victoria aims to establish a sustainable Victorian approach to the development and use of local community wellbeing indicators, with the purpose of improving citizen engagement, community planning and policy making.

· Parliament of New South Wales (NSW, Australia) > e.g.

o Committees >

§ Public Accounts > e.g.

· Inquiries > e.g.

o Sustainability Reporting in the New South Wales Public Sector Inquiry > e.g.

§ Reports >

· Sustainability Reporting in NSW Public Sector (17 November 2005; .pdf has 91 pp.)

§ Public Bodies Review >

· Inquiries >

o Inquiry into Environmental Impact Reporting in the NSW Public Sector

§ This inquiry was established on 26 September 2007, to report on environmental impact reporting in the NSW public sector.

· IPAA Institute of Public Administration Australia »is the professional association for people interested in government reform, policy issues, trends, best practice and innovation in public sector management.« > also

o Publications > e.g.

§ Special interest group discussion papers >

· Sustainability SIG papers

o Links > e.g.

§ Public sector special interest issues > also

· Sustainability

· The Australian Collaboration is a collaboration of peak national community organisations representing social, cultural and environmental constituencies and interests. > e.g.

o Essays, Books and Reports > e.g.

§ Which Direction? A review of monitoring and reporting in Australia (.pdf, June 2006, 54 pp.)

§ Where are we going: Comprehensive social, cultural, environmental and economic reporting (2001; .pdf has 32 pp.)

· ANAO Australian National Audit Office

· CPA Australia (Certified Public Accountants) >

o Technical Resources > Corporate Governance > Topical Issues >

§ Triple bottom line reporting > e.g.

· Feature Articles >

o The Greening of local councils (2004)

o Industry Sectors >

§ Public Sector

· ISA Centre for Integrated Sustainability Analysis (Sydney, Australia)

o We develop leading-edge research and applications for environmental and broader sustainability issues, and offer consultancy to organisations such as companies, government agencies and NGOs in a broad range of areas.

o > e.g.

§ Research > e.g.

· Triple Bottom Line Reporting > e.g.

o In February 2006, the ISA Group has completed work on a 2-year Sustainability Reporting Pilot Program for organisations > e.g.

§ Information sheets > e.g.

· Information Sheet 4: Why should local government report on the Triple Bottom Line and why use the ISA methodology? (.pdf, 2 pp.)

o Some keywords:

§ boundary-free, the full supply chain, input-output analysis (IOA), indirect impacts, ecological footprint

· New Zealand Government >> e.g.

o Ministry for the Environment New Zealand >

§ The Issues >

· Sustainable Industry >