· This report, combining the wealth of data available to long-term partners GRI and ACCA, provides a unique insight into the degree to which large companies around the world have begun to disclose their GHG accounting and strategies for reduction.

o Section 1 provides an overview of current climate change initiatives and the changing landscape ahead.

o Section 2 presents an analysis of carbon reporting disclosures across 14 high-impact industry sectors from 2003 to 2008.

o Section 3 provides an analysis of carbon reporting disclosures in the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China) and South Africa.

o Section 4 comprises a series of expert perspectives on the corporate response to climate change.

· Sectors:

o Airlines, Aluminium, Building materials and fixtures, Coal, Commodity chemicals, Delivery, Electricity, Exploration and production, General mining, Gold mining, Non-ferrous metals, Oil and gas, Platinum and precious metals, Steel

· Companies’ reports were assessed against a set of 45 criteria which were split into six ‘criteria groups’:

o Policy, Governance and strategy, Risk, GHG emissions, Mitigation and adaptation, Credibility

· See also

o related press release: Corporate Carbon Footprints – Is the corporate world doing enough? (Copenhagen, 14 December 2009)

§ Tools & Resources >

· Reporting Examples = ”Hints and Tips” for reporting: examples from report makers = Creating an online platform for exchanging your reporting experiences. >

o Reporting Examples Search

§ Sector:

o News & Events > e.g.

§ Newsletter > e.g.

· News 2010 >

o GRI workshops come alive on the web - Videos from Construction and Real Estate Sector workshops in India online now! (11 January 2010)

o Embark now on the Airports Sector Supplement public survey (11 January 2010)

o The Financial Services and Electric Utilities sectors registered the most reports in 2009! (11 January 2010)

· News 2009 >

o Oil and Gas podcasts available on YouTube (8 December 2009)

o Last call for public comments on Food Processing and NGO Sector Supplement (10 November 2009)

o Sustainability reporting workshop for garment industry to be held in Hong Kong (10 November 2009)

o Application Level A to change in 2010 for Electric Utilities sector (12 October 2009)

o New reporting guidance for electric utility companies launched (29 April 2009)

o Brazilian energy distributor association drives sustainability reporting uptake in the sector (29 April 2009)

o Mining and Metals Public Comment Period closing soon! (31 March 2009)

§ See also related article at Ethical Corporation: Analysis: reporting – Mining new information (16 April 2009; By Markus Reichardt, South Africa writer) - New non-financial reporting guidelines for mining companies make a lot of sense, but contain loopholes

o Oil firms come together to improve sustainability reporting (4 March 2009)

o Research paper for the Airports Sector released (4 March 2009) >

§ A Snapshot of Sustainability Reporting in the Airports Sector (.pdf, 21 pp.)

· News 2008 >

o Coming up! Seafood Workshop in London (25 November 2008)

o Mining & Metals Sector Supplement - Final draft coming soon! (25 November 2008)

o Strong response to Food Processing Sector Supplement survey (25 November 2008)

o Seminar held with Dutch Transport & Logistics industry associations (25 November 2008)

o US based multi-stakeholders debate the Electric Utilities Sector Supplement (25 November 2008)

o The Airports Sector Supplement takes off! A call for Working Group members (22 October 2008)

o A snapshot of sustainability in the Construction and Real Estate Sector (22 October 2008) - GRI is exploring opportunities to develop sector specific reporting guidelines for the Construction and Real Estate Industry.

o Electric Utilities Sector Supplement updates (22 October 2008)

o Working Group powers up the Electric Utilities Sector Supplement (22 September 2008)

o Sustainability top of the agenda at unprecedented Australasian seafood industry gathering (21 August 2008)

o Take the first bite of the Food Processing Sector Supplement (18 July 2008)

o GRI to make a splash - seafood sector workshops around the world (19 June 2008)

o Your feedback wanted on the Food Processing Sector Supplement (19 June 2008)

o Get on board with GRI's Airports Sector Supplement (19 June 2008)

o Boarding-call for the GRI Airports Sector Supplement (22 May 2008)

o GRI research published on sustainability reporting trends in the food processing sector (28 February 2008)

· News 2007 >

o Airports to earn their wings by improving sustainability impacts through greater transparency (20 December 2007) - Athens, Frankfurt, and Munich Airports have joined together to call for sector specific reporting guidance for the airports industry and for the participation of other airports around the world in its development.

· CorporateRegister.com >> e.g.

o Advanced Companies Search & Advanced Reports Search:

§ by Business Sector

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

§ Search by:

· Business Sector

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

§ Search by:

· Business Sector

o GC Register = Global Compact Register > e.g.

§ Search by:

· Business Sector

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

o Roberts Environmental Center

§ »The Pacific Sustainability Index (PSI) is a system developed at the Roberts Environmental Center to score environmental and social disclosure and performance presented by companies on their web sites. It is based on a combination of existing reporting guidance documents and certification materials and covers 140 topics. There are an additional 9 categorical variables that we assign a score to as a means of tracking company adherence with various reporting guidelines.«

§ »We use Fortune Magazine's Global 500 and Fortune 1000 lists to choose companies for our published sector reports. Since 2004 we have been systematically working our way through these two lists, sector by sector. Once we have completed scoring all the reports in both lists we publish a report. Prior to that, we display our ongoing sector results in online graphs.«

§ > e.g.

· Sector-Specific PSI Scoring Sheets

· Sector Analysis (= Current Sector Data)

o »Graphs display the different categories of PSI scores by industrial sector«

· Scores vs. Revenue

· Scores vs. Employees

· Performance vs. Revenue

· Sector Indicators

· Scores Comparison

· Published PSI Sector Reports >

o 2009 Pharmaceuticals Sector Analysis

o 2009 Chemicals Sector Analysis

o 2009 Entertainment Industry Report

o 2009 Consumer Food, Food Production, and Beverages Industry Report

o 2009 Industrial and Farm Equipment Industry Report

o 2009 Forest and Paper Products Industry Report

o 2009 America's Largest Corporations: Energy Industry Report

o 2009 America's Largest Corporations: Utilities, Gas, and Electric Industry Report

o 2009 Telecommunications, Network, and Peripherals Industry Report

o 2009 Motor Vehicles and Parts Industry Report

o 2008 Electronics and Semiconductors Sectors (9 December 2008)

o 2008 Metals Sector (9 December 2008)

o 2008 Banks, Insurance, and Diversified Financials Sectors (9 December 2008)

o 2007 Chemicals Sector (18 January 2008)

o 2007 Forest and Paper Products Sector (18 January 2008)

o 2007 Scientific, Photo, and Control Equipment Sector (18 January 2008)

o 2007 Computer, Office Equipment, and Services Sector (18 January 2008)

o 2007 Oil and Gas Equipment and Services Sector (18 January 2008)

o 2007 Wholesalers: Electronics and Office Equipment Sector (18 January 2008)

o 2007 Consumer Foods Sector (8 January 2008)

o 2007 Railroads Sector (8 January 2008)

o 2007 Entertainment Sector (8 January 2008)

o 2007 Food Services Sector (8 January 2008)

o 2007 Pharmaceuticals Sector (8 January 2008)

o 2007 Mining and Crude-Oil Production Sector (12 December 2007)

o 2007 General Merchandisers Sector (12 December 2007)

o 2007 Homebuilders Sector (12 December 2007)

o 2007 Airline Sector (12 December 2007)

o 2007 Petroleum Refining Sector (4 December 2007)

o 2006 Aerospace and Defense Sector (3 May 2007)

o 2006 Mail, Freight, and Shipping Sectors (April 2007; 21 pp.)

o 2006 Medical Products and Equipment Sector (April 2007; 20 pp.)

o 2006 Industrial and Farm Equipment Sector (March 2007; 24 pp.)

o 2006 Energy and Utilities Sectors (November 2006; 26 pp.)

o 2006 Motor Vehicle and Parts Sector (August 2006, 24 pp.)

o 2006 Pharmaceuticals Sector (May 2006, 22 pp.)

o 2006 Chemicals Sector (May 2006, 23 pp.)

o 2006 Electronics and Semiconductors Sectors (April 2006, 26 pp.)

o 2006 Metals, Mining, and Crude Oil Production Sectors (March 2006, 24 pp.)

o 2006 Colleges and Universities Sector Report (February 2006, 21 pp.)

o 2005 Forest and Paper Products Sector Report (January 2006, 15 pp.)

o 2005 Consumer Food, Food Production, and Beverages Sector Report (December 2005, 15 pp.)

o 2005 Energy & Utilities Sector Report (October 2005, 16 pp.)

§ See related news from GreenBiz.com: U.S. Energy Firms Lagging in Environmental Reporting (14 October 2005)

o 2004 Motor Vehicles & Parts Sector Report (December 2004, 16 pp.)

o 2004 Petroleum Refining Sector Report (July 2004, 16 pp.)

o 2004 Electronics Sector Report (May 2004, 17 pp.)

o 2004 Chemicals Sector Report (April 2004, 17 pp.)

o 2004 Pharmaceuticals Sector Report (February 2004, 12 pp.)

· Books > e.g.

o Roberts Environmental Center 2003-2005 Sustainability Reporting Analyzed Across Sectors (J. Emil Morhardt, Elgeritte Adidjaja)

§ The sector reports are the results of application of the Center's Pacific Sustainability Index (PSI) to the environmental and social reporting of all 232 Fortune Global 500 and Fortune 1000 companies in the chemicals, electronics, energy, food and beverages, forest and paper products, motor vehicles and parts, petroleum refining, and pharmaceuticals sectors.

§ Analysis section minus the sector reports can be downloaded (2007; .pdf has 69 pp.)

o Clean, Green, & Read All Over: Ten Rules for Corporate Environmental and Sustainability Reporting (Emil Morhardt)

· 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)

· Corporate Initiatives

· SustainAbility > e.g.

o Consulting Services >

§ Engaging Stakeholders Program

§ Sectors

o Research & Advocacy >

§ Analysis & Reports:

· By Theme:

o Corporate Reporting >??>

§ Sector Reports >

· Driving Sustainability: Can the Auto Sector Deliver Sustainable Mobility? (2001, 36 pp.)

· Life and Science: Accountability, Transparency, Citizenship and Governance in the Life Science Sector (2000, 106 pp.)

· The Oil Sector Report: A Review of Environmental Disclosure in the Oil Industry (1999, 84 pp.)

§ Research Programs and Projects:

· Global Reporters Program

o >>

§ Tags: Reporting >> e.g.

· Learn from the Leaders

o SustainAbility and Flag have partnered to create Learn from the Leaders, an online, searchable database and customized research tool that brings together years of experience reviewing, analyzing and benchmarking sustainability reports.

o Learn from the Leaders includes hundreds of best practice examples, and you can search them in dozens of different ways, including:

§ Sector

· UN Global Compact >

o Issues > Environment > The CEO Water Mandate >

§ News:

· 11 March 2009 - Global Release: Water Disclosure 2.0, and Independent Review of The CEO Water Mandate (in partnership with the Pacific Institute) >

o Water Disclosure 2.0 - Assessment of Current and Emerging Practice in Corporate Water Reporting (.pdf, 69 pp.; By Jason Morrison and Peter Schulte, Pacific Institute) examines and analyzes corporate reporting on water sustainability for 110 companies across 11 water-intensive sectors.

· Pacific Institute >

o Publications >

§ Reports and Research > e.g.

· Water Disclosure 2.0: Assessment of Current and Emerging Practice in Corporate Water Reporting (March 2009; .pdf has 69 pp.; By Pacific Institute for The CEO Water Mandate)

· Corporate Reporting on Water: A Review of 11 Global Industries (May 2007; .pdf has 90 pp.; By Mari Morikawa, Jason Morrison, and Dr. Peter H. Gleick)

· Business & Human Rights Resource Centre >

o All Topics > Sectors > Utilities >

§ Water Companies > e.g.

· Water Company Disclosure is Murky, Investors Must Press for Major Improvements In Investor- and Publicly-Owned Utilities' Reporting (22 July 2009; Relating to report, “Liquid Assets: Responsible Investment in Water Services,” by ICCR; .pdf has 71 pp.)

o Rating of 12 Utilities’ ESG Disclosures Finds Public Utilities Doing a Better Job Than Investor-Owned Water Companies; U.S. Firms Trailing Counterparts in Philippines, UK and Spain.

o See also

§ related article at SocialFunds: ESG Disclosure by Water Services Sector is Insufficient, Report Finds (5 August 2009)

· Business and Economic Development Impacts

o This site is designed to help you understand and measure the corporate economic footprint on a community’s economic development.

o This site is the product of an ongoing partnership between AccountAbility and BSR, in association with Brody Weiser Burns.

o It is designed to explore the basis on which leading companies measure, manage and report on their economic impacts - the most direct pathway along which business creates social and environmental outcomes.

o >

§ Sector Reports:

· Agriculture (.pdf, December 2004, 44 pp.)

· Financial Services (.pdf, December 2004, 75 pp.)

· Mining (.pdf, December 2004, 52 pp.)

· Pharmaceuticals (.pdf, December 2004, 87 pp.)

· SIRAN is an analyst network that supports more than 150 North American social investment research analysts from 30 investment firms, research providers, and affiliated investor groups. > e.g.

o Projects >

§ EM Reporting Comparison (= Emerging Markets Reporting Comparison)

· SIRAN issued its first-ever analysis on the environmental and social reporting practices of emerging market companies in January 2008 (.pdf has 24 pp.), conducted by independent investment research firm KLD Research & Analytics, Inc.

· SIRAN selected a universe of the top four companies by float-adjusted market cap from the S&P/IFCI Index,

o in three sectors: Energy (oil & gas); Materials (metals and mining) and Telecommunications,

o from seven countries: Brazil, Taiwan, South Africa, Russia, India, South Korea and China.

· Eurosif European Social Investment Forum > e.g.

o Publications > Newsletter > 2007 > September/October > News from Eurosif Member Affiliates >

§ WestLB Extra-Financial Research team publishes report on GRI reporting = GRI reporting: Aiming to uncover true performance (.pdf, September 2007, 195 pp.)

· Also »Sector differences in CR/sustainability reporting«

· PwC PricewaterhouseCoopers > e.g.

o Industry sectors

o Our services >

§ Audit and assurance > e.g.

· Sustainability reporting

o Of further interest:

§ Corporate reporting

· By focusing on presentation and disclosure, not accounting and measurement, this site provides you with an understanding of the critical building blocks of effective corporate reporting.

· > e.g.

o Research & insights > What's important > Modelling the future >

§ Industry frameworks

§ Consulting >

· Sustainability

o Industry issues

o Publications > e.g.

§ The sustainability agenda: Industry perspectives (2008; .pdf has 22 pp.)

· In this paper, PwC examines the unique challenges and dynamics of complex global supply chains across five key sectors; energy, transportation and logistics, retail and consumer, technology and banking and capital markets.

§ Corporate Responsibility: Strategy, management and value – How PwC can help (2005)

· »We have compiled this Handbook in the hope that it will help to illuminate the main issues that businesses operating in a variety of regions and industries are facing, and provide a useful guide to leading practices.«

§ Sustainability Yearbook (Prepared together with SAM Group)

· Comprehensive annual publication on sustainability trends and corporate sustainability performances from 50+ sectors.

o Country/territory links = Sustainability country links >

§ Australia, Canada, Denmark, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, UK, US (= Sustainability and climate change)

o Publications >

§ About our research >

· Our annual Global CEO Survey >

o Industry insights

§ From automotive to transportation and logistics, track the emerging trends and pressing issues facing organisations across industries.

· UN Global Compact > e.g.

o Communicating Progress

§ One of the explicit commitments that a company makes when it joins the UN Global Compact is to produce an annual Communication on Progress (COP). This is a requirement of participation which serves several important purposes:

· to instill accountability;

· to drive continuous improvement;

· to safeguard the integrity of the UN Global Compact as a whole;

· and to contribute to the development of a repository of corporate practices.

§ > e.g.

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

o Serch Mode: Advanced > Search for:

§ Type of Participant:

· All participants

· Business participants only

o Choice of Industry segment, company size and Global 500 status.

· Other Stakeholders only

o Option to select a specific Organization type:

§ Academic

§ Business Association (Global, Local)

§ City, Foundation, Labour (Global, Local), NGO (Global, Local), Public Sector Organization

· Notable COPs

o Companies selected for the quality of their COP (listed by industry)

o Participants & Stakeholders > e.g.

§ Participant Search > e.g.

· Business Associations

· reporting - thoughts and insights about social and environmental responsibility and sustainability reporting (By Elaine Cohen, BeyondBusiness, Israel) >> e.g.

o Ethical Fashion - Who cares ? (29 December 2009)

· SocialFunds.com >

o News > News Center >

§ Complete List of Articles by Category > e.g.

· Corporate >

o Technology, Healthcare, Financials, Utilities, Basic Materials, Transportation, Consumer staples, Consumer cyclicals, Construction & housing, Energy, Natural resources, Telecommunications, Capital Goods

· Reporting >

o Sustainability Reporting > e.g.

§ Sustainability Issues All Over the Map at Large Cap Companies (30 November 2007) - An extensive study from RiskMetrics shows sustainability governance among companies varies widely from country to country, and from sector to sector.

· »..."Our research model depends heavily on corporate disclosure in sustainability reports, websites, and securities filings, although we also examine additional sources of information," said Heidi Welsh, Sustainability Research Unit for RiskMetrics.«

§ Pharma and Biotech Companies Just Starting to Pass the Transparency Litmus Test (27 April 2005)

§ Latin American Forest Products Company Illustrates Best Practice Sustainability Reporting (4 January 2005)

· BIS Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (UK) >??> e.g.

o (Former) BERR Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (UK) >??> e.g.

§ (Former) DTI Department for Trade and Industry

· The DTI sustainable development action plan 2005/6

· Setting a sector sustainability challenge

· Sector sustainability: best practice reporting toolkit

· Sector sustainability: best practice strategy toolkit

o Last two toolkits (Prepared by Sd3) are step-by-step guides for developing a sustainability strategy and sectoral reporting (by whole sector, e.g. business, trade or industry associations, societies, alliances, federations, etc.)

o »A report is therefore a useful communication tool and the process of reporting helps in managing the development of a sector’s sustainability. It is not simply a reflection of the last 12 months in the sector. It will help to raise awareness and drive progress within the industry, set clear goals for its future and engage with those key audiences outside the industry that will have a strong influence on its ability to achieve those goals.«

· Two Tomorrows

o Two Tomorrows is the name of the new sustainability consultancy formed by the merger of Csrnetwork and Sd3 on 1 January 2009.

o >>>

§ Sd3 (UK) >

· Explore Sustainability > Step Three (Share) (??) >

o Toolshed >

§ Company Sustainability Report Analysis Tool (.xls)

· »Designed for trade associations, this tool helps you identify and prioritise the key issues for your sector.«

o News Snippets (in .pdf format; Emphasis on UK, also European and global; Last updated ??)

§ News are grouped into sections, many of them are dedicated to specific industries / sectors:

· Automotive Sector and Sustainable Mobility, Financial Services Sector, ICT / Electronics Sector, Local Authority, Sustainability Management / CSR, Reporting, Environment & Climate Change, Extractive Industry, Metals & Minerals Industries, Construction, Food & Drink Sector, Tourism & Hospitality Sector, Product/Packaging/Supply Chain/Logistics

o Sectoral

§ csrnetwork (Bath, UK) »is a consultancy that helps companies around the world do business in a responsible way« > e.g.

· News & Views >

o Latest news and press releases > Archives > 2005 >

§ CSR Reporting - Examining the Unpalatable Issues (18 April 2005) - csrnetwork reveals food sector’s approach to accountability

§ New rules will force utilities to report more fully on CSR issues (11 March 2005)

· Defra Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (UK) >

o The Environment >

§ Business and the environment >

· Reporting environmental impacts = Environmental reporting > e.g.

o Guidance on how to measure and report your greenhouse gas emissions (.pdf, September 2009, 75 pp.)

§ Published by Defra, in partnership with the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC)

o Environmental Reporting Guidelines – Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) (.pdf, January 2006, 76 pp.; By: Defra & Trucost)

§ In January 2006, Defra produced a set of environmental reporting guidelines to help companies to identify and address their most significant environmental impacts.

§ The Guidelines describe 22 environmental »key performance indicators« (KPIs) and how to account for environmental impacts of supply chains and products. One in five companies is expected to have to present more than five of them.

§ They also set out which environmental impacts (i.e. which KPIs) are most significant for which business sectors.

· 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.

o > e.g.

§ 03.2 Industry sectors

§ 03.3 Themes by sector

· Trucost (UK) »is an environmental research organisation working with companies, investors and government agencies to understand the impacts companies have on the environment« >

o Published research > e.g.

§ Sector Reports (reports identifying the financial impacts of current and future legislation affecting companies within a sector) > e.g.

· Press release (Key findings): Climate Change and the UK Transport Sector (1 August 2005; to purchase)

· Metal Mining Sector: Between a rock and a hard place – The transparency dilemma in the metal mining sector (December 2004; to purchase; or Key findings (.pdf has 1 page))

· Emissions Trading and European Aviation (23 March 2004; .pdf has 32 pp.)

§ Commissioned Research > e.g.

· Environmental Disclosure in the FTSE All Share (Published by July 2004) »The Environment Agency commissioned Trucost to carry out baseline research into the current extent and nature of environmental disclosure within the Annual Reports and Accounts of FTSE All Share companies prior to the introduction of mandatory OFR reporting requirements in 2005.«

o Summary Report (.pdf, 67 pp.)

o Part 1 (.pdf, 152 pp.)

o Part 2 (.pdf has 180 pp., analysis of 34 sectors)

o News (Published research plus other news)

· ICAA Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia >

o Industry Influence > Leadership >

§ Reporting >

· Broad Based Business Reporting - supplementary paper (.pdf, September 2009, 20 pp.) – Business reporting in practice

o 3. Industry-focused reporting

§ KPIs are only a first step; a business needs to have a reporting and communication strategy tailored to its circumstances. For businesses operating in the energy and minerals sectors, the industry bodies for these sectors provide guidance for KPI reporting, as detailed...

· Broad Based Business Reporting: The complete reporting tool (.pdf, October 2008, 40 pp.) - The new benchmark in business reporting >

o KPI guidance – general office based service business

o KPI guidance – financial services business

o Detailed KPI guidance – extractive industries

· CRR Conference (CRRC)

o The conference is organised by Sustainability Research Institute / University of Leeds (UK)

o > e.g.

§ CRRC 2008 (7-9 September 2008, at Queen's University Management School, Belfast, UK) > e.g.

· Quality assessment of sustainability reporting in Wind-energy Industry. The Spanish case (.pdf, 30 pp.; By J.M. Moneva Abadía, M.V. Sanagustín Fons & J.A. Moseñe Fierro)

· Social and Environmental Reporting: How informative is the disclosure of Community Involvement Cost – Qualitative or Quantitative (.pdf, 29 pp.; By Cecilia Olukemi Yekinni)

§ CRRC 2007 (15-17 July 2007, at Devonshire Hall, University of Leeds, UK) > e.g.

· Papers in alphabetical Order >

o Institutional pressure towards corporate responsibility: a comparison of sustainability reporting in the world’s largest pulp and paper companies (.pdf, 15 pp.; By Mirja Mikkilä & Anne Toppinen, University of Joensuu, European Forest Institute, Finland)

§ CRRC 2006 (4-5 September 2006, at the Trinity College in Dublin/Ireland) > e.g.

· Papers sorted by panel sessions, e.g.:

o Reporting > e.g.

§ Non-Financial Reporting Trends of Australian Power Generators

§ Environmental reporting protocols for the cosmetics industry: a comparative analysis of Japanese and UK on-line publications

· CICA Chartered Accountants of Canada >

o News > Upcoming events > Corporate Reporting Awards > Judges' Comments Publications > also

§ Award of Excellence for Corporate Reporting:

· Industry sector awards

Specific (individual) sectors

· ICMM International Council on Mining & Metals (London) > e.g.

o Sustainable Development Framework >

§ 10 Principles

§ Public reporting

§ Independent assurance

o > also

§ Good Practice (Sustainable Development in the Mining and Metals Sector)

· Website jointly developed by the, UNCTAD, UNEP and DfID (UK Department for International Development)

· > e.g.

o Advanced search > e.g.

§ Topic: Auditing, Reporting and Verification

· KPMG Canada >

o Industries >

§ Energy and Natural Resources >

· Publications > Catalogue > e.g.

o Studies and White Papers > e.g.

§ KPMG's Global Mining Reporting Survey 2006

§ 2003 Mining – A Survey of Global Reporting Trends

§ KPMG's International Corporate Sustainability Reporting Survey for Mining

· Deloitte >> United Kingdom >

o Industries > Energy, Infrastructure & Utilities >> e.g.

§ A mine of information. An analysis of sustainable development reporting in the mining industry (2007; .pdf has 12 pp.)

· MRF Mineral Resources Forum (Managed by the UNCTAD) > also

o MRF Topics > Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

· Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (& Global Dialogue on Mining/Metals and Sustainable Development).

· Warwick Business School >> CCU Corporate Citizenship Unit >>

o MERN Mining and Energy Research Network > e.g.

§ Working Papers (updated ??, till 2002)

· IRMA Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (with one year mandate ??) »is a multi-sector effort, launched in Vancouver, Canada, in June 2006, to develop and establish a voluntary system to independently verify compliance with environmental, human rights and social standards for mining operations.« > e.g.

o Documents

· Mines & Communities

· Mining Journal (London)

· Mining Weekly is South Africa’s premier source of weekly news on mining developments in Africa’s most important industry. Mining Weekly provides in-depth coverage of mining projects and the personalities reshaping the mining industry. The publication is an increasingly global source of information for those involved in the mining sector.

· Government of Canada >>

o Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada >

§ Trade Negotiations and Agreements (TNA) > Trade Topics > Development and Society >

· Corporate Social Responsibility >

o Building the Canadian Advantage: A Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Strategy for the Canadian International Extractive Sector (March 2009)

§ See also

· Centre for Excellence on CSR at the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM)

o The Centre for Excellence on Corporate Social Responsibility is being developed by CIM as one of the four pillars of the Canadian government's action plan on CSR, Building the Canadian Advantage, announced last March. Over the coming year, this site will become the hub of knowledge on CSR-related practices and approaches. The focus is to help Canadian companies doing business around the world, and to raise the bar for excellent CSR-related practices in the extractive industry.

· related article at Ethical Corporation: Sustainability: Extracting the best from Canadian Miners? (20 April 2009) - Canada is the latest country to announce a CSR strategy. Paul Hohnen assesses its strengths and weaknesses.

o The National Roundtables on Corporate Social Responsibility and the Canadian Extractive Sector in Developing Countries (2006-2007) > e.g.

§ Final Report by the Canadian Centre for the Study of Resource Conflict: "Corporate Social Responsibility & the Canadian International Extractive Sector: A Survey"

· The Mining Association of Canada (Ottawa, Ontario)

· The sdEffect™ (Ottawa, Canada) »is an initiative aimed at advancing integration of considerations of sustainable development (SD) in investment decision-making.« > e.g.

o Translating Sustainable Development into Financial Valuation Measures - A Pilot Analytical Framework report (.pdf, February 2006, 36 pp.)

§ Using five mining companies and the data reported in their sustainability reports as a basis for analysis, the Framework highlights strengths and weaknesses in available corporate SD metric data.

· MINING.com - Launched in January 2008, MINING.com Magazine is published four times per year by InfoMine Inc. (Vancouver, Canada)

o MINING.com Magazine (available free of charge) is the first publication about mining and mineral exploration with the following unique focus: each article is linked to additional online content allowing readers to immediately dig deeper in each and every story they read.

o > e.g.

§ November 2009: Sustainability Reporting Using GRI: Lessons Learned (2 pp.; By Mehrdad Nazari, Prizma LLC (See also Prizma Blog))

· MCA Minerals Council of Australia > e.g.

o Enduring Value - the Australian Minerals Industry Framework for Sustainable Development

o Environment & Social

o >>

§ Sustainability Reporting by the Mining Industry Compared with the Requirements of the GRI (.pdf, 2004, 22 pp.; By Margaret Matthews et al.)

· IAI International Aluminium Institute > e.g.

o Sustainability

o Downloads >> e.g.

§ Environment - Sustainable development >

· The Aluminium Industry's Sustainable Development Report

· IISI International Iron and Steel Institute (Brussels) > e.g.

o Areas of Activity >

§ Steel and the environment >

· Sustainability

o Note: IISI has published the first sustainability report of the world steel industry (January 2005).

§ Forty-two steel companies worldwide, including the world’s top five steel producers in 2003, have reported voluntarily on 11 sustainability indicators.

· GPPi Global Public Policy Institute >

o Focus >

§ Extractive Industries and Good Governance

· Diamondfacts.org

o The World Diamond Council (WDC) has launched its educational website with the aim of illustrating how the diamond industry has resolved the issue of Conflict Diamonds.

· Kimberley Process is a joint government, international diamond industry and civil society initiative to stem the flow of conflict diamonds - rough diamonds that are used by rebel movements to finance wars against legitimate governments.

· Diamonds.Net (Martin Rapaport) > e.g.

o News > e.g.

§ Topic: e.g.

· Fair Trade

· Conflict Diamonds

o >>

§ Rapaport International Diamond Conference 2007 (Conference topic: Corporate Responsibility)

· The Responsible Jewellery Council (London) is an international not-for-profit organisation representing over 80 member companies across the gold and diamond jewellery supply chain.

· WBCSD World Business Council for Sustainable Development >

o Projects >

§ Cement >> CSI Cement Sustainability Initiative

§ Mining & Minerals

· EL Environmental Leader > e.g.

o See All Topics > e.g.

§ Mining

§ Oil & Gas

· Ethical Corporation > e.g.

o By Invitation > e.g.

§ Extractive sector – Mining is everyone’s business (29 May 2007; Roger Moody)

§ Extractive sector stakeholder engagement – the big lessons from derailed projects (10 May 2007; Daniel Litvin)

o >>

§ Extractive industry – NGOs undermining their own cause (8 February 2008; By Markus Reichardt)

· See also:

o Letters, Corrections & Clarifications >> Electronics giants must take responsibility (19 February 2008; By Esther de Haan and Tim Steinweg, Researchers at SOMO)

· Critical Resource (CR; Director: Daniel Litvin) is a specialist firm providing analysis, advice and other assistance on sustainability and stakeholder issues facing major organisations. A particular focus of expertise is the natural resources sector, including energy and mining. > e.g.

o Coverage & Examples

· MallenBaker.net > e.g.

o Business Respect Newsletter >> No 114 - 14 October 2007 >

§ Climate change: A frontier made of cement and steel (Article by Mallen Baker)

· ClimateChangeCorp.com >> e.g.

o The truth about … cement (5 September 2008; Author: Emma Clarke)

· CSRwire >> e.g.

o Leading mining and metals companies support G8 statement on transparency and sustainable growth in the sector (8 June 2007)

· EthicsWorld (USA; Sponsored by the Vogl Foundation) >> e.g.

o Anglo American CEO Sets High Goals for Mining Industry (5 November 2007)

· SocialFunds.com >

o News > News Center >

§ BP, Suncor, and Shell Top Oil Sector Sustainability Rating; Chevron and ExxonMobil Rank Low (1 August 2006) - The report by Jantzi Research examines 23 oil companies worldwide on environmental issues such as greenhouse gas emissions as well as human rights and other social issues.

§ Faith-Based and Environmentalist Shareowners Withdraw Climate Change Resolutions at Six Companies (22 March 2005)

· CommDev (IFC/World Bank) »The Oil, Gas and Mining Sustainable Community Development Fund«

· Eldis »sharing the best in development policy, practice and research« >

o Topics > Resource guides > Corporate responsibility >

§ Extractive industries >

· Diamonds, Mining, Oil

§ Also in this guide > Key issues >

· Extractive Industries

· EITI Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

o The EITI sets a global standard for companies to publish what they pay and for governments to disclose what they receive.

· The Publish What You Pay coalition of over 300 NGOs worldwide calls for the mandatory disclosure of the payments made by oil, gas and mining companies to all governments for the extraction of natural resources. > e.g.

o Objectives > e.g.

§ Accounting Standards > e.g.

· Extracting Transparency - The need for an International Financial Reporting Standard for the Extractive Industries (.pdf, September 2005, 32 pp.)

· IPIECA International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association (London) > e.g.

o Focus Areas >

§ Climate Change

§ Biodiversity

§ Social Responsibility

§ Oil Spill

§ Health

§ Fuels: OFPIC

§ Reporting

· The Reporting Task Force was established in 2002 as a joint Task Force with the American Petroleum Institute (API).

· >

o dedicated Sustainability Reporting website

§ Partnerships

· FNI Fridtjof Nansen Institute (Oslo, Norway) »is an independent institution engaged in research on international environmental, energy and resource management politics.« > e.g.

o Research > e.g.

§ European energy and environmental politics > e.g.

· Recent relevant FNI News: e.g.

o BP Addresses Macro-level CSR Challenges in Azerbaijan (20 June 2007)

§ FNI researchers have written several reports and articles on the CSR activities and perceptions of oil companies. >

· Standardized CSR and Climate Performance: Why is Shell Willing, but Hydro Reluctant? (2007)

· CSR in the European Oil Sector: A Mapping of Company Perceptions (2006)

· Oil Company CSR Collaboration in 'New' Petro-states (2005)

· Limits to Corporate Social Responsibility: A Comparative Study of Four Major Oil Companies (2004)

· ExxonMobil: Tiger or Turtle on Social Responsibility? (2003)

· Shell: Struggling to Build a Better World? (2003)

· Beyond Petroleum: Can BP deliver? (2002)

o European Oil Companies: 'Climate Change is CSR Job No. 1' (18 January 2007) > e.g.

§ Oil sector survey report (December 2006)

· The survey has been carried out by FNI researchers in cooperation with the Stockholm Environmental Institute and is part of the larger EU-financed research project Rhetoric and Realities: Analysing Corporate Social Responsibility in Europe (RARE)

· The Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI; Norway) is an independent, non-profit research institution and a major international centre in policy-oriented and applied development research. >>

o Research >>

§ Business ethics for multinational corporations in developing countries (Emphasis on oil and mining sectors)

· Ceres »Investors and Environmentalists for Sustainable Prosperity« (Boston, USA) >

o Publications > 2007 >

§ The Future of Oil: Energy Security, Climate Risks and Market Opportunities (June 2007; .pdf has 28 pp.)

o What We Do > Industry >

§ Oil Sector (= Oil and Gas Program)

· M&E Management & Excellence S.A. (Spain) »is a research and rating company in the areas of ethics, sustainability, corporate governance, transparency and corporate social responsibility (CSR) specialized in Latin America, Spain and the oil industry worldwide.«

o See also related article at Ethical Corporation: ‘Most sustainable’ company rankings raise important questions about business ethics comparability (28 February 2008; By Toby Webb)

· Research and Markets (Dublin, Ireland) >> e.g.

o World's Most Sustainable and Ethical Oil Companies 2006

§ This study is perhaps the most in-depth review of 15 companies’ compliance with over 280 generally areas of sustainability, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, ethics and transparency.

· See related Press Release

o Ethics in the Oil Industry 2005

· American Chamber of Commerce in Kazakhstan > e.g.

o Working Groups >

§ Corporate Social Responsibility

o >>

§ Corporate Social Responsibility in the Energy Sector (25 April 2007)

· SocialFunds.com >> e.g.

o Taking the Pulse of the Electric and Natural Gas Utilities Sector (26 November 2007) - KLD's newest report provides investors with insight on how US and European utilities are dealing with environmental and societal concerns.

· Avanzi (Italy; Milano, Napoli; Website in Italian) > e.g.

o Ricerche & Progetti > Responsabilità sociale, gestione dell’innovazione ambientale, accountability >> Osservatorio Bilanci CSR >

§ Bilanci CSR nel settore utility

· The Carbon Monitoring for Action database (CARMA), spans 50,000 power plants, 4,000 power companies and almost 200,000 regions throughout every country (as of November 2007).

· ACEEE American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy

· EPSU European Federation of Public Service Unions > e.g.

o Public Utilities > e.g.

§ Energy

§ Social Dialogue >

· Social dialogue in the electricity sector > e.g.

o Describing developments in the European electricity sector: Drivers for change: Corporate Social Responsibility - a report to the sectoral social partners (September 2007)

o Conference: Corporate Social Responsibility, does it make a difference? (12 December 2006, Brussels)

§ »Employers, Trade Unions and stakeholders discussing Corporate Social Responsibility in the European Electricity Sector«

§ See also:

· Eurelectric

o Eurelectric's 's mission is to contribute to the development and competitiveness of the electricity industry and to promote the role of electricity in the advancement of society.

o > also

§ Restructuring in the Electricity Industry: A Toolkit for Socially Responsible Restructuring with a Best Practice Guide (December 2008; Also Polish, Romanian, Bulgarian and Croatian translations; A report for EURELECTRIC, EPSU and EMCEF)

· Social dialogue in the gas sector

· See also

o Related news at GRI Global Reporting Initiative: European electricity trade unions and employers endorse GRI Electric Utilities Sector Supplement (June 2009)

· PSI Public Services International »Representing Public Sector Unions Globally« >

o Policy & Issues >

§ Utilities >

· Energy

· Water

· WBCSD World Business Council for Sustainable Development >

o Focus Areas >

§ Energy & Climate

o Projects >

§ Electricity Utilities

· WRI World Resources Institute (Washington, DC) > e.g.

o Climate, Energy & Transport

· EL Environmental Leader »Energy & Environmental News for Business« > e.g.

o See All Topics > e.g.

§ Automotive, Aviation, Biofuel, Biomass, Carbon Capture, Carbon Management, Clean Energy, Climate, Coal, Cogeneration – CHP, Conventional Energy, Electricity, Emissions, Energy Efficiency, Energy Management, Fleets & Transportation, Fossil Fuels, Fuel Cells, Geothermal, Hybrid Technology, Hydroelectric, Hydrogen, Nuclear, Pollution, Smart Grid, Solar Energy, Transportation, Utilities, Wave Energy, Wind Energy

· WEF World Economic Forum >

o Communities >

§ Industry Partners >

· Industry Community Groups:

o Logistics & Transportation

o Initiatives >

§ Corporate Global Citizenship = Global Corporate Citizenship Initiative >

· Highlights & Reports >

o Logistics and Transportation Industry: Principles of Corporate Citizenship

o Knowledge navigator >

§ Industries > e.g.

· Transport Services

· ICCT International Council on Clean Transportation

· US EPA = U.S. Environmental Protection Agency >> e.g.

o Transportation and Air Quality

· T&E European Federation for Transport and Environment is Europe's principal environmental organisation campaigning specifically on transport.

· EurActiv >

o Policy Sections > e.g.

§ Transport & Services

· Transport: In Brief

· Aviation and Emissions Trading

· Cars & CO2

· Urban Transport

· Transport infrastructure and environment

· Biofuels: the Next Generation

· The review of the EU's Fuel Quality Directive

· Maritime Safety

· Postal services liberalisation

· EU-US 'Open Skies' agreement

· >> e.g.

o LinksDossiers > e.g.

§ Greening logistics

§ Sustainable Transport

· EUROCHAMBRES > e.g.

o What we do > European Affairs > Competitive Europe >

§ Transport

· Forum for the Future (UK) >

o Search: Browse by subject >

§ Transport & travel

o Library >

§ Transport & travel >

· Access West: findings from the West of England sustainable mobility project (October 2006)

· Analysing the business case for sustainable rail (February 2006)

o Partnerships >

§ Travel & Tourism

§ Transport

· DfT Department for Transport (UK) > e.g.

o Policy, guidance and research >

§ Roads and vehicles > Environmental issues >

· Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO)

o requirements and guidance for carbon and sustainability reporting within the RTFO scheme

§ Sustainable travel

· eyefortransport

o Established in 1998, eyefortransport has become the world's leading provider of Logistics and Transportation information and services.

o > e.g.

§ Green Logistics Forum

· SCN SupplyChainNetwork.com

o Jeff Ashcroft initiated development of the Supply Chain Network Project in 2001

o > e.g.

§ Categories >

· Environment

o >>

§ Green Supply Chain Network

· GCC Green Car Congress’ mission is to provide timely, high-quality editorial about the full spectrum of energy options, technologies, products, issues and policies related to sustainable mobility. > e.g.

o Topics >

§ Business & Policy >

· Sustainability

· TNS Global (Taylor Nelson Sofres plc.) >> e.g.

o TNS Automotive launch first global CSR study for the Automotive Industry (April 2006)

§ »TNS has interviewed 18,000 consumers in 18 key automotive markets around the world to provide you with an unparalleled insight into public perception of automotive company efforts in Corporate Social Responsibility.«

§ »Automotive CSR is a new global survey conducted by TNS’ Automotive sector. The study will be conducted on a regular basis to monitor trends in this topical area across major markets and a wide range of automotive companies including vehicle manufacturers, oil companies and tyre manufacturers.«

· ACEA European Automobile Manufacturers' Association > e.g.

o Dossiers > e.g.

§ CO2 Emissions

§ Environmental Track Record

§ Recycling

§ Road Safety

· SD-M Sustainable Development Management (dr. Axel Hesse; Münster) > e.g.

o English > Publications > e.g.

§ Climate Change Risk Reporting in the Annual Reports 2006 of the European Automobile Industry (.pdf, 2007, 48 pp.; By Axel Hesse, on behalf of Germanwatch)

· climate-mainstreaming.net (Also English version of website) = Mainstreaming of climate risks and opportunities in the financial sector = Climate Mainstreaming Project > e.g.

o English > Publications >

§ Climate-related risks of car companies

· Sustainable Value (Dr. Frank Figge, Dr. Tobias Hahn)

o »Sustainable Value integrates environmental and social dimensions into financial analysis and investment decision making.«

o >

§ Publications > Downloads >

· Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing (.pdf, October 2009, 61 pp.; Second edition) - An analysis of the sustainability performance of automobile manufacturers worldwide

o See also related article at GreenBiz: BMW and Toyota Create Most 'Sustainable Value,' Report Finds; GM, Fiat Among Laggers (2 November 2009)

§ Automobile Study (= an online overview of the Sustainable Value, the Sustainable Value Margin, and a ranking of the Sustainable Value Margin of automobile manufacturers worldwide.)

· Centre Info (Francais, Deutsch, English; Switzerland) >>

o News >> e.g.

§ Updated study on the carbon intensity of 18 major car manufacturers published at the TBLI conference in Paris (13 November 2007; .pdf has 22 pp.)

§ The Carbon Intensity of Car Manufacturers (19 March 2007; .pdf has 18 pp.)

· PwC PricewaterhouseCoopers >

o Industry sectors > Automotive > e.g.

§ Publications >>

· The automotive industry and climate change: Framework and dynamics of the CO2 (r)evolution (September 2007; .pdf has 127 pp.)

· Department for Transport (UK) >>

o Act on CO2 > Best on CO2 Rankings

· AIAG Automotive Industry Action Group (Southfield, Michigan, USA)

o The catalyst for the global automotive industry's efforts to establish a seamless, efficient and responsible supply chain

· GreenBiz > e.g.

o > News > e.g.

§ Citigroup Report Says Automakers Can Profit from CAFE Standards (31 October 2007)

· The report, "CAFE and the U.S. Auto Industry; A Growing Auto Investor Issue, 2012-2020," was created by Citigroup, working together with Ceres and the Investor Network on Climate Risk.

· "When you have the world's number one bank, which has financial ties to many major automakers, saying fuel economy standards are a good economic play, it drives a stake through the heart of the auto industry's scare tactics," said Representative Edward J. Markey of the House's Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming.

§ Transportation is Moving -- Slowly -- Toward Sustainability (October 2007; By Kevin Klustner)

§ Honda Wins Title of Cleanest Auto-Maker (4 April 2007)

§ Honda, Toyota, Ford and VW Rank High in J.D. Power Green Auto Index (31 August 2006)

· Ethical Corporation >> e.g.

o Environmental strategy - Is the auto industry running out of road? (12 February 2007; By Mallen Baker)

· SocialFunds.com >> e.g.

o Investors Call on Auto Industry to Improve Disclosure on Emissions (9 March 2009)

· WBCSD World Business Council for Sustainable Development >

o Projects >

§ Mobility

§ Tire Industry > e.g.

· Tire Company CEOs Push Ahead with Global Research Program on Potential Environmental and Health Issues (12 February 2007)

· SocialFunds.com >> e.g.

o Burning Bunker Fuel: The Shipping Industry's Dirty, Not-So-Secret Shame (13 December 2007) - Friends of the Earth is extremely concerned about the greenhouse gases and other pollutants ships spew into the atmosphere. The UN agency working on the issue stands behind the shipping industry's efforts to comply with international protocols.

· The International Post Corporation (IPC) was founded in 1989. We are a cooperative association of 24 member Postal operators in Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific. > e.g.

o Media Centre > IPC Press Releases > e.g.

§ Postal Industry Launches Global Carbon Measurement System (Brussels, 2 June 2008) - International Post Corporation Leads Industry Response to Carbon Emissions

· The International Post Corporation (IPC) has launched an environmental measurement and monitoring system providing a common carbon measurement and reporting framework for the global postal industry.

· UK Green Building Council (UK-GBC) > e.g.

o Resources >

§ Task Groups >

· Measurement and Reporting

§ >>

· Organisational Measurement & Reporting (9 July 2008; .pdf has 65 pp.)

o The UK Green Building Council Task Group published the report Organisational Measurement and Reporting, to offer an analysis of the benefits of sustainability reporting, provide guidance on existing frameworks and measure and set out recommendations for the UK-GBC and its members to improve reporting.

· UNEP SBCI Sustainable Buildings & Construction Initiative

· WRI World Resources Institute (Washington, DC) >> e.g.

o EarthTrends Update August 2007: International Growth in the Green Building Industry

· WorldGBC World Green Building Council

· USGBC U.S. Green Building Council > e.g.

o LEED Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

· Alliance for Sustainable Built Environments (Milwaukee, WI, USA)

· WBCSD World Business Council for Sustainable Development >

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§ Energy Efficiency in Buildings

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