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Corporate Sustainability Reporting – Up, Up, Up KPMG, the global accounting firm, has been tracking the sustainability reporting of companies for two decades. A new study from the firm reveals that of the largest 250 companies in the world, 83% publish annual sustainability reports. (Question that raises – what’s with the 7% not reporting yet?) G&A Institute examined the reporting activities of the Fortune 500 companies and the S&P 500 Index companies in 2012 – more than half of the firms in each universe published reports (up from about 20% in 2011). You can review this analysis on our web site. More details are available in our Top Story from Greenbiz.com. Survey reveals a surge in corporate sustainability reporting Sustainability in Focus Sustainable strategies win over skeptical emerging stock investors Linking CSR performance with pay sends clear sustainability signal US: Updated Higg Index aids sustainability measurement Sustainability increasingly mainstream Seeing is believing: CEOs experience sustainability challenges firsthand Scandinavian-style sustainability Corporate Sustainability Reports Reach 86% of US Largest Companies Sustainability in the spotlight keeps banks on guard against greenwash Sustainability Mythbusters: Debunking the Sustainability Myths Why sustainable pay is the future of executive compensation ESG Issues & Players Many U.S. Companies Already Preparing to Pay For The Carbon They Burn U.S. Solar Gained 35% in Third Quarter Led by Big Plants 2 Years and 900 Pages Later, the Volcker Rule Gets the Green Light Asset Managers, US Pension Funds, Sovereign Wealth Funds London Business School Signs Deal with China’s Sovereign Wealth Fund Bank of America agrees $315m settlement with Mississippi state pension fund over toxic debt “Corporate Social Responsibility” Reports in China: Progress or Greenwashing? Watching the Watchers Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) OVERVIEW / MISSION BACKGROUND Seven states signed a memorandum of understanding in 2005 and published, in 2006, a “model rule” with the proposed program. Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Maryland signed on in 2007, joining Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, andPennsylvania. The Canadian provinces of Ontario, New Brunswick, and Quebec are all observers. RGGI holds quarterly CO2 auctions to sell CO2 allowances rather than distributing them to power plants. Auction revenues will be reinvested into the region with the intention of benefiting consumers through energy efficiency, renewable energy, and other clean energy technologies, according to RGGI. |
Check It Out… G&A Institute Sustainability Update™Informative, insightful, thought provoking The Governance & Accountability Instituteblog focusing on the sustainable world evolving daily before our eyes. Read it, absorb it, question it and challenge. G&A’s Sustainability Update™ Insights & perspectives for your sustainable journey… _______________________________Sustainability & Corporate Responsibility ReportingG&A Institute is the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) sole data partner for the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and theRepublic of Ireland. As the data partner we monitor, analyze and database information on all Sustainability reports issued in these territories. For a list of recently issued Sustainability reports please follow the links below:_______________________________
_______________________________ Top 8 Reasons to Contact _______________________________ Governance & Accountability Institute Research Reports Corporate ESG Performance Factors & SustainabilityHQ Corporate ESG Performance Factors are important to financial analysts, asset owners and managers, and many stakeholders. The ESG framework or approach considers environmental issues and impacts, the company’s positioning and actions on social/societal issues, and important aspects of corporate governance. ESG key performance indicators are considered by investors as proxies for effective governance and management. Increasing numbers of of independent research and financial analysis firms monitor and measure these and advisie investors. The Sustainability HQ™ platform is an important profiling and monitoring resource for the G&A team, and for our clients and subscribers. ESG market players and corporate reputation influencers are profiled and monitored by G&A Institute. In these Highlights we provide some results of our continuous global scanning for ESG, sustainability and corporate responsibility news.. The Associated Profiles indicated are in our platforms. For more information, please email us atinfo@sustainabilityhq.com
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| NEWS SWEEPS Proposed constitutional amendments before Environment Committee (Thursday – December 12, 2013) Associated Profiles : Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative – PolitickerNJ.com – On Thursday, three proposed constitutional amendments will be before the Senate Environment Committee on issues that … in the alternative energy cooperative known as the Regional Greenhouse Gas…Fishing Journal: Global warming having a profound impact in R.I. waters (Thursday – December 12, 2013) Associated Profiles : Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative – The Providence Journal – The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, representing nine states including Rhode Island, last week submitted comments in support of proposed carbon pollution rules for existing power plants…World Energy Solutions Supports 22nd RGGI CO2 Allowance Auction (Thursday – December 12, 2013) Associated Profiles : Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative – NASDAQ (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — World Energy Solutions, Inc., a leading energy management services firm, today announced it successfully supported the 22nd quarterly auction of carbon… |
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