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Recent Research Conducted by the Governance & Accountability Institute Attempts to Answer Important Questions for Company Management In the months of October, November and December each week we will be releasing the top 10 GRI sustainability aspects from three different sectors. The results are based on G&A’s “Sustainability – What Matters?” analysis of 1,246 sustainability reports, across 35 sectors, for their level of disclosure around 84 GRI Performance Indicators, and 37 GRI Aspects. The next three Top 10 GRI Sustainability Aspects released are for the Construction Materials, Construction, and Conglomerates sectors. We list them here for your ease of access. Top 10 GRI Sustainability Aspects for the Energy Utilities Sector Top 10 GRI Sustainability Aspects for the Energy Sector Top 10 GRI Sustainability Aspects for the Consumer Durables Sector |
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… _______________________________ Governance & Accountability Institute Research Reports
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_______________________________ Many Reasons to Contact _______________________________ 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 Sustainability HQ™ platforms. For more information, please email us at info@sustainabilityhq.com
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How to Breathe New Life Into Sustainability To Build Your Brand And Business Sustainability in Focus Talking Sustainability with Your CFO Shouldn’t Be Scary Sustainability Challenges: When Good Intentions Backfire 12 Steps for Improved Sustainability Strategies Leadership on Sustainability Must Include Helping Shape Smart Policy Corporations Should Mean What They Say on Sustainability Why the C-Suite Needs a Chief Sustainability Officer Chief Sustainability Officers have Expanded from Tactical Executors to Strategic Lynchpins: New Report The 10 Most Powerful Women in Sustainability Director Oversight of Sustainability Issues Increasingly Important, According to NACD(Monday – October 27, 2014) Sustainability in the spotlight keeps banks on guard against greenwash ESG Issues & Players Why Oil Prices Went Down So Far So Fast Corporate social responsibility: oxymoron or necessary for our future’ EU Leaders Called Out For Lackluster Climate Change Package Climate Change May Cause ‘Serious, Pervasive And Irreversible’ Damage: Report Asset Managers, US Pension Funds, Sovereign Wealth Funds Fed ends bond buying, shows confidence in U.S. recovery Many top sovereign funds fail on governance, transparency – report New York Pension Fund Reaches All-Time High California Teachers’ Pension Still Insolvent
Watching the Watchers Headquarters: San Francisco, CA KEY PARTNERS Clients include Domini Social Investments and Calvert Group – two of the largest SRI asset managers and mutual fund companies in the US. Also – clients and partners include these firms: Disney; McDonald’s; Dell; HP; Starbucks; Coca-Cola; Time-Warner; Gap; Home Depot; Staples. OVERVIEW/MISSION The organization’s vision is “A safe, just, and sustainable world in which environmental health and human rights are central to corporate decision making.” The organization’s focus is on: Corporate Responsibility; Sustainability; Human Rights; Health & Safety; Environmental Enforcement; Grantmaking. As You Sow has been a prominent player in proxy voting and shareholder action for many years. BACKGROUND News Sweeps Dividing and Conquering the Trash Halfway house Procter & Gamble : Shareholders Representing $35bn Press Procter & Gamble for Recyclable Packaging |
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| SustainabilityHQ Highlights is prepared by the Governance & Accountability Institute, Inc. based on continuous monitoring of trends and developments in Sustainability and ESG. Click here for more information on the Governance & Accountability Institute’s SustainabilityHQ resources. The SustainabilityHQ™ platform is available by subscription.
Governance & Accountability Instiute is the “Sustainability Headquarters™” for clients in the corporate, investment, public and social sectors. Based in New York, G&A is a for-profit consulting organization providing a range of value-added strategies, services and resources related to ESG & sustainability to clients in the corporate and capital markets communities. The G&A services portfolio includes: SustainabilityHQ™ is managed and published by Governance & Accountability Institute, Inc. |
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