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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 Equipment, Financial Services and Food & Beverage sectors. We list them here for your ease of access. Top 10 GRI Sustainability Aspects for the Forest & Paper Products Sector Top 10 GRI Sustainability Aspects for the Healthcare Products Sector Top 10 GRI Sustainability Aspects for the Healthcare Services Sector
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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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| LAST DAY TO REGISTER WEBINAR: The Identification of ESG Risks Posed to Companies — Introducing an Important Tool to Help Identify, Analyze and Manage Critical Risks Presented by G&A Institute and RepRisk Mark Your Calendar — Tuesday November 18 at 10am EST G&A Institute and RepRisk ESG Business Intelligence are pleased to invite you to this upcoming complimentary webinar, on Tuesday, November 18, 10am Eastern Standard Time/USA. It is now conventional wisdom that the early identification and management of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues is essential to protecting corporate and brand reputation, as well as enhancing capital markets valuations. Effective management of key ESG risks – including environmental pollution and climate change, preventing human rights abuses, addressing bribery and corruption, and effective management of supply chain and sourcing – is a critical task for executives and managers. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!Top Story of the Week5 Keys to Producing Successful Sustainability Reports (Thursday – November 13, 2014) Source: Thomasnet – More than 90 percent of the world’s most profitable organizations engage in some form of sustainability reporting. It’s not so much a chicken-or-the-egg question to ask whether organizations that have achieved sustainability… Sustainability in Focus Integrated Reporting: The Goal of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board Corporate Sustainability Is Corporate Excellence Good Corporate Governance Correlates to Higher CSR Performance and Shareholder Wealth Verdantix Says Sustainability Leaders at High-Revenue Firms Have Growing Influence 9 Ways Sustainability Drives Profit Is Business Doing Enough to Address Global Sustainability Challenges’ It’s time to stop compromising on environment sustainability The Green Giant: 5 Questions with Walmart Sustainability VP Manuel Gomez ESG Issues & Players Global warming to cause 50% increase in lightning strikes across the U.S.: Study World Outlook Darkening as 89% in Poll See Europe Deflation Risk Customer data protection is a corporate social responsibility Just 90 companies caused two-thirds of man-made global warming emissions Asset Managers, US Pension Funds, Sovereign Wealth Funds World’s Largest Sovereign Wealth Fund – an Investor Actively Engaged in ESG Issues Like Fossil Fuel Divestment…Quo Vadis, Norway SWF? 10 Troubling Trends For The Global Economy As Banks Exit Bond Market, Pension Funds Becoming Middlemen Pension fund calls on Caterpillar to sever ties with Sudan Watching the Watchers KEY PARTNERS:Ceres OVERVIEW / MISSION BACKGROUND NEWS SWEEPS Nestla© and Kellogg acknowledge risks of carbon pollution from power plants Nestla© endorses Caring for Climate, other climate change initiatives at U.N. summit
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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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