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Global Reporting Initiative ESG Reporting Trends

Isabella Pagotto Manager Governmental Relations and International Organizations 4 June 2010, Hilton Park - Nicosia. Global Reporting Initiative ESG Reporting Trends . Headlines and global challenges. W hat can we trust?.

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Global Reporting Initiative ESG Reporting Trends

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  1. Isabella PagottoManager Governmental Relations and International Organizations 4 June 2010, Hilton Park - Nicosia

    Global Reporting Initiative ESG Reporting Trends

  2. Headlines and global challenges
  3. What can we trust?
  4. Transparency top reputation driver in 2010 leadership + financial returns least Edelman Trust barometer 2010 B63.-72. How important are each of the following factors to the overall reputation of the company? Please use a nine-point scale where one means that factor is “not at all important” and nine means it is “extremely important” to overall reputation. Informed Publics ages 25-64 Company Reputation Factors
  5. Increasing Stakeholders and Demand
  6. How does GRI support reporting needs?
  7. Global Reporting Initiative Global Non-profit, headquarters in Amsterdam Reputable, respected, credible multi-stakeholder approach GRI Guidelines the global de facto standard for ESG reporting www.globalreporting.org
  8. GRI’s Network Structure Governance Bodies Secretariat Advisory Groups Organizational Stakeholders Focal Points Wider Network
  9. GRI Publications GRI Guidelines & Template: Research and Development Publications… GRI Learning Publications:
  10. GRI Sector Supplements
  11. GRI Content Index Example
  12. How does GRI support reporting for SMEs - Tools Let’s Report Template .. created in order to offer an easy way for organizations to prepare a basic GRI sustainability report SME Examples …creating an online platform for exchanging your reporting experiences
  13. Reporting for Small Medium Enterprises – Training & Publications Introductory Workshop Certified Training Program SME Training Publicationsspecific for SMEs
  14. Reporting for Small Medium Enterprises - Projects Example: Spanish Pharmacies: micro companies with 5-10 employees Spanish Federation of Pharmacies (FEFE) came to  GRI wishing to begin measuring the social and environmental impacts of pharmacies and have them start up a reporting process based on the G3 Guidelines.  GRI is project piloting the implementation of the GRI Guidelines and the SME Handbook to produce their inaugural sustainability reports.
  15. Does it make a difference?
  16. Fortune 250 Survey October 2008 80% of Global Fortune 250 companies now release CR data Doubled since 2005 - up from 37% Increasingly driven by economic concerns 74% of top 100 US companies published corporate responsibility (CR) information in 2008 either as part of their annual financial report or as a separate document Reasons cited: 70% cited ethical considerations as primary driver for CR disclosures 50% cited economic concerns as the leading reason GRI is formally used by: 77% of G250 69% of N100 in 22 countries Informally a tenfold
  17. GRI Reporters in Europe
  18. Is there evidence of ROI? Findings: Companies that focused on sustainability outperformed peers by 15% during the financial crisis Source Data: DJSI and GS Sustain Companies Takeaway: Sustainability equals cost savings and forward thinking management Correlation: Getting listing on these indices leads companies to outperform Source: AT Kearney – Feb. 2009
  19. Market Developments GRI’s Framework is used by leading financial markets institutions (e.g. Bloomberg) as the basis of their respective ESG information offerings
  20. Market Developments ESG Financial Analysis Templates Five templates dedicated only to Environmental, Social & Corporate Governance data displaying a wide range of numerical and qualitative data: Emissions Energy Consumption Human Rights Policies Board Make-Up
  21. Latest reporting trends Water Ecosystems Gender and diversity Supply chain reporting Integrated reporting Increasing role of governments
  22. Integrated Reporting Why is it important? Integrating into their world: How does regulation influence support IR?
  23. 2010 Amsterdam Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency Rethink. Rebuild. Report. How can we make sure that by 2020 ESG reporting is as mainstream as financial reporting?
  24. 2010 Conference in a Nutshell GRI crafted an action agenda for sustainability reporting for the next decade. 200 global leaders from business, politics and civil society debate in more than 50 sessions on how to achieve a transition to a sustainable economy (follow the debates: www.youtube.com/user/GRITV) More than 1200 Participants from business, accounting and standard setting bodies, NGOs, government, regulatory bodies, academics and students.
  25. Thank you Isabella PagottoGlobal Reporting Initiative Weesperstraat 95 1018 VN Amsterdam The Netherlands Telephone: +31 20 531 00 00 Email: pagotto@globalreporting.org Website: www.globalreporting.org Global Reporting Initiative
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