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In the early 1990s, a small group of pioneering companies
found there were no agreed criteria for measuring the quality
and usefulness of corporate environmental and sustainability
reporting. The Engaging Stakeholders programme - today the
Global Reporters Programme
- was designed to fill this gap - and has become the leading
report benchmarking programme, with a major impact on what
and how companies report.
The publications resulting from this programme are listed
below, by type:
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1992 - 1993:
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Sustainability produces "Coming Clean",
the first world survey of corporate environmental
reports, with Deloitte
Touche Tohmatsu International and the International
Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).
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1993 - 1994:
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A new partnership, with UNEP, results in "Company
Environmental Reporting", the first international
benchmark survey of 100 corporate environmental reports.
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1995 - 1996:
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The foundation is laid for a regular benchmarking
programme with UNEP, resulting in a two-volume report:
- "Engaging Stakeholders - volume 1", the
second international benchmark survey including 40
companies;
- "The Case Studies - volume 2", a survey
of stakeholder needs and responses.
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1997:
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The "1997
Benchmark Survey" is published, screening
100 company environmental reports against a common
set of benchmarks.
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2000:
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The "Global
Reporters Report", the first international
survey to benchmark corporate reports addressing all
three dimensions of sustainability, is published.
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2002:
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"Trust
us", the second report in the Global Reporters
series, makes it appearance highlighting best practice
and areas critical for improvement.
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2004:
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"Risk
& Opportunity", the third Global Reporters
survey with analysis of the latest best practice in
non-financial reporting, launched with Standard &
Poor's as new partner.
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2006:
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"Tomorrow's
Value", the fourth Global Reporters benchmark
survey, published by UNEP / SustainAbility / Standard
& Poor's and using a new methodology focusing
more on management and reporting as process.
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2008:
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"Count
me in: The readers’ take on sustainability reporting"
features the findings and analysis from the first
GRI Readers’ Choice survey of report users. Conducted
by SustainAbility and KPMG between October 2007 and
January 2008, the survey captures the views of nearly
2,300 respondents.
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2008:
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"The
Road to Credibility: A Survey of Sustainability Reporting
in Brazil," published by UNEP, SustainAbility
and FBDS, assesses transparency and disclosure in
sustainability reporting in Brazil, and highlights
the key challenges and best practices of ten of the
country’s leading reporters.
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1998:
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Two research reports are published:
- "The CEO Agenda", documenting board-level
perspectives on sustainability reporting;
- "The Non-Reporting Report", comparing
disclosure by reporting and non-reporting companies.
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1999:
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Two additional research reports are published:
- "The Social Reporting Report", exploring
what social reporting can bring to corporate social
responsibility.
- "The Internet Reporting Report", highlighting
current practices on IT reporting and how they may
drive or impede corporate sustainability reporting.
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1999:
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"The Oil Sector Report", screening disclosure
by 50 leading international oil companies against
a common set of indicators.
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2000:
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"Life and Science", exploring twelve key
sustainability challenges for the life sciences industry.
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2001:
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"Driving Sustainability", outlining four
pivotal issues of sustainable mobility and benchmarking
performance on these issues by ten automotive manufacturing
companies.
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2002:
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"Good News & Bad", investigating the
role of the media in building the corporate sustainability
agenda and in setting internal accountability standards.
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