GRI News Update May 2008

Guest Editor’s
letter

Conference in Review
The second Amsterdam Global Conference on Sustainability
and Transparency co-hosted by GRI and the City of Amsterdam proved to be a spectacular
and memorable event. more…

News, Services and Resources

Jordan’s Queen Rania
announces Arab Sustainability Leadership Group at GRI conference
While delivering the keynote address at the Amsterdam
Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency, Her Majesty Queen Rania
Al-Abdullah of Jordan more…

GRI announces winners
of inaugural Readers’ Choice Awards
The winners of the GRI Readers’ Choice Awards for
sustainability reporting were announced at the Amsterdam Global Conference on
Sustainability and Transparency. more…

Readers agree: sustainability
reporting enhances brand reputation – new proof from GRI survey
Ninety percent of sustainability report readers agreed
that their views of a company had been influenced by reading its report – of
these, 85% reported a more positive perception of the company, according to a
new report released today by GRI at The Amsterdam Global Conference on Sustainability
and Transparency. more…

BBC World Debate: How
Accountable is business?
In a first for GRI, a BBC World Debate was filmed
at the Amsterdam Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency. The program
was broadcast internationally seven times on BBC World News, over the weekend
of 17 – 18 May 2008. more…

The Amsterdam Global
Conference on Sustainability through the lens
View pictures of this global gathering of the
great and the good in the fields of sustainability and transparency via GRI’s
online photo gallery. To request pictures from this event for your own organization’s
communications outreach, contact GRI. more…

Your feedback wanted
- Participants’ Survey
Did you attend GRI’s second global conference
in Amsterdam? Let GRI know your feedback about this international gathering of
sustainability practitioners and experts more…

Podcasts of all conference
sessions now online
Perhaps you were in one of the main arena debates
and so missed one of the parallel sessions or the chance to sit in on the academic
conference? Maybe you just want the opportunity to listen again to the engaging
and inspirational presentations and discussion that took place over the 3 day
Amsterdam Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency? Fear not. more…

GRI provides input to
new guide to sustainability reporting in Europe
The effectiveness of European countries in encouraging
sustainability reporting can now be judged at a glance with the launch of a new
website from The European Sustainability Reporting Association (ESRA). more…

Reporting Framework

Boarding-call for the
GRI Airports Sector Supplement
As air traffic increases each year, getting people
to and from their respective destinations while keeping sustainability impacts
low presents a major challenge for airports around the globe but one that is
foremost on their radar screens. more…

Get Involved in a North
American Regional Workshop on Community Indicators
Communities represent one of the key stakeholders
for any organization seeking to assess its impacts on and contributions to sustainable
development. Ways to go about reporting community performance, however, are not
immediately obvious, and reporting on community impacts still remains weak and
unsatisfactory to many stakeholders. more…

First group of GRI trainers
attended the conference
GRI training partners in Brazil, India, Korea and
The USA were invited to nominate trainers to attend the international conference
and the first “Train the Trainers” specially prepared for them. more…

Brazilian Journalists
to receive GRI training
GRI training partner ABERJE is offering the GRI
certified training course for journalists based in 5 Brazilian cities, courtesy
of the Brazilian cosmetics company Natura. more…

GRI Learning Services
launches two new Starting Points publications
GRI Sustainability Reporting: A common language
for a common future and GRI Sustainability Reporting: How valuable is the journey?
Are the latest additions to the valuable GRI Learning Services publications list.
more…

On the “small side” of
the Amsterdam Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency
Small, Smart and Sustainable a publication detailing
the results of the first year of the GRI/GTZ Transparency in the supply chain
project was launched during the SME and Supply Chain Forum. more…

Sustainability Reporting Central

Stakeholder Council:
Call for nominations
A call for nominations for GRI’s Stakeholder Council
opened on 19 May 2008 as part of the annual GRI Stakeholder Council members’
rotation process. Interested parties can send in their nominations until 11 July.
more…

Organizational Stakeholders
meet in Amsterdam
The first ever Organizational Stakeholder (OS) General
Assembly was held on the opening day of The Amsterdam Global Conference on Sustainability
and Transparency. more…

GRI Outreach this June
With the Amsterdam Global Conference on Sustainability
and Transparency over, GRI Secretariat staff are once again back on the road
promoting GRI and sustainability reporting around the world. more…