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IR

Investors to IR Firms: Disclose Materiality Assessment Processes

To further advance integrated reporting (IR), businesses should close perceived or actual information gaps by disclosing their materiality assessment process, say investors. To understand the strengths and shortfalls of IR from investors’ perspectives, the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) asked its pilot program investor network to critique reports from its ... Read more »
wind power

Investment Firms Call for More Carbon Accounting

Institutional investors should start measuring, disclosing and reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with their investments and portfolios to reduce policy, regulatory and financial risks associated with these emissions, according to a briefing developed by the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and a group of investors including Allianz, ... Read more »
EU survey on non-financial reporting

Non-Financial Reporting Falls Short, Investors Say

Corporate non-financial reporting by European companies is not transparent or adequate enough for investors, according to a survey conducted by the European Sustainable Investment Forum and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. The survey, which was completed by 94 analysts and investors from large mainstream to small specialist funds located ... Read more »

Ecosystem Services May Shape Regulations, Report Finds

Ecosystem services – benefits provided by functioning ecosystems – may shape future policy and regulations as well as government expectations of the private sector, particularly on public lands, according to a report by BSR. The report, “Global Public Sector Trends in Ecosystem Services, 2009-2012,” is based on four years of ... Read more »

Ecosystem Services: Flying or Crawling in 2013?

The next phase of ecosystem services will affect companies’ decision making and public policy — but how that plays out remains to be seen, according to a BSR blog. Last January, companies seeking financing from the World Bank and other Equator Principles signatories became subject to due diligence processes that ... Read more »

At Clinton and UN Forums, Investors Push for Sustainability Ratings, Mandatory Integrated Reporting

Investors have launched two major drives to improve the quality of information on companies and funds, pushing a rating system for social and environmental impacts, and asking countries to mandate sustainability reporting in annual reports. At the Clinton Global Initiative yesterday, B Lab announced that 15 investors are declaring an ... Read more »

Accounting Groups Seek Global Financial Reporting Standards on Emissions

Universal accounting standards on financial information related to climate change are the goal of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and other global accounting organizations. In association with The Prince of Wales Accounting for Sustainability Project, the groups sent an open letter to political leaders worldwide calling for ... Read more »


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