1. Sustainability Reporting Trends
“Game Changing Developments”
September 2012
Mike Wallace
Director, Focal Point USA
Global Reporting Initiative
wallace@globalreporting.org
@M_A_Wallace
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2. Why would anyone want
to voluntarily report?
- Respond to Stakeholders
- Demonstrate Leadership
- Document ROI
4. Range of Terminology
• CSR - Corporate Social Responsibility
• CC - Corporate Citizenship
• SD - Sustainable Development
• ES - Environmental Sustainability
• BE - Business Ethics
• CE - Corporate Ethics
• CG - Corporate Governance
• ESG - Environmental, Social & Governance
• IR - Integrated Reporting
Non-Financial Reporting
5. Of all these stakeholders,
who is doing the most
significant due diligence?
- Financial Market Activity
- Customer Interests
- Regulatory Developments
7. Shareholder Initiatives & Coalitions
• Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) [2006]
– Currently represents over $30 Trillion in investment capital
– 1000+ signatories
• Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR) [2003]
– Currently represents over $10 Trillion in investment capital
– 100+ members
• Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) [2002]
– Currently represents over $71 Trillion in investment capital
– act on behalf of 550+ institutional investors
• Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) [2001]
– Currently represents $6 Trillion in investment capital
– 70 members
• Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) [1972]
– Currently represents over $100 Billion
– 300 members
10. Market Evolution
300,000+ data terminals
globally
5,000+ companies and
climbing
Sustainability Aspects
• Emissions
• Energy Consumption
• Human Rights
• Policies
• Board Make-Up
Built around GRI
16. Regulatory Developments
"More governments are making sustainability
reporting mandatory.“
• 142 regulatory instruments addressing
sustainability reporting exist in over 30
countries
• 65% are classified as mandatory, the rest
voluntary
• United States
• WH CEQ - EO 13514
• USPS, US Army, GSA, etc….
• SEC
• Dodd-Frank
• CA Transparency on Trafficking &
Slavery
18. Performance Recognition
GRI Reporters Presence:
• 95% of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index
• 78% of the FTSE4Good
• 70% of the Global 100
• 70% of the NASDAQ OMX CRD
Sustainability Index
22. GRI’s Vision & Mission
Vision
A sustainable global economy where organizations
manage their economic, environmental, social and
governance performance and impacts responsibly
and report transparently.
Mission
To make sustainability reporting standard practice by
providing guidance and support to organizations.
23. GRI: Global Network Organization
*Business
Academia *Civil
Society
*Mediating
institutions Governments
*Labor *Financial
markets
24. The GRI Guidelines
Environmental
• EN 3 - Direct energy consumption by primary
energy source
Labor
• LA 7 - Rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost
days and absenteeism, and number of work related
fatalities by region.
Human Rights
• HR 4 - Total number of incidents of discrimination
and actions taken
Product Responsibility
• PR 6 - Programs for adherence to laws, standards,
and voluntary codes related to marketing
communications, including advertising, promotion,
ad sponsorship.
Economic
• EC 4 – Significant financial assistance received
from government.
28. Corporate Sustainability:
A Progress Report October 2011
• Reviewed 3400 companies representing the national leaders
from 34 countries around the world, including the 250 largest
global companies
• Ninety-five percent of the 250 largest companies in the world
(G250 companies) now report on their corporate
responsibility (CR) activities, two-thirds of non-reporters are
based in the US.
• CR reporting has gained ground within the Top 100 companies
in each of the 34 countries surveyed.
• The total number of reporting N100 companies increased by
11 percentage points, to 64 percent in 2011.
• Eighty percent of G250 and 69 percent of N100 companies
are now aligning to GRI reporting standards.
30. US Reporting Trends
(Absolute figures)
Sustainability Reports in the USA
GRI G3 + G3.1 GRI reference Non-GRI sustainability report
US GRI data partner
46% growth in absolute
number of GRI reports (w/ 47
index) 2010 - 2011
23
And counting!!
273
187
141
119
71
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
31. Data Integrity
100%
90%
80%
21 112 415
41
70%
170
60% 167
50% Not assured
Externally assured
40%
30%
23 125 446
35
20%
87
10% 40
0%
Africa Asia Europe Latin America Northern Oceania
America
* Data from the Sustainability Disclosure Database as of 12 April 2012
32. Growing International Trends
“Integrated Reporting”
2011
2010
13%
21%
Not
integrated
Integrated
87% 79%
*Sustainability Disclosure Database data from 1 February 2012
35. GRI – Due Process
SC +
WG TAC BoD
BoD
Public
Public Comment
Comment Period
Period
36. G4 - Stepping Stone Towards
Integrated Reporting
Sustainability
Reporting
Sustainability Disclosure
Mainstreaming
G4
Integrated
Reporting
Other paths to
mainstreaming
37. View Forward
G4 timeline - Working Groups and 2nd PCP
2011 2012 2013
MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN
Text Revision / Editing Task Force
We are here
We are here!
Working Working Governance
Public Comment Working Groups Public Comment Bodies give
Preparatory Stage Groups Groups Final Edit LAUNCH
Period 1 Meet Period 2 Final Vote
Formed Mee t
MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN
2011 2012 2013
G4 Working Groups
• Supply Chain Disclosure • Governance & Remuneration
• Disclosure on Management • Boundary
Approach • Application Level
38. G4 PCP 1 - Participants
Total 1834
Constituency Regional Breakdown
Breakdown AFRICA
3%
OCEANIA
5%
ASIA
Business NORTHERN 17%
29% AMERICA
15%
Mediating LATIN
Institution Civil Society AMERICA
57% Organization 19%
9%
EUROPE
41%
Financial
Markets &
Information
Labor Users
1% 4%
39. More involvement with GRI?
In addition to getting started with GRI reporting,
you can:
• Join the Organizational Stakeholder Program
• Become a US Sector Leader
• Participate in Working Groups
• Participate in Governance Structures
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42. Thank you
Mike Wallace
Director, Focal Point USA
Global Reporting Initiative
wallace@globalreporting.org
Twitter: M_A_Wallace
Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mikewallace
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