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GRI Conference Pushes Human Rights Reporting
June 09, 2016
At its 5th Global Conference, the Global Reporting Initiative hosted a discussion linking the UN's sustainability agenda and corporate human rights reporting standards and agreed to partner with the Danish Institute on Human Rights to push for national action plans on the UN's business and human rights agenda that include human rights and sustainability reporting.
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Companies Face Complex Array of Reporting Policies
June 09, 2016
A report released by the UN Environment Programme, KPMG International, the Global Reporting Initiative, and the Centre for Corporate Governance in Africa shows the expanding effect of the encouragement of corporate reporting policies around the world but highlights the difficulties of businesses in navigating a complex array of competing reporting standards.
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GRI Conference Focuses on Business Climate Data
June 09, 2016
At a recent conference hosted by the Global Reporting Initiative, speakers called for a new global framework pushing comprehensive corporate disclosure of risks associated with moving away from greenhouse gas emissions and countering climate change.
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EU Council Adopts Tax Reporting Rules
June 09, 2016
The EU's European Council has adopted rules proposed by the European Commission to require multinational companies to report their financial information on a country-by-country basis and mandating the automatic exchange of this information by EU member states in order to clamp down on corporate tax avoidance.
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CEO Calls for Independent EU Carbon Regulator
June 09, 2016
In testimony before a French Senate commission, the CEO of the energy company Total, Patrick Pouyanne, called for the replacement of the current EU carbon taxing system with an independent regulator that would increase the price of carbon emissions for businesses across the bloc.
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