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6.10.2005 ET
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Business for Social Responsibility Publishes: Reporting As a Process
(CSRwire) San Francisco- An extensive process is underway to update the 2002 Global
Report Initiative (GRI) Guidelines by mid-2006. As part of its
contribution to this process, Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) has
published a free report drawing on the experiences of 19 member companies.
Based on these interviews, the report sets out specific recommendations
that address the need for a practical, user-friendly and technically sound
set of Guidelines.
"Reporting As a Process" details key findings on issues such as
stakeholder dialogue, applying the GRI Reporting Principles, the
relationship between sustainability reports and annual reports, and
putting reports to use. BSR interviewed practitioners at companies
spanning a range of industries, including: information & communications
technology; transport; pharmaceuticals; food & agriculture; extractives,
oil & gas; and consumer products. All of the companies interviewed
published CSR reports that referenced the GRI Guidelines.
According to Dunstan Hope, director of BSR's Information & Communications
Technology practice, the company feedback provides valuable insights into
the future of the GRI. "Almost without exception, companies were making
the case for the Guidelines to be more user-friendly; but no one appeared
to advocate that the purpose or concept of the Guidelines needed
re-visiting, or that the fundamental content needed substantial
overhauling. Companies appear to want evolution, not revolution," Hope
said.
The GRI Guidelines are for voluntary use by organizations for reporting on
the economic, environmental and social dimensions of their activities,
products and services. By the end of May 2005, 660 organizations had
referenced the GRI Guidelines in their reports, and of these 56 were
published in accordance with the GRI Guidelines.
NOTE: The opinions expressed in "Reporting As a Process" are the views of
BSR and are not necessarily those of BSR member companies.
About BSR
Founded in 1992, Business for Social Responsibility provides advisory and
information services to its member companies, the broader global business
community and other key CSR stakeholders. For more information, visit www.bsr.org
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