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10.02.2006 - 10:41am ET
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Global Reporting Initiative
(CSRwire) WHAT:
Sustainability and Reporting Conference
Reporting: a Measure of Sustainability
and launch of the new G3 Reporting Guidelines
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the global voluntary framework for
sustainability reporting, is holding a major conference next week, 4-6
October, in Amsterdam. More than 100 speakers from business, civil
society, labor and government, from developed and developing countries,
will join executives from around the world - including board members,
CEOs, COOs and CFOs - who are leaders in sustainable development. See http://www.griG3.org/programme.html
GRI will launch the new G3 Guidelines on Thursday 5 Oct. The new G3
Guidelines make reporting simpler, are better harmonized with the UN
Global Compact and other tools, and make GRI reports more useful for
investors and analysts focused on corporate governance. See the Journalist
Brief at http://www.griG3.org/press.html
Already nearly 1000 organizations report using GRI, including corporations
like Microsoft, Nike, ABN Amro, Petrobras, Gap and Novartis. The G3
Guidelines represent three years of input from thousands of global
stakeholders from business and civil society.
WHO:
Business and civil society speakers:
Al Gore, Chair, Generation Investment Management, former USA Vice
President
Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, Chairman, Anglo American, Former Chair Shell
Margot Wallström, Vice President, European Commission
Sean Harrigan, former President CALPERS
Stuart Hart, Samuel Johnson Professor, Cornell University
Richard Edelman, Edelman USA
Achim Steiner, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Program
Leo van Wijk, CEO, KLM Group
Mervyn E. King, First Vice President, Institute of Directors
Björn Stigson, President, World Business Council for Sustainable
Development
Hugh Y. Scott-Barrett, Chief Financial Officer, ABN AMRO Bank
Gerd Leipold, Executive Director, Greenpeace International
A.N.Singh, Deputy Managing Director, Tata Steel Limited
Gerard Kleisterlee, CEO Royal Philips Electronics
Jeremy Hobbs, Executive Director, Oxfam International
Ricardo Young, President of the Board of Directors, Instituto Ethos,
Brazil
Dan Gagnier, Senior Vice President, Alcan, Canada
For a full list of speakers see http://www.grig3.org/speakers.html
ACCREDITATION:
Journalists are welcome to attend the conference free of charge, after
first registering for accreditation. E-mail your details to coogan@globalreporting.org to
be accredited.
MEDIA CONFERENCES:
Thursday 5 Oct, Amsterdam
1600 - 1700 local CET (1500 GMT, 1000 ET USA and Canada), Okura Hotel,
Ferdinand Bolstraat 333, Amsterdam. Journalists can dial-in to the
conference by telephone. Dial +31 20 531 5846, reference code 500 2066
Leading business speakers will say the time has come for ALL businesses to
report their sustainability and to use the GRI Guidelines. Speakers will
include:
Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, Chairman, Anglo American, former Chair Shell;
Sean Harrigan, former President CALPERS;
Achim Steiner, Executive Director, UN Environment Program
Mervyn King, Institute of Directors, King 2 corporate governance
standard;
Dr. Judy Henderson, Board Chair, Global Reporting Initiative; and
Ernst Ligteringen, Chief Executive, Global Reporting Initiative.
Tuesday 3 Oct, Amsterdam
1100-1200 local CET, GRI Office, Keizersgracht 209, Amsterdam. Media
Conference, GRI Office, Amsterdam, Tuesday 3 Oct , 1100 - 1200:
Panel includes:
Peter Blom, CEO Triodos, leading Netherlands sustainable development
advocate
Sandrijn Weites, Senior Vice President, Sustainability Strategy &
Reporting, ABN AMRO Bank
Ricardo Santos Azevedo, Executive Manager, Health, Security and the
Environment, Petrobras, Brazil
Dr. Judy Henderson, Board Chair, Global Reporting Initiative; and
Ernst Ligteringen, Chief Executive, Global Reporting Initiative.
Panel will discuss the development of GRI and the future of sustainability
reporting.
See http://www.grig3.org/press.htm
for details. Contact coogan@globalreporting.org
WHERE:
Hotel Okura, Ferdinand Bolstraat 333, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
WHEN:
October 4-6, 2006
CONTACT:
Andrew Coogan
Conference Media and Communications Manager
Global Reporting Initiative
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tel: + 31 20 531 0018
Mob: +31 625 080 698
coogan@globalreporting.org
See also www.grig3.org for more
information on the G3 launch and conference, and www.globalreporting.org for more
information on GRI
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