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MEDIA ADVISORY: Global Reporting Initiative
MEDIA ADVISORY: Global Reporting Initiative
Published 10-02-06
Submitted by Global Reporting Initiative
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:
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:
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:
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
Global Reporting Initiative
Global Reporting Initiative
The Global Reporting Initiative's (GRI) vision is that reporting on economic, environmental, and social performance by all organizations becomes as routine and comparable as financial reporting. GRI accomplishes this vision by developing, continually improving, and building capacity around the use of its Sustainability Reporting Framework.
An international network of thousands from business, civil society, labor, and professional institutions create the content of the Reporting Framework in a consensus-seeking process.
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