Agrion Energy summit and Sustainability meeting

Agrion Energy & Sustainability Summit in New York on February 19 & 20 2013.

Agrion is a global business network for energy, cleantech and corporate sustainability launched in 2007. With offices in San Francisco, New York, Frankfurt, Paris, and Beijing, and an international community of more than 200,000 industry professionals, AGRION provides a platform for members to connect, exchange ideas, and identify business opportunities.

Sustainability Reporting Workshop - A Practical Approach - 16 January 2013

Stakeholders such as consumers, investors, communities and employees have become increasingly more sophisticated and demanding in their expectations of corporate accountability and transparency. As more Singaporean organisations take their disclosure beyond traditional financial reporting, this trend to communicate environmental, social and governance issues has been greatly enhanced with the publication of the Guide to Sustainability Reporting for Listed Companies, by Singapore Exchange (SGX) published in 2011.

European Commission - policy on corporate social responsibility

European Commission states that to fully meet their social responsibility, enterprises “should have in place a process to integrate social, environmental, ethical and human rights concerns into their business operations and core strategy in close collaboration with their stakeholders”.

Few Companies are Prepared for Effective Sustainability Management

In its third annual Corporate Responsibility Review, oekom research, the German sustainable investment rating agency, analyzes the corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance of approximately 3,100 companies from more than 45 industries in over 50 countries. Overall, the results of oekom's analysis are not particularly heartening; according to the firm, "Only one in six companies currently satisfies the environmental and social requirements laid down by oekom research as prerequisites for oekom Prime Status."