More companies are now reporting the impact they have on the environment and society. But where is the value in doing this, and what affect does it have in the real world? Eco-Business asked the new chief executive of Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Tim Mohin. A selection of sustainability reports. Of the 250 largest companies in […]
Archive: June 2017
June 29 / 2017
Ernst Ligteringen’s Legacy
Ernst Ligteringen’s sudden and unexpected death on June 15th was a devastating shock for me and my colleagues at GRI, the sustainability non-profit that Ernst led for more than 12 years. My heart goes out to Ernst’s wife Maria Jose, his children and his grandchildren, who are bearing the brunt of this tragedy. Exactly one […]
June 28 / 2017
“The responsible investment movement is here to stay”
Originally posted at PR Newswire Institutional Investors More Likely to Invest in Companies with Business-Driven ESG Disclosures, According to New White Paper The Burson-Marsteller “Is Your ESG Report Getting Noticed?” White Paper Reveals 77 Percent of Institutional Investors Believe Building ESG Initiatives into a Company’s Business Model is a Smart Business Decision NEW YORK, June […]
June 27 / 2017
First 100 Days in Office
A CR leader under fire and the alphabet soup of standards organizations By the Editors at Corporate Responsibility Magazine He’s the new chief executive and his 100-day anniversary was fast approaching. Many miles from the familiar trappings of his hometown, he has uprooted his family and inherited all the successes—as well as the baggage—of preceding […]
June 15 / 2017
Tim Mohin presents at Agrivision 2017
Presenting at Agrivision with Hans Schoolderman about the impact of SDGs on agriculture.
June 15 / 2017
Asia: At the vanguard of sustainable business
Originally posted on HuffingtonPost.com Asia has become the new vanguard in the effort to drive sustainability into the heart of how business is conducted around the world. I have just returned from my first tour of Asia as GRI’s Chief Executive, having visited Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea. I decided to travel to Asia […]
June 10 / 2017
The Future of Sustainability Reporting: Insight from GRI Chief Executive Tim Mohin
by Karen Pong 07 Jun 2017 In Hong Kong and Singapore last month, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), in collaboration with CSR Asia, hosted two roundtable discussions with Mr Tim Mohin, the Chief Executive of the GRI. The discussions aimed to engage local companies and investors and generated conversation around the value and challenges of corporate […]
June 08 / 2017
Transparency matters for sustainable growth
From The Korean Times, June 1, 2017 By Jhoo Dong-chan World-renowned expert stresses social contribution of firms Back-scratching relations between politics and business have come to the fore once again as the nation’s top conglomerates are suspected of having offered bribes in exchange for favors from the Park Geun-hye administration. Against this backdrop, Global Reporting Initiative […]
June 05 / 2017