When we think about companies and the work they do, we often lose sight of a simple fact: a business is just a collection of people. And, all groups of people tend to build a culture, a collective way of viewing the world. It may seem like an obvious point but it’s all too often […]
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What I learned on my Listening Tour: Sustainability reporting needs to evolve
After two decades working as a CSR professional and just three months leading GRI, I’m more convinced than ever that transparency is a powerful force for change. But I’m also just as convinced that we are still far from end goal: sustainable development. We must evolve sustainability reporting in order to get from here to […]
August 04 / 2017
How can we get the ‘buy-in’ required from investors to make the SDGs work?
GRI and the UN Global Compact have partnered on a project: The Reporting on the SDGs Action Platform In September 2015, all 193 Member States of the United Nations set a very ambitious and necessary agenda for achieving a better future for us all by adopting a set of 17 global goals: the Sustainable Development Goals […]
July 31 / 2017
Why Korean companies should report using the GRI Standards
It is my great pleasure to be visiting South Korea as part of my first tour of the Asia Pacific region as the Chief Executive of Global Reporting Standards (GRI). I am visiting the region in my first months on the job because Asia is our fastest growing market for sustainability disclosures. The number of […]
July 13 / 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
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
Measuring What Matters: The Power of KPIs to Advance Sustainability
“If everything is important, then nothing is.” This quote from Patrick Lencioni illuminates the heart of the problem with today’s sustainability reporting practices. Too many seasoned organizations are still struggling to focus their reporting on the impacts that matter most. And companies that have not yet started reporting are discouraged from doing so, when they […]
April 19 / 2017
What I learned on my Listening Tour: Sustainability reporting needs to evolve
After two decades working as a CSR professional and just three months leading GRI, I’m more convinced than ever that transparency is a powerful force for change. But I’m also just as convinced that we are still far from end goal: sustainable development. We must evolve sustainability reporting in order to get from here to […]
March 22 / 2017
How to approach corporate sustainability reporting in 2017
Tim Mohin and Jean Rogers Thursday, March 16, 2017 – 2:11am One reason behind the popularity of sustainability reporting is that transparency not only helps companies tell their story, it also drives improvements in performance. As per the business axiom, “You can’t manage what you can’t measure.” Transparency is a currency that builds trust. Because […]
March 16 / 2017
Three Ways to Engage Employees in Environmentalism
By Tim Mohin and Justin Murrill In 1970, the Beatles released their last album, Vietnam War protests were rampant, and the first Earth Day was held in Washington DC. Just about everything has changed since 1970, but our annual celebration of Earth Day has only gained momentum. And at the recent 45th Earth Day anniversary, […]
May 22 / 2015