Tim Mohin outlines three steps to ensure your suppliers toe the line on responsibility The trend toward outsourcing, coupled with high profile cases of poor conditions in the supply chains of global brands has led to an explosion of interest in the area of “supplier responsibility”. Stated simply, supplier responsibility is about holding suppliers accountable to the standards […]
“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 […]
Uploaded to YouTube by GRI Secretariat on April 12, 2017 The UN Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative, and GRI, the world’s leading organization for sustainability reporting, have formed a ground-breaking action platform to establish best practices in reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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 […]
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 […]
Tim talks about what being a CSR practitioner means in the age of digitization http://csr-reporting.blogspot.com/2017/01/gris-great-start-to-2017.html “For me, all the positions I have selected in my career have been about making the world better. It’s my cause and I want it to be my legacy. We often get mired in a lot of details and debates […]
As the person responsible for corporate responsibility at AMD, my day job is often focused on the environmental or social impacts of our company. When it comes to AMD’s products, we typically look at the amount of energy they consume and provide analyses to support our 25×20 energy efficiency initiative. But recently, our team had […]
