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GRI recorded 87 mining reporters for the 2010 period, up from 70 in 2009. 61 had adopted GRI’s Mining and Metals Sector Supplement. Nine were classified as integrated reports (4 from South Africa). (more...)

The third and final phase of IFC’s consultation process for the Sustainability Framework Review and Update ended on March 4. Where do we go from here? (more...)

With over 450 new reports added to GRI’s database for 2010, it is time to present updated charts for Canada and the US. They show impressive growth rates, that these are different markets and that US reporters like to remain ‘Undeclared’.

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Despite challenges, GRI-type sustainability reports can support due diligence, benchmarking and positioning studies. (more...)

The Business Roundtable is an association of CEOs of leading US companies with $6 trillion in annual revenues and nearly 12 million employees. So when they published a report entitled Enhancing Our Commitment to a Sustainable Future, I had to take a look and found an unsung hero. (more...)

Those looking for encouragement for sustainability reporting and/or GRI in the draft revision of the IFC Performance Standards will be disappointed. But the revision process is not over yet. (more...)

The following list comprises the most popular entries amongst 78 blogs posted in 2010 which resulted in over 13,400 page views: (more...)

In its recent CODE Progress Report on IFC Sustainability Framework Review and Update ( December 1, 2010), IFC notes that, with exceptions (such as the Access to Information Policy), majority of proposed changes are clarifications rather than material changes.  (more...)

As discussions about the failed Bill C300 are subsiding, BHP Billiton's sustainability report is being mocked and NGOs lodged complaints about the company’s Mozal aluminum smelter with the JSE SRI Index and IFC’s independent recourse mechanism. (more...)

Water use intensity (and quality) is critical to the extractive sector. Do we need better reporting metrics or should we look at water offsets to make a real difference? (more...)