Gold Standard Sustainability Reporting : A Step by Step Guide to Producing Sustainability Reports.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781000029925
- 658.408
- HD60 .G336 2020
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Diagrams, templates and schedules -- Abstract -- About the authors -- Disclaimer -- Feedback -- Who this book is for -- About this book -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction to sustainability reporting -- 1 Sustainability context -- The journey -- Sustainable Development Goals -- Preliminaries -- Preparing the business case - board approval -- Setting out -- 2 Prepare -- Assembling the team -- Understanding the GRI Standards and choosing the 'in accordance' option -- Development Plan -- Kick-off meeting (agreement on the reporting process) and engaging internal stakeholders -- 3 Connect (wide range of stakeholders) -- Identify stakeholders -- Prioritise stakeholders -- Stakeholder engagement -- Build stakeholder relationships -- 4 Define -- Determine the material topics -- Produce materiality matrix and determine 'thresholds' -- Validate material topics -- 5 Monitor -- Monitor topics and set policies and procedures to measure as necessary -- Set SMART goals and targets -- 6 Report -- Develop narrative for most senior person's statement -- Company accreditations -- The Declaration -- Draft sustainability/integrated report -- Content index -- Omissions -- GRI report-checking services -- Finalise report and send for publication -- Launch report -- Feedback -- 7 Software -- 8 Assurance -- 9 Additional insights for reporters and non-reporters -- Integrated reporting -- 10 Q& -- A for reporters and non-reporters -- 11 Sustainability report evaluation -- Appendix 1 The usual suspects - an idea of material topics and challenges for organisations in different sectors -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
Fully updated to ensure compliance with the new standards, this second edition shows how to actually produce a sustainability report as well as the key processes in the planning: how to produce a business case; the development of actions plans; process and team leadership; and generating cross-functional buy in.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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