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  • The Inescapability of Traceability

    Is Big Oil Next?

    05 Dec 2011 – Report

    Growing interest in supply chain traceability is set to become a major aspect of corporate sustainability - and is likely to affect an unsuspecting oil industry.

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  • Signed, Sealed... Delivered?

    Behind Certifications and Beyond Labels

    16 Nov 2011 – Report

    Signed, Sealed...Delivered? looks 'behind certifications and beyond labels' at how these tools, and the performance standards that underpin them, create business value.

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  • Rate the Raters, Phase Four

    The Necessary Future of Ratings

    12 Jul 2011 – Report

    In this final fourth phase of our exploration of corporate sustainability ratings, we outline our vision for the necessary future of ratings - and issue a call to action for the raters themselves.

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  • Why Your Company Should Produce a Sustainability Report

    15 Mar 2011 – Article

    Public trust in companies is at record lows. Is improved disclosure – specifically, better sustainability reporting – a way to reverse the trend?

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  • Signed, Sealed... Delivered? Phase One

    Eco-labels, trust and behavior change across the value chain

    10 Mar 2011 – Report

    The concept of eco-labels is simple, but the reality isn’t. This paper documents initial findings of research to better understand how firms are using eco-labels and emerging alternatives to create trust and influence behavior across the value chain.

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  • Rate the Raters, Phase Three

    Uncovering Best Practices

    22 Feb 2011 – Report

    Corporate sustainability ratings are going mainstream, but how they work in practice remains somewhat of a mystery. We have conducted in-depth evaluations of 21 ratings to shed light on good practices and make recommendations for improvement.

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  • Reporting Change

    Readers & Reporters Survey 2010

    21 Jan 2011 – Report

    Sustainability reporting has grown and greatly evolved in the last 20 years, yet it is not always easy for companies to gain any in-depth insight on what the readers of their reports are doing with the information they work so hard to produce.

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  • Road to Credibility 2010

    A Survey of Sustainability Reporting in Brazil

    28 Oct 2010 – Report

    Road to Credibility 2010 focuses on how effectively Brazilian businesses are reporting on their sustainability efforts.

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  • Rate the Raters, Phase Two

    Taking Inventory of the Ratings Universe

    05 Oct 2010 – Report

    Ratings are being taken more seriously as they go mainstream. And, as they come to matter more to stakeholders, the spotlight shines brighter on ratings – and the organizations which create and promote them.

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  • Open.com

    The role of open data in corporate responsibility and sustainability

    23 May 2010 – Article

    Why corporate sustainability strategists must usher in a new era of collaborative reporting and open data.

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  • Rate the Raters, Phase One

    Understanding the Universe of Corporate Sustainability Rankings

    13 May 2010 – Report

    This paper concludes the the first phase of for our research project to better understand the universe of external sustainability ratings and to influence and improve the quality and transparency of such ratings.

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  • Open Good, Closed Bad

    16 Apr 2010 – Article

    John Elkington and Alex Hammer on how social media technology is leveling the playing field in stakeholder engagement.

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  • Enhancing Stakeholder Engagement Through Web 2.0

    23 Dec 2009 – Article

    SustainAbility's provides an analysis of current uses of web 2.0 for stakeholder engagement, an overview of the platforms currently used, and a range of company examples and case studies.

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  • The Holy Grail of Integrated Reporting

    15 Sep 2009 – Article

    A conversation between SustainAbility co-founder John Elkington and Jean-Philippe Renaut, leader SustainAbility’s Engaging Stakeholders Program, on the current state and evolution of 'integrated reporting'.

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  • Adventures in Bridging the Divides

    Mobilizing Companies and Investors to Move Beyond the Crisis

    14 Jul 2009 – Article

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