SustainabilityHQ.com Weekly Highlights October 8, 2014

SustainabilityHQ.com Weekly Highlights October 8, 2014
Oct 9, 2014 11:00 AM ET

SustainabilityHQ.com Weekly Highlights October 7, 2014

Recent Research Conducted by the Governance & Accountability Institute Attempts to Answer Important Questions for Company Management

In the months of October, November and December each week we will be releasing the top 10 GRI sustainability aspects from three different sectors. The results are based on G&A's "Sustainability - What Matters?" analysis of 1,246 sustainability reports, across 35 sectors, for their level of disclosure around 84 GRI Performance Indicators, and 37 GRI Aspects.

Last week we released the Top 10 GRI Sustainability Aspects for the Agriculture, Automotive, and Aviation sectors. We list them here for your ease of access.

Top 10 GRI Sustainability Aspects for the Agriculture Sector
Sustainability – What Matters in the Agriculture Sector?

Top 10 GRI Sustainability Aspects for the Automotive Sector
Sustainability – What Matters in the Automotive Sector?

Top 10 GRI Sustainability Aspects for the Aviation Sector
Sustainability – What Matters in the Aviation Sector?

New Online Materiality Mapping Tool to Help Corporate Responsibility / Sustainability Reporters
Convetit Embeds Materiality Mapping Tool Into Virtual Stakeholder Engagement ThinkTanks. G&A Institute Data Sets Available As Important Element of the Tool.

Top Story of the Week

What Gets the Worst Marketing ROI? Your Corporate Social Responsibility Report
(Monday - September 29, 2014)
Source: Advertising Age - Despite the considerable efforts that corporations put into reporting their social and environmental performance, readership is low and believability is even lower. Today, the notion that corporations have a trustworthy...

Sustainability in Focus

A sustainable future is now in reach
(Wednesday - October 01, 2014) Associated Profiles : TruCost
Source: theguardian.com - Organizations such as Trucost are now helping a growing spectrum of companies come to grips with the new agenda, as they have done with Puma and its parent company Kering. This is the challenge...

GALLERY: Top 10 sustainability stories in September 2014
(Wednesday - October 01, 2014) Associated Profiles : World Water Week
Source:  Edie - From in-depth analysis of the UN Climate Summit and Scotland’s NO vote to one of the most interesting solar installations the world has ever seen â plus a couple of advisory articles released in line with...

Sustainability has private benefits
(Wednesday - October 01, 2014)
Source: Albuquerque Journal - Sustainability is a big word. It is a popular concept but it is also greatly misunderstood. Most people see it as an issue of the environment alone. However, sustainability is more than that. The many definitions and...

This is just a sample of some of the articles from this weeks SustainabilityHQ Highlights.  You can view the full Highlights by using the following links. Sustainability | ESG, Highlights for the Week of October 7, 2014