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Government confirms OFR abolition
Government ministers lay the Company Law Reform Bill before Parliament, including proposals not to force companies to produce operating and financial reviews, 'streamlined' narrative reporting requirements and an outline of directors' duties.
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A matter of trust
Two new surveys indicate that that while the public trusts global companies less and less, 'super' not-for-profits like Amnesty and WWF are gaining credibility. But, Briefing comments, these surveys do no make the distinction between different types of trust.
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Reporting round-up issue
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Defra launches new guidelines for reporting on environmental impacts for businesses, ACCA announces the winners of its UK Awards for Sustainability Reporting and Freshfields scores a first for social reporting in the legal world.
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The Communicator
Lucie Sinclair of communications consultancy CO3 sets the scene for a series of articles on corporate responsibility communications.
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'Recalibrating' reporting
requirements
Welcome to the wacky world of top level government decision-making, when careful deliberation since March 1998 by company law reform experts is torn up in a Friday afternoon brainstorm by speech writers and spin doctors.
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GRI: third-generation
reporting
Nick Jones explains how a major update to the much used GRI guidelines brings new clarity, but also new challenges to CSR reporting.
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Reporting CCI
Effective reporting of corporate community investment should be a key component of any company's CSR programme. Jon Lloyd guides us through some of the complexities of CCI reporting and highlights some of today's best reporters.
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Reporting in crisis
Mallen Baker calls for leading corporate reporters to challenge what is becoming an increasingly tired format of the non-financial report.
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News round-up (Oct/Nov)
With global standards and initiatives on reporting proliferating, it may be time to raise the bar. The draft of the Global Reporting Initiative's third-generation (G3) Sustainability Guidelines will be available for public comment from January 2, 2006.
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CSR reporting under
scrutiny
CSR reporting has been a remarkable success story so far. Even the big beasts of the jungle, like ExxonMobil and Wal-Mart are now getting involved. The GRI G3 will attempt to raise the bar and try to put disclosure on a strictly comparable and benchmarkable basis.
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News round-up (Jun/Jul)
BHP Billiton and BT are among the world's best-governed companies, while an inquiry has begun into the role of company boards in fulfilling the social and environmental responsibilities of businesses. Also the OFR standards are published.
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