Sustainability
How To Select A Sustainability Consultant (Webinar)
This webinar helps buyers of sustainability advice such as heads of sustainability to understand which consultancies have the strongest expertise to deliver their projects on time and to budget. The insights are based on 5 years of Verdantix research on the sustainability services market plus the new Verdantix Green Quadrant® Sustainability Consulting (US) 2013 report, which assesses consultancies against 49 criteria and reflects the views of 15 buyers of sustainability consulting services. View Full Details »
Published: 20 June 2013
Why GRI G4 Will Trigger New Directions In Sustainability Reporting (Webinar)
In May 2013, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) launches the G4 guidance for voluntary sustainability reporting – the first full update in the framework used for seven years by more than 5,000 firms. Based on multiple Verdantix benchmarks covering stock exchanges, responsible supply chain assessments and our global survey of 250 heads of sustainability, this webinar helps heads of sustainability to chart out the best practices for sustainability reporting in a post GRI G4 world. View Full Details »
Published: 30 May 2013
Green Quadrant Sustainability Consulting (US) 2013
This Green Quadrant report provides a detailed comparison of the sustainability consulting capabilities of 16 consultancies in the US market, in order to help buyers of sustainability advice such as heads of sustainability, business unit leaders and function heads understand which consultancies have the strongest expertise in eight service capabilities. View Full Details »
Published: 21 May 2013
Complimentary Report: Sustainability Meets Fast Fashion: H&M's Conscious Journey
Fast fashion is not an industry synonymous with sustainability. H&M, the SEK141 billion ($22 billion) clothing retailer headquartered in Sweden, stands out from its competitors by incorporating sustainability within its operations, products and mainstream communications. This case study is one in a series of Verdantix reports that analyses corporate sustainability strategies and provides CSOs and VPs of Sustainability with an independent analysis of H&M’s ‘Conscious’ sustainability strategy. View Full Details »
Published: 13 May 2013
SEC Conflict Minerals Rule: Audit & Consulting Bonanza
In response to this humanitarian issue, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized a conflict minerals ruling in August 2012 that requires reporting firms to disclose whether these minerals appear in a firm’s supply chain or final product. This report analyses the opportunities the rule creates for professional services firms and explains how sustainability practice leaders can capitalize on those opportunities for both advisory and audit services. View Full Details »
Published: 11 April 2013
Rethinking Sustainability: Brand Risks And Opportunities
This report helps executives responsible for sustainability communications, and their colleagues across communications, marketing and sustainability teams to understand the different strategic approaches, the risks and opportunities, and the business case for enhancing communications to support the corporate brand. View Full Details »
Published: 10 April 2013
Global Sustainability Survey: Budget Growth By Country
This report provides a global benchmark of 2013 sustainability budgets in 13 different territories: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Mexico, the Middle East, Russia, South Africa, UK and US. Verdantix interviewed 250 heads of sustainability in firms with revenues of at least $250 million asking respondents to quantify expected sustainability spend for their firm’s next financial year. View Full Details »
Published: 11 March 2013
Secrets Of Success For Sustainability Consulting (Webinar)
This webinar identifies the secrets of success for sustainability consulting by drilling down into Verdantix Critical Moments data on the size and shape of the addressable markets. Sharing insights from 5 years of Verdantix analysis of the leading consultancies and by digging into global survey data on where heads of sustainability will be guiding their C-level colleagues to invest in 2013. View Full Details »
Published: 01 February 2013
Global Sustainability Leaders Survey: Brands
As global spending increases on corporate sustainability initiatives, sustainability leaders engage with a myriad of sustainability service providers. These engagements include partnerships with consultants and assurance providers, as well as the purchasing of sustainability management software and collaboration with sustainability-related not-for-profit organizations. View Full Details »
Published: 14 January 2013
Corporate Sustainability Reporting Budgets And Priorities
Sustainability reporting is an important pillar of corporate sustainability programmes and firms seek to communicate progress and meet stakeholders’ demands for sustainability disclosure. This report helps executives in sustainability, marketing and communications roles and firms selling into these functions, to understand where responsibility and budgets lie for corporate sustainability reporting activities. View Full Details »
Published: 02 January 2013
Sustainability Consultants Face Complex Market Dynamics
For the past decade, management consultants and firms such as engineering service firms, environmental services firms and boutiques have created sustainability practices in an attempt to address a growing need for sustainability services, which include climate change, carbon management and cleantech. View Full Details »
Published: 20 December 2012
Global Sustainability Leaders Survey: Budgets And Priorities Data Tables
This Excel spreadsheet contains the data included in the Verdantix "Global Sustainability Leaders Survey: Budgets And Priorities". Verdantix clients should use this data with the "Global Sustainability Leaders Survey: Budgets And Priorities" report for context and to understand the scope, underlying the structure and assumptions of the study. View Full Details »
Published: 17 December 2012
Global Sustainability Leaders Survey: Budgets And Priorities
This report provides a global benchmark of sustainability priorities, budgets and governance based on interviews with 250 heads of sustainability in firms with revenues of at least $250 million. The respondents represent 21 industries and are located in 13 countries. The survey finds that sustainability leaders have broad responsibilities for energy, environment and sustainability initiatives, but often lack budgetary control and decision-making authority over those initiatives. View Full Details »
Published: 05 December 2012
Global Sustainability Leaders Survey: Budgets, Governance & Priorities (Webinar)
This Verdantix webinar discusses the findings from our forthcoming annual survey of 250 heads of sustainability located in 13 countries spanning Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, UAE, UK and the US. The survey data covers 2013 sustainability budgets in detail, including planned budget increases by country, sources of funding for 10 key initiatives and 2013 spending priorities. View Full Details »
Published: 16 November 2012
Stock Exchange Benchmark On Non-Financial Reporting Rules
Finance and investor relations teams are under pressure from stakeholders to report on non-financial metrics. Stock exchanges are also becoming increasingly vocal on non-financial disclosures, adding to this pressure. This report helps senior managers and executives responsible for disclosure on environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance as well as investors, to understand the current demands of stock exchanges regarding non-financial disclosure. View Full Details »
Published: 26 October 2012
Sustainability Provides Healthy Results For Novo Nordisk
This case study is one in a series of Verdantix reports that analyses corporate sustainability strategies. This report provides individuals in roles such as CSOs and VP of Environment with an independent analysis of global healthcare firm, Novo Nordisk’s sustainability strategy, which is based on a Triple Bottom Line approach. Novo Nordisk has produced an annual report on its environmental performance since 1994, and became early adopters of integrated reporting in 2004. View Full Details »
Published: 02 July 2012
IKEA's Strategy Builds Brand Sustainability Benefits
This case study is one in a series of Verdantix reports that analyses corporate sustainability strategies. This research helps individuals in roles such as VP Environment or Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) to benchmark their strategic thinking on sustainability. Headquartered in the Netherlands, the IKEA Group is a global furniture manufacturer and retailer with revenues of €24.7 billion ($32.6 billion) in FY11. View Full Details »
Published: 11 June 2012
Webinar: Moving From CSR To Sustainable Business: How To Reboot Your Sustainability Communications
Chief Marketing Officers, Brand Directors and Chief Sustainability Officers face a new challenge: how to avoid underselling the strategic importance of sustainability initiatives to an audience that is already disillusioned by green marketing campaigns. View Full Details »
Published: 02 May 2012
CSO Toolbox Series – Carbon Disclosure Project
Faced with an expanding set of tools, outlets and rankings to aid sustainability reporting Chief Sustainability Officers can struggle to select which offerings in this immature discipline merit their time and effort. This report provides individuals responsible for non-financial reporting with a review of the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), as well as guidance on how to participate effectively. Since its founding in 2000, CDP has become a cornerstone of sustainability reporting. View Full Details »
Published: 30 March 2012
SAP Seeks To Marry Financial And Sustainability Reporting
This report provides CSOs, VPs of sustainability and CSR directors with independent analysis of SAP’s approach to sustainability reporting. To better understand this topic Verdantix interviewed Peter Graf, CSO and EVP Sustainability Solutions at SAP. Verdantix found that SAP commits to operating a sustainable business, using its sustainability report to showcase the firm's software applications. View Full Details »
Published: 09 December 2011
Consultation Begins For Next Generation GRI Framework
This report provides individuals responsible for non-financial reporting with a review of current Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) sustainability reporting guidelines, which were used by 1,824 organizations in 2010, as well as areas of potential change. Sustainability reporting is a fast growing but immature discipline compared to financial reporting. View Full Details »
Published: 27 June 2011
Green Quadrant Sustainability Assurance 2011 (Global)
The financial materiality of sustainability performance data relating to energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, water usage, supply chain policies and environmental management is growing. As a result, a wider range of senior managers need confidence in these data sets and management systems. View Full Details »
Published: 21 June 2011
Philips Pioneers Integrated Annual Report
This report helps firms considering sustainability reporting options with a case study of the implementation of an integrated report. Since 2008, Philips has published an integrated Annual Report that links its business strategy with environmental and social trends; combining financial performance disclosures with sustainability performance data. View Full Details »
Published: 01 April 2011
BT's Connected Reporting Links Strategy And Sustainability
Accounting for Sustainability created the connected reporting framework to support organizations in linking business strategy, financial performance, and environmental and social trends. This report outlines the framework and key considerations of connected reporting, illustrated by BT Group’s implementation. The framework aims to offer a more balanced view of an organization’s performance than current annual reports usually produced in response to legal disclosure requirements. View Full Details »
Published: 01 April 2011
First Integrated Reporting Framework Released
South Africa leads the world in developing and implementing the practice of integrated reporting. Integrated reporting creates a single report to all stakeholders synthesizing the most relevant financial and sustainability information. From March 1, 2010, all 457 firms listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange must produce an integrated report for financial years starting from this date. This report highlights key considerations for firms preparing to adopt integrated reporting. View Full Details »
Published: 22 February 2011
How To Select A PR/Marketing Agency For Sustainability (Webinar)
Based on our new Green Quadrant study of the sustainability communications offerings of 18 PR firms, advertising agencies, brand identity consultants, and sustainability boutiques, this webinar provides insights for customers to evaluate which firms to hire to create credible, effective communications around their sustainability initiatives. View Full Details »
Published: 10 September 2010
Carrefour Needs Sustainability Objectives
This case study is one in a series of Verdantix reports that analyses the business benefits of corporate climate change plans. Carrefour is the second largest retailer worldwide with 495,000 employees and €85bn revenues in 2009. View Full Details »
Published: 02 September 2010
Integrated Reporting Think Tank Launched
On 2 August, 2010 The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Prince’s Accounting for Sustainability Project (A4S) officially launched the International Integrated Reporting Committee (IIRC). This new think tank aims to bring together international stakeholders to develop a global reporting standard that incorporates environmental, social, governance and financial information within a single report, under the concept of ‘integrated reporting’. View Full Details »
Published: 31 August 2010
Hilton Worldwide Begins To Tackle Strategic Risks
This case study is one in a series of Verdantix reports that analyses corporate climate change and sustainability strategies. Hilton Worldwide is a privately owned global hotel franchise with revenues of $7.7 billion, 130,000 employees and 3,600 hotels in 81 countries. In 2008, Hilton Worldwide announced targets of a 20% reduction in CO2 emissions, waste production and energy use, and a 10% reduction in water consumption by 2014 compared to 2008 levels. View Full Details »
Published: 26 July 2010
Is Google A Sustainability Leader In Hiding?
This case study is one in a series of Verdantix reports that analyse corporate climate change and sustainability strategies. Google is an internet search engine provider, generating revenue of $21.8 billion in 2008 with 10,000 employees worldwide. Google’s sustainability goals include water management and a commitment to carbon neutrality. View Full Details »
Published: 14 April 2010
Wal-Mart Sustainability Plan Requires An Upgrade
This case study is one in a series of Verdantix reports on corporate climate change plans. In January 2005 Wal-Mart launched its “Sustainability 360” plan. This plan contains commitments to source 100% of energy from renewable power, to achieve zero waste and to sell products that sustain Wal-Mart’s resources and the environment. The climate change elements of Wal-Mart’s plan focus on brand enhancement. View Full Details »
Published: 30 March 2010
Green Quadrant CSR Assurance Providers 2008 (UK)
Firms are under pressure from stakeholders, investors, competitors to enhance CSR reporting and invest in CSR assurance. But CSR directors and the executive team face a bewildering choice of assurance providers, international standards and project scopes. This report provides a detailed assessment of Acona, Bureau Veritas, Corporate Citizenship, Deloitte, DNV, Enviros, Ernst & Young, KPMG, LRQA, SGS, The Reassurance Network, The Virtuous Circle, URS Corporation and WSP Group. View Full Details »
Published: 31 March 2008