On 6 january, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) released a report explaining the added value of sustainable development reporting and providing tools to produce such reports.
The new WBCSD report on sustainable development reporting, entitled “Striking the balance”, explains why and how sustainable development reporting can help companies to achieve greater accountability and transparency. It is designed to encourage companies to provide a rationale, the business case, and tools to produce such reports.
This report, co-authored by three industry leaders (Bert Heemskerk, Rabobank Group CEO, Pasquale Pistorio, STMicroelectronics CEO, and Martin Scicluna, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Managing Partner) covers three main areas:
- a step-by-step guide to help companies to improve or develop their reports;
- recommendations on how to bridge the gap between the information needs of the financial community and the reporting practices of companies;
- insight into the debate on the standardization of reporting formats.