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New Executive Briefing: The Future of Corporate Responsibility Codes, Standards and Frameworks

20 April, 2005

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and AccountAbility have published a new Executive Briefing on the future of corporate responsibility codes, standards and frameworks.

Sustainable development can only become a reality if corporate responsibility becomes a mainstream concern for individual companies and the business community as a whole. An array of codes, standards, guidelines and frameworks are available to guide companies in integrating corporate responsibility into their business strategies and management processes. Their purpose is to drive the performance of companies in line with the goals of sustainable development. Executives no longer wonder whether to use such tools; they wonder about which ones to use, and in what combination.

The Executive Briefing demystifies the confusion surrounding the various tools on offer to companies whishing to systematically address corporate responsibility as part of their business strategy. Co-authored by the respective organisation's CEO's, Ernst Ligteringen and Simon Zadek, it provides a map of the relationship between the diverse tools and offers a perspective on how they might evolve and converge in the future.

To download "The Future of Corporate Responsibility Codes, Standards and Frameworks" please visit: -

Global Reporting Initiative: http://www.globalreporting.org/news/updates/article.asp?ArticleID=401&MNLI=04/05%20