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UNEP FI 2007 Global Roundtable

Reports that Count: What the Market Needs

Workshop 2.4.2
15.00-16.30

How does sustainability reporting in its current form satisfy the needs of financial analysts vs other stakeholder groups? What needs to change in reporting to make it more relevant for financial markets? These and other questions around how sustainability reporting can help that environmental and social performance becomes part of investment decision making will be the core of this session, which will seek to answer the following questions:

Do we need to integrate sustainability reporting into financial reporting to make it mainstream?
How would sustainability reports have to look like that present sufficient and readable information for rating agencies and SRI investors? What are the gaps/problems of current reports?
Are reports in their current format usable for benchmarking environmental and social performance in the financial industry?
What should reports focus on: broad information to match all stakeholders' interests or targeted information to match responsible investors needs?
Would report verification help to make sustainability reports more relevant?

Session Summary (PDF: 628 KB)

Presentations

GRI Reporting (PDF: 432 KB)
Dr Hendrik Garz, Executive Director, West LB
Sustainability Reporting - Reports that Counts (PDF: 329 KB)
Mariko Kawaguchi, Senior Analyst, Management Strategy Research Department, Daiwa Institute of research Ltd

Speakers

Esther Garcia, DNV CoreRatings
Michelle Chan-Fishel, Green Investments Program Manager, Friends of the Earth
Mariko Kawaguchi, Senior Analyst, Management Strategy Research Department, Daiwa Institute of research Ltd
Emma Herd, Senior Advisor, Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability, Westpac
Dr Hendrik Garz, Executive Director, West LB