http://ecoopportunity.net/2012/07/7804/ It seems like over the last few months just about everyone has put together a list about sustainability reporting. Common sustainability reporting mistakes, best sustainability reporting practices, misconceptions about the Global Reporting Initiative’s Sustainability Reporting Guidelines — the list goes on and on. We’ve compiled the best of those lists right here for easy reference. Enjoy!

1. SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING:
A FEW TRICKS CAN SAVE YOU A LOT OF HEARTACHE
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2. Sustainability Reporting:
A Few Tricks Can Save You A lot of Heartache
It seems like over the last few months
just about everyone has put together a
list about sustainability reporting.
Common sustainability reporting
mistakes, best sustainability reporting
practices, misconceptions about the
Global Reporting Initiative’s
Sustainability Reporting Guidelines —
the list goes on and on. We’ve
compiled the best of those lists right
here for easy reference. Enjoy!
www.sustainabilityconsulting.com
Copyright © 2012, Strategic Sustainability Consulting. All rights reserved.

3. Greenbiz:
Are Companies Missing Out on a Sustainability
Goldmine?
 Tips for mining "that gold‖
 Keep your company’s mission and
strategy at the top of mind.
 Find points of intersection: Which
factors might impact your financials
significantly in the short term or long
term?
 Consider the ripple effect throughout
your company’s supply chain.
 Ponder which international standards or
agreements might hold sway.
 Pay attention to what outside expert
communities are telling you.
 Ask this question: Is there a social
impact?
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4. BSR:
Top Five Reporting Mistakes
 An Unofficial List
 Starting too late
 Following an ad hoc signoff
process
 Using the tactical over the
strategic
 Failing to connect the
quantitative indicators and
qualitative narrative
 Focusing on internal
audiences at the expense of
external readers
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5. Sustainable Business Forum:
7 Material Issues for the GRI to Consider
 Considerations:
 The impact of sustainability reporting
– how many companies report?
 The outcome of sustainability
reporting – does it make a difference?
 The quality of sustainability reporting
 Use of the Application Levels
 The role of assurance
 The GRI relationships with financial
services stakeholders
 The GRI’s management of its
operations in a social and
environmentally responsible manner
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6. AccountAbility:
Top Five Misconceptions About GRI Reporting
 Misconceptions:
 A GRI ―A‖ level means
leadership. A GRI ―plus‖ (+)
signifies a rigorous assurance
process
 Reporting on as many indicators
as possible is the main goal of
GRI reporting
 GRI presents a full framework
for sustainability communication
 GRI is the best tool for
measuring impact
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7. Sustainable Business Forum
Selling a CSR Report
 How to Craft the Perfect
Pitch
 Pitch it as a Starting Point
 Pitch it as a Learning Exercise
 Pitch it as an Engagement Tool
 Pitch it as a Competitive Edge
 Pitch it is a Celebratory
Exercise
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8. Sustainability Reporting:
A Few Tricks Can Save You A lot of Heartache
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