SustainabilityHQ.com Weekly Highlights November 17, 2014

Recent Research Conducted by the Governance & Accountability Institute Attempts to Answer Important Questions for Company Management

In the months of October, November and December each week we will be releasing the top 10 GRI sustainability aspects from three different sectors. The results are based on G&A's "Sustainability - What Matters?" analysis of 1,246 sustainability reports, across 35 sectors, for their level of disclosure around 84 GRI Performance Indicators, and 37 GRI Aspects.

The next three Top 10 GRI Sustainability Aspects released are for the Equipment, Financial Services and Food & Beverage sectors. We list them here for your ease of access.

Top 10 GRI Sustainability Aspects for the Forest & Paper Products Sector
Sustainability – What Matters in the Forest & Paper Products Sector? 

Top 10 GRI Sustainability Aspects for the Healthcare Products Sector
Sustainability – What Matters in the Healthcare Products Sector?

Top 10 GRI Sustainability Aspects for the Healthcare Services Sector
Sustainability – What Matters in the Healthcare Services Sector?

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Top Story of the Week

5 Keys to Producing Successful Sustainability Reports
(Thursday - November 13, 2014)
Source: Thomasnet - More than 90 percent of the world’s most profitable organizations engage in some form of sustainability reporting. It’s not so much a chicken-or-the-egg question to ask whether organizations that have achieved sustainability...

Sustainability in Focus

Integrated Reporting: The Goal of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board
(Friday - November 14, 2014)
Source: Reuters - The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board organized in 2011 with the specific goal of getting sustainability data directly into the hands of U.S. public investors. The organization, through its standards, seeks the addition...

Corporate Sustainability Is Corporate Excellence
(Friday - November 14, 2014)
Source: Forbes - Erika Karp, CEO of Cornerstone Capital, uses ‘corporate sustainability’ and ‘corporate excellence’ interchangeably. She is not alone, as her view that sustainability “should be core to the business, and not in a corner” continues...

This is just a sample of some of the articles from this weeks SustainabilityHQ Highlights.  You can view the full Highlights by using the following links. Sustainability | ESG, Highlights for the Week of November 17, 2014