Top 10 GRI Sustainability Aspects for the Railroad Sector
Sustainability - What Matters in the Railroad Sector?
November 24, 2014 /3BL Media/ - Recent research conducted by the Governance & Accountability Institute attempts to answer important questions for company managements in the Railroad Sector, by examining the disclosure practices of 15 global peer organizations publishing GRI reports in the sector.
The top 10 Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) aspects that were determined to be material by the managements of reporting organizations in the Railroad Sector are:
- Local Communities
- Remediation
- Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining
- Diversity and Equal Opportunity
- Equal Remuneration for Women and Men
- Non-Discrimination
- Indirect Economic Impacts
- Labor/Management Relations
- Corruption
- Product and Service Labeling
Results: The complimentary report examining 35 sectors including top 10 GRI aspects, and top/bottom 10 GRI performance indicators can be downloaded here:
www.ga-institute.com/sustainability-what-matters
The full rankings for all 84 GRI performance indicators and all 37 GRI Aspects for each of the 35 sectors examined are available for purchase at:
www.ga-institute.com/getall84
Organizations included in the Railroad Sector study are:
Abellio, Arlandabanan, Brisa, CP Comboios de Portugal, CSX Corporation, Ferrovie dello Stato - Corporate Environment, Infranord, KORAIL, Korea Rail Network Authority, MTR Corporation, ProRail BV, Russian Railways, SBB, SJ, VR-Group
About G&A Institute (www.ga-institute.com)
G&A Institute is a New York-based, private sector company providing sustainability-focused services and resources to corporate and investment community clients, including: Issue Counseling & Sustainability Strategies; Sustainability Reporting; Materiality Assessments; Stakeholder Engagement; Benchmarking; Investor Relations; Communications; Coaching, Team Building & Training; Issues Monitoring & Customized Research; Third Party Recognitions. G&A is the exclusive Data Partner for the GRI in the United States of America, the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
Editors
On the G&A Institute web site there is additional information available on the Fact Sheet: What Matters Project (www.ga-institute.com/research-reports/sustainability-what-matters/fact-sheet). The resulting "most important" to "least important" ranking for the 35 sectors is available to media on a case-by-case basis please contact: Peter Hamilton (phamilton@ga-institute.com).
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