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  • Rate the Raters, Phase Four

    The Necessary Future of Ratings

    12 Jul 2011 – Report

    In this final fourth phase of our exploration of corporate sustainability ratings, we outline our vision for the necessary future of ratings - and issue a call to action for the raters themselves.

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  • Appetite for Change

    Reinventing the Global Food System

    23 Jun 2011 – Report

    Today's global food system is inherently unsustainable, and must be completely transformed. Appetite for Change was conceived to identify what change is needed, and the role the corporate sector must play in making it happen.

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  • Global Economic Recovery and Sustainability

    Findings from The Sustainability Survey

    07 Mar 2011 – Audio/Video

    In collaboration with GlobeScan we surveyed sustainability professionals and interviewed members of the SustainAbility Council to explore the following question: what does a global economic recovery mean for the corporate sustainability agenda?

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  • Rate the Raters, Phase Three

    Uncovering Best Practices

    22 Feb 2011 – Report

    Corporate sustainability ratings are going mainstream, but how they work in practice remains somewhat of a mystery. We have conducted in-depth evaluations of 21 ratings to shed light on good practices and make recommendations for improvement.

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  • Reporting Change

    Readers & Reporters Survey 2010

    21 Jan 2011 – Report

    Sustainability reporting has grown and greatly evolved in the last 20 years, yet it is not always easy for companies to gain any in-depth insight on what the readers of their reports are doing with the information they work so hard to produce.

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  • Rate the Raters, Phase Two

    Taking Inventory of the Ratings Universe

    05 Oct 2010 – Report

    Ratings are being taken more seriously as they go mainstream. And, as they come to matter more to stakeholders, the spotlight shines brighter on ratings – and the organizations which create and promote them.

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  • Open.com

    The role of open data in corporate responsibility and sustainability

    23 May 2010 – Article

    Why corporate sustainability strategists must usher in a new era of collaborative reporting and open data.

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  • Rate the Raters, Phase One

    Understanding the Universe of Corporate Sustainability Rankings

    13 May 2010 – Report

    This paper concludes the the first phase of for our research project to better understand the universe of external sustainability ratings and to influence and improve the quality and transparency of such ratings.

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  • The Holy Grail of Integrated Reporting

    15 Sep 2009 – Article

    A conversation between SustainAbility co-founder John Elkington and Jean-Philippe Renaut, leader SustainAbility’s Engaging Stakeholders Program, on the current state and evolution of 'integrated reporting'.

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  • Adventures in Bridging the Divides

    Mobilizing Companies and Investors to Move Beyond the Crisis

    14 Jul 2009 – Article

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  • Pharma Futures 3

    Emerging Opportunities

    23 Feb 2009 – Report

    Emerging markets are now significant players in global trade. Yet they are also very different than mature markets and more complex to manage. For the pharmaceutical industry in particular, they have often presented both challenges and opportunities.

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  • A Silver Lining to the Credit Crisis (Qfinance)

    How the current pain can become investors' gain

    14 Nov 2008 – Article

    Peter Zollinger and John Schaetzel write for the online financial journal Qfinance, on how the current crisis offers the world an opportunity to rethink how to invest for the long-term.

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  • The Future of Oil (China Dialogue)

    11 Nov 2008 – Article

    New market dynamics created by climate change, geological and geopolitical pressures will transform our hydrocarbon economies, write John Elkington and Gary Kendall.

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  • A Silver Lining to the Credit Crisis

    How current pain can become investors’ gain

    04 Nov 2008 – Article

    Peter Zollinger and John Schaetzel on how the current crisis offers the world an opportunity to rethink how to invest for the long-term.

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  • EDF: Is Nuclear Really an Economic Option? (Nikkei Ecology)

    10 Jun 2008 – Article

    Electricité de France (EDF), the French leader in nuclear electricity generation, has announced a “global nuclear renaissance”.

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