Measuring, Managing & Reporting - Public Agency Activity Jan 2013
1. Measuring, Managing &
Reporting on Sustainability
The Role of Public Agencies
- Thomas Day – US Postal Service
- Linda Glazier – Washington State
Department of Ecology
- Matt Harris – San Diego International
Airport
- Adam Sulkowski – University of
Massachusetts Dartmouth
- Vance Fong – EPA Region 9
Venue, Date Moderator:
Mike Wallace
Director, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
2. Range of Terminology
• CSR - Corporate Social Responsibility
• CC - Corporate Citizenship
• SD - Sustainable Development
• ES - Environmental Sustainability
• BE - Business Ethics
• CE - Corporate Ethics
• CG - Corporate Governance
• ESG - Environmental, Social & Governance
• IR - Integrated reporting
Non-Financial Reporting
3. GRI’s Vision & Mission
Vision
A sustainable global economy where organizations
manage their economic, environmental, social and
governance performance and impacts responsibly and
report transparently.
Mission
To make sustainability reporting standard practice by
providing guidance and support to organizations.
4. The GRI Guidelines
GRI Principles:
These guide the content and quality of your
reporting.
Materiality, boundary-setting, inclusiveness,
stakeholder engagement etc.
GRI reporting elements:
1. Profile Disclosures
Strategy, About, Governance.
2. Disclosures on Management Approach
EC, EN, LA, HR, SO, PR
3. Performance Indicators
EC, EN, LA, HR, SO, PR
10. Fall River Sustainability Report:
1st A level G3.1 city report in world
1st GRI-guided city report in USA
Dartmouth Sustainability Report:
1st A level G3.1 town report in world
1st GRI-guided town report in USA