Companies Commit to SDGs Collaboration
Companies Commit to SDGs Collaboration
16 businesses sign up to GRI forum on reporting for the SDGs
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A new program to enhance corporate reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), by making it more relevant to stakeholders, is now underway – bringing together senior representatives from international companies.
The Business Leadership Forum on Corporate Reporting as a Driver for Achieving the SDGs will help companies use transparency to increase their contributions to national and global SDG commitments. Over the next two years it will deliver a series of quarterly online events that incorporate a mix of expert guidance, peer learning and engagement with key stakeholder groups, with a focus on raising the quality and relevance of SDG data.
Myeong Lee is an Assistant Professor of Information Science and Director of Community Informatics Lab. His research interests are in understanding the dynamics of local communities, hyperlocal groups, and information inequality. He also designs and implements systems that demonstrate geographically-embedded structures of information and associated issues. His research also contributes to civic engagement, policy-making, socio-technical systems theories, and information access. His academic experiences include, but are not limited to, Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) Summer Fellowships at the University of Washington and Georgia Tech, Campers at the Consortium for the Science of Sociotechnical Systems Researchers (CSST), and participants in the Summer Institute for Computational Social Science (SICSS). Also, he was a Data Science & Technology Fellow at The Center for Open Data Enterprise, a non-profit based in Washington D.C. that advocates for open data movements, where he led the
Wendy s Announces Advancement of Corporate Responsibility Efforts and New Goals
Wendy s will focus on responsible sourcing, sustainable packaging, greenhouse gas reduction and increasing diversity within its leadership, management, and franchisees
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DUBLIN, Ohio, April 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today, The Wendy s Company (Nasdaq: WEN) released its 2020 Corporate Responsibility Report detailing the progress made across its three key focus areas of Food, People and Footprint. Within the report, Wendy s® shared the outcomes of its recent materiality assessment of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) topics, along with several new goals relevant to Wendy s Good Done Right platform and strategy.
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Ranpak Holdings Corp. has released its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report for 2020. The report sets ambitious goals for the company, committing by 2030 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 46%, source an aggregate paper supply of at least 75% recycled pulp, sell 100% of paper products as FSC-certified and more.
In addition, the report mentions additional ESG data for 2020, noting its commitment to aligning its corporate mission with the Sustainable Development Goals that was established by the United Nations in 2015.
“Ranpak will continue to advance our overall ESG performance and is excited to establish these important targets for 2030. With these targets, Ranpak looks forward to proving once again that it is possible to both protect our natural environment and produce more sustainable and more effective packaging solutions for the global supply chain,” says David Murgio, Ranpak’s Chief Sustainability Officer & Secretary.
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GRI and SASB reporting ‘complement each other’
SASBApril 8, 2021 GMT
San Francisco and Amsterdam, April 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Joint research from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) explores the experiences of companies that use the two sets of standards together to fulfil their reporting needs.
A Practical Guide to Sustainability Reporting Using GRI and SASB Standards is based on extensive interviews with four global companies: UK-based Diageo, City Developments Limited (CDL) of Singapore, US-headquartered General Motors (GM), and Canada’s Suncor Energy. All four are long-term GRI reporters that now also report with SASB. Their insights are supplemented by survey findings with 132 business representatives around the word.