The Internet Reporting Report is not simply a survey of corporate reporting over the Internet. It begins to explore some of the ways in which virtuality will drive - or impede - the sustainability transition. But the central question addressed is whether the Internet will spur new forms of accountability. Some reporting companies have experimented with novel IT formats for their reports, including diskettes and CD-ROM. Broadly, these have not been a great success. But anyone who thinks of the Internet as just one more format option needs to think again. Treating the Web as an electronic blackboard to educate outsiders is courting disaster.
More details are available at http://www.sustainability.co.uk/publications.htmThe Engaging Stakeholders Programme Sustainability is recognised as one of the world's foremost sustainable development think-tanks and management consultancies. The company is at the forefront of the emerging fields of corporate strategy, management system, auditing, reporting and verification in relation to 'triple-bottom-line' performance - focusing on economic prosperity, environmental sustainability and social equity. Their work with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on the Engaging Stakeholders report series has evolved into one of the world's leading report benchmarking programmes, with a major impact on what and how companies report. |
