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Stakeholder Engagement is standard Business Practice: ACCOUNTABILITY Embarks on Revision of its internationally accepted Stakeholder Engagement Standard

Kristin Vorbohle (editor) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:25:50 +0000

AccountAbility, the global not-for-profit standards developer is revising its AA1000 Stakeholder Engagement standard (AA1000SES) the world’s first international stakeholder engagement standard. The first edition, published in 2005, made it possible to embed engagement into core business strategy and practice. Thinking and practice have advanced rapidly in this area and AccountAbility is now revising its standard in order to establish a new international benchmark.

The first public … [visit site to read more]

Landmark Report from AccountAbility finds that Development Partnerships will fail unless Governance improves

Kristin Vorbohle (editor) — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:12:01 +0000

The findings and recommendations from Governing Collaboration: Making Partnerships Accountable for Delivering Development are relevant for those concerned with development, particularly founders, managers, participants and public and private investors
Increasingly partnerships are viewed by thought leaders writing for the Brooking Institute, United Nations, and the World Economic Forum as the last great hope to revitalize a workable approach to global, multi-lateral problem-solving. If … [visit site to read more]

Saudi Arabian Responsible Competitiveness Initiative

Kristin Vorbohle (editor) — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:59:13 +0000

“Saudi Arabian Responsible Competitiveness Initiative”
launched by Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority and global think tank AccountAbility

February 21, Washington D.C. – A Memorandum of Understanding was signed yesterday between the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) and AccountAbility to implement a three-year programme, ‘Saudi Arabian Responsible Competitiveness Initiative’, aimed at enhancing Saudi Arabia’s global competitiveness by … [visit site to read more]

The accountability of the 100 largest companies. European companies forge ahead

Prof. Dr. Thomas Beschorner — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:33:55 +0000

Oil giant BP is the world’s most accountable company according to this year’s Accountability Rating™ 2007. The Rating also finds that European companies are forging ahead in building responsible business practices, with 18 global companies headquartered in Europe featured in the top 20.

The Accountability Rating™ is the only independent initiative to measure how the world’s biggest companies build responsible practices into the way they do business.

European companies dominate the top … [visit site to read more]

AccountAbility and Utopies launch the first Stakeholder Panel report

Kristin Vorbohle (editor) — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 09:43:55 +0000

AccountAbility and Utopies are pleased to announce the launch of the first Stakeholder Panel report:

“Critical Friends: The emerging role of stakeholder panels in corporate governance, reporting and assurance”

Paris, March 8th, EDF’Foundation, Espace EDF Electra
6 Rue Récamier, 75007, 1st floor – Métro Sèvre-Babylone

Why should companies engage with their stakeholders? How is a Stakeholder Panel built? What are the key factors of success? … [visit site to read more]

Accountability Rating 2006

Prof. Dr. Thomas Beschorner — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 20:03:16 +0000

Vodafone is the World’s Number One Most Accountable Business

Annual rating ranks global business, industries and regions

October 23rd 2006, London: Vodafone Group is ranked number one in this year’s global Accountability Rating, narrowly overtaking BP, which has been ranked number one since 2004. Royal Dutch Shell is ranked number three.

Vodafone’s CEO Arun Sarin comments: “Trust is a pre-condition for doing business. And it is directly linked … [visit site to read more]

G3 Global Reporting Guidelines Conference

Prof. Dr. Thomas Beschorner — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 13:48:06 +0000

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the global voluntary framework for sustainability reporting, is holding a major conference October 4-6 in Amsterdam.

GRI will launch the new G3 Guideline on Thursday October 5. The new G3 Guidelines make reporting simpler and are better harmonized with the UN Global Compact. G3 reports will make reporting more useful for investors and analysts who focus on corporate governance, sustainability and … [visit site to read more]

European Commission urged to promote responsible business practices

Prof. Dr. Thomas Beschorner — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 13:57:31 +0000

A consortium of Europe’s leading organisations in the fields of corporate responsibility and competitiveness has welcomed the emphasis placed by the European Commission on promoting responsible business practices as a driver of the region’s competitiveness.
The consortium, which includes AccountAbility, ESADE, the European Policy Centre (EPC) and INSEAD, has launched an initiative focused on how to accelerate and amplify this link in three of Europe’s … [visit site to read more]

Dr. Ibrahim new honorary president of AccountAbility

Prof. Dr. Thomas Beschorner — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:55:30 +0000

Dr. Anwar Ibrahim – the former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia was today appointed honorary president of the international think tank AccountAbility.

Anwar – a prominent advocate for democracy, freedom– and the rule of law -
said he will use his new role to address gapsamong four key institutional areas of accountability:

1. Governments: ensuring that governments can be effectively held to account by their citizens.

2. Corporations: ensuring … [visit site to read more]

GLN Launch – London

Chris Smith (Accountability) — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 11:31:49 +0000

PRESS RELEASE

Launch of a business network on corporate citizenship strategy

Membership is open to companies willing to align corporate citizenship to business strategy and long-term value creation

A new international business network is being created to help companies to align corporate citizenship to core business strategy. Known as the Global Leadership Network (GLN), its objective is to improve the impact of corporate citizenship initiatives and demonstrate the important role the … [visit site to read more]

What assures consumers? – A framework to support consumers and build responsible marketing practice

AccountAbility — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 18:32:08 +0000

What assures consumers? – A framework to support consumers and build responsible marketing practice

AccountAbility and the National Consumer Council (NCC), teaming up to better understand what assures the public in their purchase decision-making, would like to invite organisations to support and contribute to the research.

Following decades of research projects and studies undertaken to explore niche ethical consumerism from various angles – brought about by the rising … [visit site to read more]

AccountAbility: Size Doesn’t Matter in Stakeholder Reporting

Chris Smith (Accountability) — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 15:23:23 +0000

All non-profit organisations, regardless of size, can benefit from publishing reviews of their performance in stakeholder reports, according to AccountAbility.

The London-based standards developer and think tank has just issued its own report to stakeholders for 2004-2005 following extensive consultation with its stakeholders on how they think the organisation is performing.

The report – known as The AccountAbility Accounts – assesses whether the organisation has delivered against its … [visit site to read more]

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT by Accountability

Chris Smith (Accountability) — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 16:15:39 +0000

World class businesses including IBM, GE, Diageo and FedEx will explain why corporate citizenship is about performance not compliance at the 2006 Forum on Defining Excellence and Corporate Leadership in London on Monday 27 February.

The event, organised by AccountAbility, will also see the launch … [visit site to read more]