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Sustainability Reporting
B.C. Hydro
Barrick Gold Corp. (FT)
Baxter International
Ben and Jerry’s Inc. (SM)
Dofasco Inc.
First Environment (FT, SM)
Ford Motor Co.
Hydro-Quebec
Kinko’s Inc. (FT)
Royal Bank of Canada
Shell Canada Ltd.
Suncor Energy
VanCity Credit Union
Weyerhaeuser Co.
Wisconsin Energy Corp.
YSI (FT, SM)
Environmental Reporting
AMD
Dell Inc.
Interface inc.
NB Power
Xerox Corp.
FT= First-time reporter
SM= Small or medium-sized reporter
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The Coalition for Environmentally
Responsible Economies (CERES) and the Association of Chartered Certified
Accountants (ACCA) released the shortlist of candidate reports for
the CERES-ACCA North American Sustainability Reporting Awards 2003
program. Of the 52 applications received, 21 were selected for further
consideration by the judges’ panel that meets in February,
including 16 for sustainability reporting and five for environmental
reporting. This group includes several first-time reporters as well
as small and medium-sized reporters.
The purpose of the awards program is to contribute to reporting
on sustainability, environmental and social issues by U.S. and Canadian
corporations and other organizations by rewarding best practice
and providing guidance to other entities that are publishing or
intend to publish sustainability reports. For 12 years, ACCA has
held annual awards—first in the United Kingdom and now in more
than 20 countries—to promote transparency in reporting the
impact of business activities on sustainable development. The CERES-ACCA
Awards Program started last year for U.S. companies and was expanded
this year to Canadian companies.
CERES and ACCA received 52 reporting award applications from 48
companies, including 32 sustainability reports, 12 environmental
reports and eight social reports. The short list process identified
no social reports for awards consideration.
“ACCA is encouraged to see a wide range of sectors make the
shortlist this year, including mining, engineering, banking and
retailing,” comments Rachel Jackson, head of social and environmental
issues at ACCA. “These organizations have made the sensible
business decision to be more accountable to their stakeholders by
reporting publicly.” Added CERES executive director Mindy Lubber,
“We do not reward rhetoric. We are looking for organizations
which document their key impacts and clearly explain changes in
performance, positive or negative, and set a vision and targets
for future progress.”
Judges for this year’s awards program include: Dr. Julie Fox
Gorte, director of social research, Calvert Group; Katie Fry Hester,
SustainAbility; Brian Kelly, director, Sustainable Enterprise Academy;
Steve Lydenberg, chief investment officer, Domini Social Investments;
Suzanne Shaw, director of communications; Union of Concerned Scientists;
Andrew Wahl, senior writer, Canadian Business; Joe Uehlein, director
of strategic campaigns, AFL-CIO; and David Wheeler, professor, Business
& Sustainability Program, Schulich School of Business, York
University.
The winners will be announced at the CERES-ACCA Sustainability Reporting
Awards presentation at the CERES Annual Conference on April 15,
2004 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Boston, MA. An awards celebration
will also be held on April 29, 2004 at the National Club in Toronto,
Ontario, Canada.
green@work magazine is serving as the U.S. communications partner
for the awards program. Canadian Business and Canadian Geographic
are also program sponsors. For more information, call 617-247-0700
or visit www.ceres.org
or www.accaglobal.com/sustainability.
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