CPA Australia's 2010 Sustainability Report is our third independently assured and GRI checked sustainability report. The report describes our activities in the areas of thought leadership; carbon emissions; human resources; governance and community involvement and should be read in conjunction with the annual report.
The influence and impact of sustainability issues on capital investment decisions (1488.61 KB) - last updated Monday, 23 January 2012
Significant effort has been directed at the development of corporate reporting in response to environmental and social issues. This research presents preliminary insight into how techniques such as discounted cash flow are being applied.
Applying sustainability reporting to decision making: product focus and life cycle assessment (292.47 KB) - last updated Thursday, 4 November 2010
This paper focuses attention on emergent methodologies which have been developed to assist organisations to identify a broader scope of non-financial dimensions associated with their commercial or operating activities.
Applying sustainability reporting to decision making: product focus and life cycle assessment (961.39 KB) - last updated Wednesday, 20 October 2010
This paper focusses on emergent methodologies in sustainability reporting which assist organisations identify a broader scope of non-financial dimensions associated with their activities. A case study of an airline forms a major part of the research.
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Amsterdam global conference on sustainability and transparency (81.69 KB) - last updated Tuesday, 13 July 2010
Outlines the big issues discussed at the GRI conference held in Amsterdam during May 2010.
Asia-Pacific sustainability reporting (608.61 KB) - last updated Tuesday, 23 February 2010
The 'Sustainability Reporting Perspectives on Regulatory and Professional Initiatives across the Asia Pacific' report contains research on a survey of regulatory developments and other professional and commercial initiatives.
Sustainability reporting in local government: systematic change or greenwash? (452.13 KB) - last updated Tuesday, 23 February 2010
In Australia, it appears that governments and, in particular, local councils are lagging well behind the private sector when it comes to the implementation of triple bottom line or other forms of sustainability reporting.
Sustainability reporting: practices, performance and potential (783.59 KB) - last updated Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Research conducted by CPA Australia that seeks to identify current practices of sustainability and triple bottom line reporting, and the characteristics of adopters.
14:20 mins, 0.00 MB - Hear GRI chief executive Ernst Ligteringen champion the case for CSR reporting when CPA Australia hosted him at Congress 2008.
5:40 mins, 0.00 MB - Paul Hohnen, international sustainability consultant, speaker, author and special adviser to the Global Reporting Initiative and the United Nations Global Compact.
