SustainabilityHQ.com Weekly Highlights November 3, 2014

Recent Research Conducted by the Governance & Accountability Institute Attempts to Answer Important Questions for Company Management

In the months of October, November and December each week we will be releasing the top 10 GRI sustainability aspects from three different sectors. The results are based on G&A's "Sustainability - What Matters?" analysis of 1,246 sustainability reports, across 35 sectors, for their level of disclosure around 84 GRI Performance Indicators, and 37 GRI Aspects.

The next three Top 10 GRI Sustainability Aspects released are for the Energy Utilities, Energy and Consumer Durables sectors. We list them here for your ease of access.

Top 10 GRI Sustainability Aspects for the Energy Utilities Sector
Sustainability – What Matters in the Energy Utilities Sector? 

Top 10 GRI Sustainability Aspects for the Energy Sector
Sustainability – What Matters in the Energy Sector? 

Top 10 GRI Sustainability Aspects for the Consumer Durables Sector
Sustainability – What Matters in the Consumer Durables Sector?

Top Story of the Week

How to Breathe New Life Into Sustainability To Build Your Brand And Business      
(Wednesday - October 29, 2014)
Source: Forbes - Sustainability is a bittersweet term in that it embodies one of the most transformative forces in business today and yet at the same time its very familiarity has led to some world-weariness with the topic. Some say that is...

Sustainability in Focus

Talking Sustainability with Your CFO Shouldn’t Be Scary      
(Friday - October 31, 2014)
Source: Triple Pundit - We often hear that sustainability professionals need to get better at talking to the CFO. Frankly, this is a scary proposition for many people. That said, experienced sustainability managers will tell you that having a good...

Sustainability Challenges: When Good Intentions Backfire       
(Thursday - October 30, 2014)
Source: KnowledgeInstead.edu - Sometimes business goals and community ideals just don’t fit. How far should you go to be sustainable and meet your company‘s corporate social responsibilities?

12 Steps for Improved Sustainability Strategies      
(Thursday - October 30, 2014) Associated Profiles : Verdantix
- Environmental Leader - A Verdantix report aims to help chief sustainability officers and VPs of environmental sustainability to understand the circumstances where natural capital â the finite stock of natural...

This is just a sample of some of the articles from this weeks SustainabilityHQ Highlights.  You can view the full Highlights by using the following links. Sustainability | ESG, Highlights for the Week of November 3, 2014

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