GRI INITIATIVE LAUNCHED FOURTH VERSION OF ITS NON-FINANCIAL REPORTING GUIDELINES

“We use our earth as if we have a planet and a half; we have a deficit relation with our natural resources. The biggest challenge facing not just business, society and government, but humanity is the question of our sustainability. And business, as usual, will do nothing to solve it.”It is a warning that one would expect from an environmentalist, not a CEO. Yet, this is a major concern voiced by the Global Reporting Initiative's (GRI) Chief Executive Ernst Ligteringen: “Our way of living, the world population growth and the continued abuse of our planet; it ...


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