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dc.contributorEconomy Divisionen_US
dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programmeen_US
dc.contributor.otherGill, Benjamin Henryen_US
dc.coverage.spatialGlobalen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-05T11:00:17Z
dc.date.available2019-11-05T11:00:17Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/30670
dc.descriptionCorporate sustainability reporting constitutes an essential lever for the transformation of companies’ practices and for ensuring their contribution to sustainable development. It represents a potential mechanism for organizations to generate data and measure their performance in all the dimensions of sustainable development, to set goals, and to support the transition towards a low-carbon, resource-efficient, and inclusive green economy. National governments and stakeholders have a range of crucial actions to carry out in order to improve the quality of sustainability reporting and to encourage more companies to report, including: • Building national understanding of the benefits of sustainability reporting; • Creating policies or guidance to encourage and enable sustainability reporting, particularly amongst small and medium enterprises; • Supporting the consolidation of data extracted from corporate sustainability reports to enhance themeasurement of sustainability performance at the national level; and • Making use of this disclosed sustainability information to support decision-making processes. This publication aims to support national governments and relevant stakeholders in delivering these outcomes. It seeks to contribute to: building policymakers’ awareness of corporate sustainability reporting in order to inform policy decisions; and developing policymakers’ capacities to address sustainability reporting from a policy perspective. It provides step-by-step guidance for the formulation of national regulatory instruments and for the collection and management of data and indicators regarding business impacts (particularly, the environmental impacts of businesses) that can enhance the number and quality of corporate sustainability reporting practices. It also has an operational orientation and provides detailed information, self-assessment tools, and hands-on tools that help countries in implementing sustainability reporting strategies.en_US
dc.formatTexten_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.rightsPublicen_US
dc.subjectSUSTAINABILITY REPORTINGen_US
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTen_US
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCEen_US
dc.subjectGREEN ECONOMYen_US
dc.subjectMATERIALITYen_US
dc.subjectINFORMATION DISSEMINATIONen_US
dc.subjectDATAen_US
dc.subjectDATA MANAGEMENTen_US
dc.titleEnhancing the Uptake and Impact of Corporate Sustainability Reporting: A Handbook and Toolkit for Policymakers and Relevant Stakeholdersen_US
dc.typeManuals, Guides and Toolkitsen_US
dc.typeReports, Books and Bookletsen_US
wd.identifier.sdgSDG 8 - Good Jobs and Economic Growthen_US
wd.identifier.sdgSDG 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructureen_US
wd.identifier.sdgSDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Productionen_US
wd.topicsEnvironmental Governanceen_US
wd.topicsFinance and Economic Transformationsen_US
wd.topicsResource Efficiencyen_US
wd.identifier.pagesnumber106 pagesen_US


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