Monday, March 19, 2007

Research findings: quality of online sustainability reporting


Most large companies provide a sustainability report every year. But what about their online sustainability communications? Based on the results of a preliminary research, Jungle Rating concludes that there are large differences among Europe's sustainability leading companies.

Online sustainability research in a nutshell

The overall goal of this research on sustainability communication is to examine the quality of online sustainability reporting among Europe’s sustainability leading companies. In this preliminary research, we have assessed the corporate websites of all 156 companies listed on the DJSI STOXX on 10 general criteria. After having examined all companies, we selected the 53 best performers. They will be included in our main research, which we conduct in March and April.

Large differences in online sustainability communications

The preliminary research shows that most European sustainability leaders use the internet to communicate on their sustainability performance. However, the extensiveness of the information varies. Some companies only provide a PDF version of their sustainability report, whereas others provide a detailed overview of results, strategy and targets.

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