A monumental shift may be underway.  The company wants its suppliers to concern environmental, social, and governance factors in  their decisions.

A new international committee is starting to write standards that tell communities how to manage their environments.

It is an open secret among cap-and-trade devotees. The first mandatory program of its kind in the U.S. has done nothing to reduce CO2 emissions from power generators. The cost: nearly $1 billion.

Environmentalists want to force building managers to adopt strategies that reduce collisions by migratory species.

Give credit to GM — or curse them — for making the Global Reporting Initiative guidelines what they are today.

Socially responsible investors want the company to take a fresh approach to deal with the judgment of liability in the rainforest of Ecuador.

 

The stage is set for a revival of the international environmental management system standard.

Non-financial disclosure continues to gather momentum. Companies are confronted with a range of options on what and how to report.