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Vodafone wins award for Best Report at the 2006 ACCA UK Awards for Sustainability Reporting ceremony
The ACCA UK Awards for Sustainability Reporting 2006 ceremony was held on 1 March at the British Library in London. It was an exciting event, with presentations from Justice Mervyn King, Prof Jan Bebbington, David Aeron Thomas and Peter Michaelis, all examining a particular area of sustainability and reporting.
ACCA invited to participate in the Prince of Wales' Accounting for Sustainability Project
Roger Adams, Executive Director - Technical has been asked to participate in the Prince of Wales' Accounting for Sustainability Project, which aims to develop systems to help organisations to measure more effectively the environmental and social costs of their actions.
New research report published on ethical investment practices in UK charities
The research, called Charity Ethical Investment - policy, practice and disclosure was commissioned by the ACCA and carried out by Kreander, Beattie, and McPhail - researchers at the University of Glasgow.
ACCA's head of auditing practice appointed to AccountAbility's technical committee
David York, head of auditing practice at ACCA, has recently been appointed onto the technical committee of AccountAbility, the leading environmental reporting campaign group.

FTSE4Good launches new climate change criteria at high profile event
FTSE4Good, the index series designed to measure the performance of companies that meet globally recognised corporate responsibility standards, has launched a new set of climate change criteria that certain companies must meet in order to be included on the index.
World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting sees launch of new climate change consortium
This new international partnership of seven organisations- called the Climate Disclosures Standards Board, is to establish a generally accepted framework for climate risk-related reporting by corporations.
World Economic Forum survey shows climate change has shot up business and political agenda
A survey of the 2,500 people who attended the annual meeting of the WEF in Davos revealed that one in five said tackling climate change was the biggest priority world leaders should focus on, in comparison to less than one in 10 a year ago.
New UK Climate Change taskforce formed
Business leaders from 17 of Britain's largest companies have formed a taskforce to develop radical ideas on tackling climate change.
Survey finds that most US companies are doing a poor job of disclosing climate risks
The report, published by CERES and Calvert, is harshly critical of climate change disclosures at most top-tier companies.

Insurers call for social and environmental responsibility
Companies are urged by insurers in a position paper published by the ABI to put social and environmental responsibility at the heart of their business decision making and develop best practice in narrative reporting.
IAASB opens consultation for its activities 2008-2010
The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB), the issuer of ISAE 3000, has announced a review to develop a strategic plan for its activities for the period 2008-2010.
FEE (The Federation of European Accountants) holds assurance roundtable event as a follow-up to earlier discussion paper
The roundtable event was held in December 2006 following the publication of the FEE Discussion Paper 'Key Issues in Sustainability - An Overview'
Greenhouse gas emissions reporting by UK Business lacking
Greenhouse gas emissions running into hundreds of millions of tonnes have not been disclosed by Britain's biggest businesses, masking the full extent of the UK's contribution to global warming, according to a report published in February by Christian Aid.
Federation of European Accountants (FEE) to restructure its sustainability functions
FEE has decided to dissolve its Sustainability Working Party and Sustainability Assurance Subgroup.
GRI Update
A summary of GRI activity in the last quarter.
New reports published
A comprehensive list of the latest reports published is provided by CorporateRegister.com

SustainAbility and Flag launch 'Learn from the Leaders' database
This tool is a useful, online searchable database that provides specific examples of reporting best practice drawn from over 350 world-leading reports.
ICCA launches CSR Globe - the first worldwide online directory of top companies' CSR activities.
CSR Globe is the first worldwide online directory of top companies' CSR activities.
World's first CSR Professional Services Directory published by Ethical Performance
The CSR Professional Services Directory 2007, published by Ethical Performance and sponsored by Café Direct, lists 443 organisations worldwide under 49 different service categories, from consultants to academic institutions, rating agencies to ethical auditors, and training providers to research bodies.
WWF launches new programme in Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability
'One Planet Leaders' - WWF's exciting new corporate responsibility and sustainability programme for business managers, launches in April 2007.