Open communication helps build credibility and relationships with key stakeholders in the business. Here are some guidelines for corporate environmental, social and sustainability reporting:

• A Manual for the Preparers and Users of Eco-Efficiency indicatorsby the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) - helps companies integrate environmental reporting into their financial reports in a standardized manner.
• Global Environmental Management Initiative (GEMI), Transparency: A Path to Public Trust, Sept 2004
• Global Reporting Initiative (GRI),Sustainability Reporting Guidelines
• Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), A Practice Guide to Communication on Progress: Advice for Global Compact Participating Companies
• HKSAR Environmental Protection Department, Guide to Corporate Environmental Performance Reporting World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Sustainable Development Reporting: Striking the balance
• Sustainability Reporting Toolkit,Government of Canada.

Here are some directories of corporate environmental, social and sustainability reports:

• A Collection of Local and Overseas Environmental Performance Reports from HKSAR Environmental Protection Department (EPD)
• Portal for Sustainability Reports
• Centre for Environmental Informatics , University of Sunderland (UK)
• Collection of corporate environmental, social and sustainability reports of BEC Members
• CorporateRegister.com - the world's largest database of non-financial reporting

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