For your convenience, this is a list of the top CSR reports selected annually by me, Elaine Cohen, author of the CSR-Reporting Blog. Each year, the selection is always based on reports that cross my radar throughout the year, not a scientific or strict methodical evaluation of report quality, and represent a cross-section of companies, sectors and countries.
In 2015, I started selecting 15 reports; priior to that, ten top reports were selected. The selection loosely follows the AIM MODEL:
Authenticity: I look for whether the company has reported in an honest way, using stakeholder voices to supplement performance data. Authenticity for me includes balance, accuracy and completeness. I look for targets and progress against stated targets.
Materiality: I look for whether the company has clearly defined the most important issues for the company and its stakeholders and described the way in which those issues have been identified and prioritized. Reporting materiality should also include a certain amount of contextual information which can assist us in understanding the issues and why they are material.
Impacts: I look for whether the company identified impacts rather than just presenting a shopping list of activities. This means discussing the outcomes of what was achieved. The outcomes are the achievements (impacts), not the activities.
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The Top 15 Sustainability Reports of 2016
The Top 15 Sustainability Reports of 2017: coming soon: watch this space!
The Top Ten Sustainability Reports of 2014
The Top Ten CSR Reports of 2013
The Top Ten CSR Reports of 2012
The Top Ten CSR Reports of 2011
The Top Ten CSR Reports of 2010
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