Project history
The Project was set-up by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales in 2004 and the output from the Project's first phase formally launched in 2006 in the presence of senior representatives from government, business and the accounting world including the then Prime Minister, Tony Blair and Chief Executive of BP, Lord Browne. Key outputs to date have included:
- A report "Governance & Collaboration: Establishing an 'International Connected Reporting Committee'" setting out initial proposals for the creation of an international committee to oversee the development of a connected and integrated approach to corporate reporting.
- Launch of Connected Reporting microsite and report in December 2009. "Connected Reporting - A practical guide with worked examples", available either online via our Connected Reporting microsite or downloadable as a pdf, provides help and practical guidance to organizations that want to better report on the connection between their business strategy and sustainability factors.
- Academic research into how organizations have used accounting for sustainability tools and principles to embed sustainability into their DNA. Summaries of the case studies "Practical Insights - A summary of case studies in embedding and reporting sustainability"were published in December 2009.
- The creation of the Accounting for Sustainability Forum in 2008, including an Accounting Bodies Network which brings together a powerful grouping of international accounting bodies. Click here to find out more.
- Guidance on how to embed sustainability into decision-making processes, captured through the 2007 Accounting for Sustainability Report and within the www.sustainabilityatwork.org.uk website. Click here to download the report.
- Development of the Connected Reporting Framework, an approach to reporting that better reflects the link between financial and sustainability performance, driven by the organization's strategy and the way that it is managed. Click here to learn more about the Connected Reporting Framework.
- Accounting for Sustainability 2006 research report on the state-of-play of the measurement of reporting of organizational sustainability in the UK and internationally. The report is in three-parts. Click here to look at the download options.
- Realising Aspirations report which suggested how both better value for money and enhanced sustainability could be obtained from public expenditure. Click here to see the report.
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