Sustainability reports

Publishing a sustainability report takes time and effort, but it helps keep track of your supply chain impacts and costs. It’s also a useful way to declare your company’s commitment to sustainability and to track and report environmental improvements each year. Sustainability reports let employees, suppliers and the public know that your business is serious about documenting environmental improvements. In addition to environmental issues, consider including information on your company’s other social efforts, such as work with youth groups and charities.

Look over the corporate examples below, and consider developing your own report. The “Additional Resources” section below contains links to more examples and sources of information that may assist your company in putting together a report.

Corporate Sustainability Report Examples

• UPS
• IBM
• Ford
• Bank of America
• Time Warner
• Seventh Generation
• Nike

Additional Resources

• Global Reporting Initiative
• Global Reporting Initiative: Reporting Framework
• The Sustainability Report: Templates for Best Practice Reporting
• Database of Sustainability Reports
• Ceres-ACCA Award-winning Sustainability Reports
• Climate Neutral Network: Greenhouse Gas Accounting Worksheet