The Benelux Chamber of Commerce in China is delighted to invite you to a business workshop on August 24: Reporting a small step to sustainability
Global Reporting Initiative: Workshop on making a CSR report Over the last few years, sustainability reporting has moved from being a niche activity to a common practice within the business sector. Inside China, state-owned enterprises and listed companies have been requested to issue reports on their economic, environmental, and social performance. This is occurring alongside a growing range of initiatives by large companies to better understand and optimize performance within their supply chains. In short, transparency, measurement, and reporting are becoming important tools in business. This workshop will provide an introduction to sustainability reporting and how to help preparing a company to write a report. The event will include a combination of presentations and interactive exercises to help participants assess their issues and understand how to integrate these into a reporting process. Sustainability reporting is a process for engaging with outside stakeholders, but, particularly for SMEs, it can also be an important internal management tool for setting priorities and engaging staff. Sean Gilbert – Director, Technical Development Sean is responsible for overseeing the process that relates to the development of the GRI Reporting Framework (Guidelines, Supplements, and Protocols) and the accompanying resource material. He also facilitates the working group processes. Sean engages with external stakeholders about their relationship to GRI, and also coordinates relationships with the GRI’s Technical Advisory Committee. He brings extensive background working on business environmental issues and has regional experience working in Asia. From 1995-2000, he worked as a consultant in Taipei, Taiwan for Bayshore Pacific Environmental Business Services and, later, its partner company Strategic Analysis Asia. His work included assessing business approaches to environmental management, analyzing policy trends, and market research for environmental technologies and the chemicals sector. Prior to joining GRI, Sean also worked as an independent consultant to investor, non-profit, and business organizations on issues related to sustainability performance measurement. Sean is from New York City, his native language is English, but he also speaks French and Chinese. |
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