GLOBAL REPORTING INITIATIVE: GRI proudly announces the winners of the GRI Readers' Choice Awards 2010
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Amsterdam 27 May 2010
GRI and its Awards partners (KPMG Spain, KPMG Netherlands, SustainAbility, ACCA,
Futerra, TCS and exclusive sponsor Petrobras) are proud to present the winners
of the GRI Readers' Choice Awards 2010. In a festive Awards Ceremony that took
place at the GRI Conference in Amsterdam last night, GRI welcomed the winners on
stage and congratulated the runners-up on their success in reaching out to their
audiences with their sustainability reporting. The winners are Banco do Brasil,
Banco Bradesco, Vale and Natura Cosmeticos, all from Brazil.
The GRI Readers' Choice Awards are not decided by a group of experts judging
reports against criteria - they represent the voice of a wide spectrum of
stakeholders- readers who have thought about the quality of reporting, who have
been engaged by the reporters and who want to have their say. This is the
essence of the Readers' Choice Awards - it is stakeholder engagement: employees,
investors, suppliers, distributors, consumers - and not least company managers.
The GRI Readers' Choice Awards has generated far more interest and attention
from around the world with twice as many participants in 2010 than the first
edition in 2008. Readers from 55 countries voted on the shortlisted reports. In
2008, Europeans were the largest regional group of participants followed by the
Asia-Pacific region and the Americas. In 2010, European enthusiasm is
undiminished but we've seen significant growth in interest from India, the USA,
China, Argentina, Greece, and Italy. However, the big news is a huge growth in
participation from Brazil.
Readers that took part in the Readers' Choice Awards Survey chose reports that
exemplified just those qualities in a report that they thought were important.
As such, these votes have been cast for reasons, and the analysis of those
reasons has been a fascinating exercise.
Solitaire Townsend (Co-founder of Futerra) finds that Brazilian reporters have
raised the bar for everyone and looks forward to seeing other reporting
countries 'pulling a Brazilian' the next time. Ernst Ligteringen (CE Global
Reporting Initiative) is pleased with the enthusiasm of the Brazilian reporters
and readers in the Readers' Choice Awards and Survey, but nevertheless stresses
that sustainability reporting from organizations from other regions is also to
be acknowledged. Sam Turnbull (Marketing Director, ACCA) says that although it
is evident that Brazil is leading in terms of attracting a massive voting
population, other countries are following closely.
For detailed information on how the finalists were determined and voting
patterns, please consult:
http://awards.globalreporting.org
Overview of the Winners & the Runners-up
Engage Award - recognizing the organization that has been scored best by its
internal stakeholders.
The Winner
Banco do Brasil - Brazil
Runners-up
Polymer Group, Inc. (PGI) - United States of America
Fundacao Bradesco - Brazil
Grupo Los Grobo Agropecuaria - Argentina
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) - India
Civil Society Award - recognizing the organization that has been scored best by
civil society.
The Winner
Vale - Brazil
Runners-up
Eletrobrás - Brazil
Itaipu Binacional - Brazil
FURNAS Centrais Elétricas - Brazil
Natura Cosmeticos - Brazil
Value Chain Award - recognizing the organization that has been scored best by
its own value chain.
The Winner
Natura Cosmeticos - Brazil
Runners-up
Banco do Brasil - Brazil
Arcor SAIC - Argentina
Apple - United States of America
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) - India
Investor Award - recognizing the organization that has been scored best by the
investor community.
The Winner
Banco do Brasil - Brazil
Runners-up
Banco Bradesco - Brazil
Vale - Brazil
3M - United States of America
Ford - United States of America
Most Effective Report Award - recognizing the organization whose report best
matched reporters' objectives with readers' needs.
The Winner
Banco Bradesco - Brazil
Runners-up
Itaipu Binacional - Brazil
FURNAS Centrais Elétricas - Brazil
Walmart Stores - United States of America
Gas Natural BAN - Argentina
GRI Readers' Choice Award - Best Overall - recognizing the organization that has
been scored best across the four stakeholder Awards categories.
The Winner
Banco do Brasil - Brazil
Runners-up
Vale - Brazil
Banco Bradesco - Brazil
FURNAS Centrais Elétricas - Brazil
Natura Cosmeticos - Brazil
Media Contact - GRI Readers' Choice Awards
Global Reporting Initiative
Marjella Alma, Readers' Choice Awards and Report Services
e:alma(at)globalreporting.org
t: +31 (0)20 531 00 36
About The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
The Global Reporting Initiative has pioneered the development of the world's
most widely used Sustainability Reporting Framework and is committed to its
continuous improvement and application worldwide. This framework sets out the
principles and indicators that organizations can use to measure and report their
economic, environmental, and social performance.www.globalreporting.org
About The Amsterdam Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency
From 26 to 28 May 2010, Amsterdam will play host to the world's largest
gathering of leaders, thinkers and doers in the field of sustainability
reporting for the third time. This years' timely theme is 'Rethink. Rebuild.
Report.' The conference will explore how to reach GRI's vision that disclosure
on environmental, social, and governance performance is as mainstream as
financial reporting by the year 2020. Close to 200 speakers from business,
finance, politics and civil society will share their views and debate in more
than 50 sessions on how to achieve a transition to a sustainable economy.
www.amsterdamgriconference.org
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