Social responsibility reporting standards
Social responsibility reporting standards

Author(s): Ana Rep, Nikolina Dečman
Subject(s): Economy, Business Economy / Management, Energy and Environmental Studies, Accounting - Business Administration, Marketing / Advertising, Business Ethics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Poznaniu
Keywords: CSR reporting;Global Sustainability Frameworks;Global Sustainability Standards;OECD Guidelines;GRI;SDGs;UN Global Compact Principles;
Summary/Abstract: It is well known that today, in addition to already established financial reporting, multinational companies are paying more and more attention to non-financial reporting on social, economic, environmental and governmental issues. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reportingis still predominantly voluntary, and it is not standardized. However, there are various international organizations which have been developing frameworks and voluntary standards for non-financial reporting. Those organizations have been putting a sizable amount of effort, time, and knowledge in order to offer some specific solutions to interested organizations preparing CSR reports. Proposed standards, guidelines, and frameworks serve as tools for simplifying CSR reporting. In that sense, the most important providers of sustainability reporting guidance, such as GRI, OECD,United Nations Global Compact, International Organization for Standardization, certainly standout. A significant contribution to promoting the importance of sustainability reporting was also made by the Non-Financial Reporting Directive (2014/95/EU) which obliged large public interest companies with over 500 employees to disclose certain non-financial information. According to the analysis of the content and scope of the most important frameworks and standards of sustainability reporting, it can be confirmed that they have certainly contributed to improving the qualityof non-financial reporting.

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