Corporate Social Reporting and sustainability links for ICAS SAG

Environmental Agencies
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/ - UK environment agency - principal aims are to protect and
improve the environment, and to promote sustainable development
http://www.sepa.org.uk/default.aspx - Scottish Environment Protection Agency - main role is to
protect and improve the Scottish environment
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/index_en.htm - European Commission Environment - whose job is to
initiate and define new environmental legislation and to ensure that agreed measures are put into
practice in the EU Member States.
Energy Performance
http://www.carbontrust.co.uk/Pages/Default.aspx - Carbon Trust - have a range of services to help
your business cut costs, save carbon and gain a competitive edge. These include Financing for new
equipment as well as expert advice and online tools.
http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/ - Energy Saving Trust - provide independent and impartial
advice about how to save energy and money.
http://www.decc.gov.uk/ - Department for Energy and Climate Change manage energy in the UK
and want to deliver energy savings, security and a low carbon future.
http://www.ecometrica.co.uk/ - specialists and experts in greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting,
ecosystem services, climate change policy, remote sensing and web based programming.
Background info
http://www.ipcc.ch/ - International Panel on Climate Change assesses and provides information on
the risks of man-made climate change (Anthropogenic Climate Change)
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Nl1/Newsroom/DG_064854 - Stern Report 2006 a comprehensive
review of the economics of climate change
Corporate Social Reporting background info
http://www.sustainabilitysa.org/SustainabilityReporting.aspx - Deals with the South African initiative
on sustainability reporting a great source of information about how changes could be implemented
http://www.kpmg.com/Global/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/corporateresponsibility/Pages/2011-survey.aspx - KPMG International Corporate Responsibility Reporting
Survey 2011
http://www.theiirc.org/ - International Integrated Reporting Committee - a powerful, international cross
section of leaders from all spheres of life who hope to improve integrated reporting with the main biproduct that organisations will make better sustainable decisions.
http://www.accountingforsustainability.org/home/ - The Prince of Wales organisation which hopes to
embed sustainability in company DNA.
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/11/730&format=HTML&aged=0&la
nguage=EN&guiLanguage=en European Economic Community view on Corporate Responsibility
reporting

http://www.ccab.org.uk/AboutusPrinces.html CCAB is regarded as the representative forum that will

provide the collective voice for the UKs six independent chartered professional accountancy bodies.
They reported in Nov 2011 that Corporate Sustainability Reporting (CSR) is well established in large
companies and CSR legislation may follow soon.
SMEs
http://www.cica.ca/publications/list-of-publications/manual/item52804.pdf - A CICA, AICPA and CIMA
publication from September 2011 with case studies of SMEs from US, UK and Canada and their
approach to sustainability issues and the top 10 steps for implementing a sustainability policy.