SUSTAINABILITY PLANNING AND REPORTING

Business Challenge

Companies are focused on increasing transparency regarding their sustainability efforts and performance. Shareholders, customers, employees and other stakeholders are interested in knowing about corporate social responsibility. Businesses must decide how to respond to this growing demand for environmental and social accountability.

Solution

How can Bureau Veritas assist with sustainability reporting?
Bureau Veritas can help at any stage, from early startup of a sustainability program to a mature reporting process. Clients benefit from our extensive knowledge of sustainability issues as well as our business insight. Bureau Veritas helps companies integrate their sustainability programs into other business systems for greater effectiveness.

Sustainability Planning and Reporting
Bureau Veritas can help companies with developing a sustainability strategy, choosing a framework for reporting, and determining a method for collecting information. Our consultants have hands-on experience with environmental and social responsibility data analysis and reporting.

Sustainability Report Assurance
Bureau Veritas provides third-party assurance for sustainability reporting to assist clients with increasing the credibility of their reporting. The scope  can range from basic assurance of accuracy to advanced assurance that includes a closer examination of underlying processes and stakeholder issues.

What are the benefits of sustainability reporting?

• Enhance company reputation   
• Identify opportunities for improvement
• Satisfy stakeholder expectations   
• Reduce impacts to human health and the environment
• Improve resource efficiency

Why Choose Bureau Veritas?

Technical Expertise and Experience Bureau Veritas has a global network of sustainability experts that assist firms with preparation of sustainability reports and have provided assurance of sustainability reports for a number of Fortune 500 firms across several industries.

International Recognition Bureau Veritas is recognized as a global leader by industry organizations such as Verdantix, Accountability, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), the international Global Reporters Survey conducted by Sustainability and the United Nations Environment Program.

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

• What information should be included in my sustainability report?

  A sustainability report typically includes environmental, social and/or economic information that is considered important to the company’s stakeholders (e.g., customers, shareholders, employees, community members, etc.). Sustainability reports are a combination of aspects of sustainability that are most meaningful and material to your operations.

• Does third-party assurance add value to my sustainability report?

  In addition to increasing credibility of the information presented, the assurance process is interactive and helps the reporting company discover ways to improve reporting processes as well as identifying potential errors or issues
  prior to publication.