IFC Partners with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) to improve corporate reporting of gender issues

This joint twelve month research and consultation project aims to help companies see the business value of gender inclusion. This global initiative, for which the governments Germany, Iceland, and Switzerland are lead sponsors, seeks to help enterprises tap emerging best practices in sustainability reporting, achieve bottom-line benefits, and create new opportunities for women in the private sector by better understanding and managing gender perspectives in their businesses.

• Visit the Gender and Sustainability Reporting Website
• For additional information, contact Carmen Niethammer.

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Launch of IFC and GRI Publication "Embedding Gender in Sustainability Reporting"

GRI and IFC Launch "Embedding Gender in Sustainability Reporting - A Practitioner's Guide"

On Tuesday, October 27, 2009, IFC and GRI will launch their Gender and Sustainability Reporting Publication at the 2009 CSR Asia Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The workshop is for CSR Asia participants and practitioners who want to establish themselves as leaders in managing gender issues. It will highlight some of the existing and emerging business drivers for improving practices and reporting on material gender issues. In addition, legal and ethical imperatives for reporting on gender issues will be discussed. Practical steps will be offered on how to embed gender in sustainability reporting.

In particular, workshop leaders from GRI and IFC will focus in depth on 3 areas of top priority as per interest expressed by the participants, and draw on the recently produced Practitioners' Guide that is based on research and multi-stakeholder consultations in Brazil, India, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

For more information contact Carmen Niethammer at cniethammer@ifc.org or Katherine Miles at miles@globalreporting.org. Information on the project can also be found at www.ifc.org/genderreporting and www.globalreporting.org/CurrentPriorities/GenderandReporting.