Top 10 GRI Sustainability Aspects for the Water Utilities Sector

Sustainability - What Matters in the Water Utilities Sector?
Dec 17, 2014 11:00 AM ET

December 17, 2014 /3BL Media/ - Sustainability - What Matters in the Water Utilities Sector? 

Recent research conducted by the Governance & Accountability Institute attempts to answer important questions for company managements in the Water Utilities Sector, by examining the disclosure practices of 7 global peer organizations publishing GRI reports in the sector.

The top 10 Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) aspects that were determined to be material by the managements of reporting organizations in the Water Utilities Sector are:

  1. Water
  2. Customer Privacy
  3. Assessment
  4. Remediation
  5. Local Communities
  6. Indigenous Rights
  7. Customer Health and Safety
  8. Public Policy
  9. Products and Services
  10. Product and Service Labeling

Results:  The complimentary report examining 35 sectors including top 10 GRI aspects, and top/bottom 10 GRI performance indicators can be downloaded here:
www.ga-institute.com/sustainability-what-matters

The full rankings for all 84 GRI performance indicators and all 37 GRI Aspects for each of the 35 sectors examined are available for purchase at:
www.ga-institute.com/getall84

Organizations included in the Water Utilities Sector study are:

Energie Wasser Bern (EWB), Evraziyskiy, Hua Yan Water, Manila Water Company, Rosvodokanal, The Macao Water Supply Co Ltd, Xylem

About G&A Institute (www.ga-institute.com)
G&A Institute is a New York-based, private sector company providing sustainability-focused services and resources to corporate and investment community clients, including: Issue Counseling & Sustainability Strategies; Sustainability Reporting; Materiality Assessments; Stakeholder Engagement; Benchmarking; Investor Relations; Communications; Coaching, Team Building & Training;  Issues Monitoring & Customized Research; Third Party Recognitions.  G&A is the exclusive Data Partner for the GRI in the United States of America, the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.

Editors
On the G&A Institute web site there is additional information available on the Fact Sheet: What Matters Project (www.ga-institute.com/research-reports/sustainability-what-matters/fact-sheet).  The resulting "most important" to "least important" ranking for the 35 sectors is available to media on a case-by-case basis please contact:  Peter Hamilton (phamilton@ga-institute.com)

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