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Top 10 GRI Sustainability Aspects for the Waste Management Sector

Sustainability - What Matters in the Waste Management Sector?
Dec 15, 2014 11:00 AM ET
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December 15, 2014 /3BL Media/ - Sustainability - What Matters in the Waste Management Sector? 

Recent research conducted by the Governance & Accountability Institute attempts to answer important questions for company managements in the Waste Management Sector, by examining the disclosure practices of 15 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 Waste Management Sector are:

  1. Materials
  2. Overall (Environmental)
  3. Transport
  4. Diversity and Equal Opportunity
  5. Energy
  6. Local Communities
  7. Biodiversity
  8. Non-Discrimination
  9. Employment
  10. Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining

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 Waste Management Sector study are:

AGR, ARA Altstoff Recycling Austria, Beelen, CESPA, FCC Division de Medio Ambiente, Lipor, Pavoni, Reclay Group, Saubermacher Dienstleistungs AG, Shanks Group plc, SIGRE, TERSA, TRATOLIXO, Van Gansewinkel Group, Waste Management

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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