Aditya Birla Fashion Ltd Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited, formerly Pantaloons Fashion & Retail Limited, is a fashion and lifestyle company. The Company is engaged in providing branded fashion apparels and accessories, and the retail sale of clothing, footwear and leather articles in stores. It operates through two segments: Madura Fashion & Lifestyle, and Pantaloons. Its Madura Fashion & Lifestyle segment is engaged in manufacturing and distribution of branded fashion apparel and accessories, and comprises over 1,800 exclusive brand outlets (EBOs) and approximately 150 ..read more

Century Synthetic Fibre Ltd. Century Synthetic Fiber Corporation engages in the production and sale of synthetic yarns and knitting products in Vietnam. The company offers polyester filament yarns, including partially oriented yarns, drawn texturized yarn, and fully drawn yarns. Its products serves as the first inputs for knitting mills for the production of fabrics and other raw materials, which are then supplies to footwear and sport-wear manufacturers. Century Synthetic Fiber Corporation was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. We review the company report ..read more

Dakota Industrial Ltd Dakota Industrial was established in 1979 by the Tsang brothers. The company now employs over 10,000 people and have 6 offices and 5 production units across Asia. More than 500 million pieces of garment have been produced over the years. Our core business is garment manufacturing, both in the capacity of Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and Original Design Manufacturer (ODM). The company produces and supplies various categories of garment products to renowned buyers and brands all over the world. It provides a one-stop solution for sourcing and develop ..read more

Quick introduction to the reporting toolkit Watch a short video Read the user manual Read a step by step guide on how to use the reporting toolkit to prepare your first report here. Important Notice Regarding GRI Compliant Reporting Bizness Analytics Technologies Ltd has undergone certification through the GRI Certified Software and Tools Program. This means that GRI confirms that the content from the GRI Standards is being used accurately in this software or digital tool.Bizness Analytics Technologies Ltd cannot guarantee that the use of this software or tool will result in producing a su ..read more

Incorporating GRI Standards Increasingly, consumers, investors, and key stakeholders expect companies to go beyond mandated regulations and to be part of solutions for environmental and societal issues. Led by capital providers and large companies, issuing a sustainability or corporate social responsibility (CSR) report has become a means for companies to narrate their stories and demonstrating continued progress towards achievement of these goals. While there are multiple frameworks, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is the most widely adopted sustainability reporting framework. Since ..read more

Toyota Motors India Ltd Toyota Kirloskar Motors India, among leading Indian automobile manufacturers, has regularly been reporting its sustainability activities in its sustainability reports. Toyota Motors’ communication emphasizes that the company understands the impact of Environmental and Social (ESG) impact of its activities and that green technology is the need of the hour/way to achieve both. We review the company reporting to identify from an external stakeholder perspective how Toyota Motors is striving to improve the environmental performance of its manufacturing operations, prod ..read more

Union Bank of Nigeria Union Bank of Nigeria is a commercial bank, serving individuals, small and medium-sized companies, as well as large corporations and organizations. In July 2009, it was rated the 556th largest bank in the world and the 14th largest bank in Africa. As of Mar 31, 2018, the bank’s asset base was estimated at NGN1, 381 billion (US$4.1billion). The shareholders’ equity at that time was estimated at NGN286 billion (US$851 million). The bank maintains a network of interconnected branches in all Nigerian states. It has two wholly-owned bank subsidiaries; Union Bank UK in Lon ..read more

In our effort to assess the state of sustainability reporting among the leading companies of India, we studied the sustainability reporting of constituent companies of the Nifty 50 index. We focused attention on those companies that had reports and/or public accounts of their sustainability that could be reviewed against our criteria such as sustainability context, integrated thinking, governance, measurement and performance, and balance. There are several patterns that emerged in our study, and most evident of those are highlighted here.   Format of reports is evolving While this is our ..read more

There is a universal consensus that climate change and social factors pose a significant risk to the business and the global financial system. Investors are increasingly factoring ESG risks in their investment decisions and are increasingly asking companies to assess and manage their ESG related risk exposure. Until recently, companies were making customary disclosures adhering to some widely adopted frameworks. This is changing rapidly especially since the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) released a set of recommendations in 2017 to help companies better disclose ‘c ..read more

Zenith Bank Zenith Bank is a prominent commercial bank dealing in institutional and investment banking, corporate banking, retail banking and public sector banking. It caters to individuals, small and medium-sized companies, as well as large corporations and organizations and unincorporated entities. The bank is listed in Nigerian Stock Exchange. Headquartered in Nigeria, Zenith Bank Group has a presence in Africa, Asia and Europe. We reviewed the company’s sustainability report 2017, to analyze it from an external stakeholder perspective on how Zenith Bank of Nigeria is assessing its bus ..read more