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Elaine Cohen

Elaine Cohen is a CSR Consultant and Sustainability Reporter, founder/manager of <a href="http://www.b-yond.biz/&quot; target="_blank">Beyond Business Ltd</a> and author of the <a href="http://www.csr-reporting.blogspot.com/&quot; target="_blank">CSR Reporting Blog</a>

Stories from Elaine Cohen

Corporate Responsibility

What's Reporting Without Culture?

Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on the CSR Reporting blog. Back in 2010, I published my first book, “CSR […]
Elaine Cohen
August 26, 2015
Corporate Responsibility

Sodexo: 419,317 Reasons to Report on Sustainability

Editor’s Note: A version of this post originally appeared on the CSR-Reporting blog.  At Sodexo, every employee counts, and the […]
Elaine Cohen
February 3, 2015
Finance

5 Ways to Make Sustainability Reporting More Sustainable

Editor’s Note: A version of this post originally appeared on the CSR-Reporting blog.  Is sustainability reporting sustainable? There are some […]
Elaine Cohen
January 28, 2015
Corporate Responsibility

BP: Back in the Picture

Editor’s Note: A version of this post originally appeared on CSR-Reporting.  In the world of sustainability, there are some names […]
Elaine Cohen
January 26, 2015
Corporate Responsibility

Reviewing Fiat's 2013 Sustainability Report with GRI G4 in Mind

Editor’s Note: This post compares Fiat Group’s 2011, 2012 and 2013 sustainability reports. The automaker’s 2011 and 2012 reports complied […]
Elaine Cohen
September 4, 2014
Finance

Q&A with the New Head of GRI, Michael Meehan

Editor’s Note: A version of this post originally appeared on the CSR Reporting Blog. Earlier this summer, the Global Reporting […]
Elaine Cohen
August 15, 2014
Corporate Responsibility

Vodafone Grows Revenues by Connecting Women

Editor’s Note: A version of this post was recently featured on the CSR Reporting Blog. I am often asked, by […]
Elaine Cohen
July 31, 2014
Energy

Do Nestlé's Sensuous Ice Cream Ads Comply with Their Ethics Test?

A version of this post was recently featured on the CSR Reporting Blog An Israeli ice cream ad has folks […]
Elaine Cohen
June 19, 2014
Corporate Responsibility

The Leadership Battle Among Sustainability Transparency Organizations

We are witnessing a leadership battle for ownership of sustainability transparency and it’s not a good thing. Instead of playing […]
Elaine Cohen
January 22, 2014
Corporate Responsibility

Interview: Anisa Kamadoli Costa on Sustainability at Tiffany & Co.

Anisa Kamadoli Costa is chair and president of The Tiffany & Co. Foundation and vice president of global sustainability and […]
Elaine Cohen
January 10, 2014

Balancing Good News and Bad News in Sustainability Reporting

What makes you read a sustainability report and come away thinking: “This company is really honest?” How many times has that happened […]
Elaine Cohen
January 6, 2014
Getting the Most Out of Sustainability Report Interviews

Getting the Most Out of Sustainability Report Interviews

As a Sustainability Reporting Consultant, one of the regular, most fascinating features of our role is the gathering of information […]
Elaine Cohen
December 31, 2013
The Mystery of the 50 Angolan Sustainability Reports

The Mystery of the 50 Angolan Sustainability Reports

KPMG published its 2013 Survey of Corporate Responsibility Reporting recently. For a reporting geek like me, that’s like getting five helpings of […]
Elaine Cohen
December 25, 2013
Why Caesars Entertainment's Sustainability Report is Groundbreaking

Why Caesars Entertainment's Sustainability Report is Groundbreaking

Caesars Entertainment Corporation recently published its 2012 CSR and Sustainability Report. This is a groundbreaking report. (Disclosure: I assisted with the development and […]
Elaine Cohen
December 19, 2013
Interview: Mark Gough, Head of Sustainability for the UK Crown Estate
Corporate Responsibility

Interview: Mark Gough, Head of Sustainability for the UK Crown Estate

A version of this piece was originally published on the CSR Reporting Blog. Each year, in advance of the Smarter Sustainability […]
Elaine Cohen
December 12, 2013
Glaxo Smith Kline Romania: A New CSR Report All about Trust

Glaxo Smith Kline Romania: A New CSR Report All about Trust

A version of this piece was originally published on the CSR Reporting Blog. I was just reading a post from the […]
Elaine Cohen
December 6, 2013
Is Innovation a Material Issue?
Corporate Responsibility

Is Innovation a Material Issue?

A version of this piece was originally published on the CSR Reporting Blog. Materiality is the sustainability buzzword of 2013. But […]
Elaine Cohen
December 4, 2013
31 Tips for Writing a GRI G4 Report
Finance

31 Tips for Writing a GRI G4 Report

A version of this piece was originally published on the CSR Reporting blog. Those of you who have been following my Twitter […]
Elaine Cohen
September 18, 2013
Gap Inc. Expands Sustainability Reporting with GRI's G4
Corporate Responsibility

Gap Inc. Expands Sustainability Reporting with GRI's G4

A version of this piece was originally published on the CSR Reporting Blog. And here it is. The new Sustainability Report 2011-2012 […]
Elaine Cohen
September 17, 2013
Will SASB Make G4 Redundant? Examples from Big Pharma
Corporate Responsibility

Will SASB Make G4 Redundant? Examples from Big Pharma

A version of this piece was originally published on the CSR Reporting Blog. The Global Reporting Initiative has never met […]
Elaine Cohen
September 6, 2013