Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Ta b l e 7 . 3
Corporate reporting and measurement guidelines and standards (Continued)
Year
Programme
Governing body
Website
1998
CEFIC Responsible Care
HSE Reporting Guidelines
European Chemical Industry
Council (CEFIC)
www.cefic.org
1997
Social Accountability 8000
Standard (SA 8000)
Council on Economic Priorities
Accreditation Agency (CEPAA)
www.cepaa.org
1996
Ballagio Principles
International Institute for Sus-
tainable Development (IISD)
www.iisd1.iisd.ca
+
International Accounting
Standards (IAS)
International Accounting Stan-
dards Committee (IASC)
www.iasc.org.uk
++
Greenhouse Gas Protocol
Initiative
Multistakeholder, convened by
World Resources Institute
(WRI) and WBCSD
www.ghgprotocol.org
Source:
UNEP/Sustainability Ltd, 2000
+ various years of publication
++ ongoing publication
Overall, the picture that emerges is one of a more comprehensive commitment to
improvements in environmental and social performance. This trend is also reflected
in the evolution of reporting activity within the aviation industry. If the airline sec-
tor is considered, for example, by 1990 only two major airlines had produced corpo-
rate environmental reports (CERs). By the mid 1990s, seven airlines had produced
environmental reports of some description and by 2001 this had risen to 17, of which
at least ten companies have embarked upon a continuous programme of regular (if
not annual) reporting (Dobbie and Hooper, 2001). Along with this growth in the
numbers of reporters, quality has also been seen to improve with:
•
an increasing range of issues covered in the reports;
•
more widespread use of quantitative indicators and the development of accoun-
tancy principles;
•
the inclusion of verification/assurance statements in some reports; and
•
the use of the Internet to supplement the information provided in the stand-alone
corporate environmental reports.
A
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HARNESSING
THE
POTENTIAL
OF
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Previous sections have demonstrated the growing influence of the environment on
corporate agendas, including those of leading airlines and airports. In order to assess
the impact on a wider sample of airlines, IATA commissioned an environmental activ-
ities survey of all of its 272 members in 2000 (Dobbie and Hooper, 2001, and IATA,
2001, largely incorporate the survey findings originally presented in Hooper, Maughan
and Thomas, 2000). The responses received from 32 per cent of the membership
revealed that more than 70 per cent of the respondents had adopted detailed envi-
ronmental policies or strategies. The significance of this strategic commitment to
