Ceres
Ceres is a coalition of institutional investors, environmental, religious, and social justice organizations, and a network of over 50 corporate endorsers of the Ceres Principles from a multitude of industries. Trillium Asset Management Corporation President Joan Bavaria played a leading role in convening Ceres in the wake of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989.
In the decade since, Ceres has emerged as a worldwide leader in standardized corporate environmental reporting and promoting the transformation of environmental management within firms. Formed out of a unique partnership between some of America’s largest institutional investors and environmental organizations, Ceres has pioneered an innovative, practical approach toward encouraging greater corporate responsibility on environmental issues.
Ceres Principles are the heart of Ceres’s work. By endorsing the Principles, companies not only formalize their commitment to environmental awareness and accountability, but also commit to an ongoing process of continuous improvement, dialogue and comprehensive, systematic public reporting. In 1997, Ceres launched a worldwide sustainability reporting effort, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), which has attracted the organizational and financial support of the United Nations Environmental Programme. Twenty-one (21) companies have participated in testing the GRI’s groundbreaking Sustainability Report guidelines, including Bristol-Myers Squibb, British Airways, Ford Motor Company and Procter & Gamble.
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