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The communications round-up - 5th - 11th April 2013
In a new series of blog posts, we’ll be bringing you short summaries of the latest communications news each week.
Posted By: Kady Potter @ April 12 2013
The Copywriter - Effective corporate reporting
We’ve been helping companies tell their corporate stories for over 25 years. Since Stratton Craig was established in 1987, the style and structure of corporate reporting has changed dramatically. However, the importance of compelling copy that helps stakeholders to...
Posted By: Jack Craze @ April 12 2013
Why does Integrated Reporting matter?
As business models evolve and advance, companies are expected to engage in more effective communication with stakeholders and present information about much more than just their financial results. The need for integrated reporting is becoming more pressing and businesses should act quickly ...
Posted By: Stratton Craig @ April 8 2013
Two in three small businesses lack sustainability strategy
Sustainability strategies are quickly becoming a core concept for business development but according to a new survey sponsored by UPS, 64% of small businesses in the UK still have no written set of sustainability policies, Fresh Business Thinking reported this week. The poll, which inte...
Posted By: Stratton Craig @ April 4 2013
GRI presents post-summit report
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has issued a new report that aims to summarise the outcome of the Sustainable Events Summit held in London earlier this year and to provide information regarding sustainability reporting. The GRI is an organisation that works towards increasing the ...
Posted By: Stratton Craig @ March 22 2013
Are UK businesses ready for mandatory carbon reporting?
This year is set to see a major change in the way businesses are run, as well as a shift in the way companies see corporate responsibility. For the first time ever, UK listed companies will not only have to reveal their greenhouse gas emissions in their annual reports but they will also have to...
Posted By: Stratton Craig @ March 15 2013
UK firms better placed to deal with sustainability issues
UK businesses are more focused on sustainability than companies in other countries and this gives them a valuable advantage as responsibility and sustainability become focal points in business development, according to new research from the Carbon Trust. A survey of 475 senior executive...
Posted By: Stratton Craig @ December 14 2012
Marks & Spencer announced best UK brand in carbon reporting
High-street retailer Marks & Spencer is the best UK FTSE 100 brand when it comes to carbon measurement and reporting, according to a recent analysis from carbon management solutions provider Carbon Clear. The research found that M&S has managed to overtake the other brands on the list...
Posted By: Stratton Craig @ November 30 2012
Sustainability should be made simple for SMEs
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for 99% of businesses in the UK and employ 13.8 million people, or more than half of those working in the private sector. Their contribution to the British economy amounts to some £1.5 trillion, which is half of the combined annual turnover of ...
Posted By: Stratton Craig @ November 14 2012
Financial Firms Slow To Adopt Sustainable Business Strategies
According to a new report from corporate branding firm Living Group, financial services businesses are increasingly focusing on corporate social responsibility, but have yet to implement a working sustainable business strategy. The report looked at the sustainability reporting of 49 indi...
Posted By: Stratton Craig @ November 2 2012
What is it that makes your brand good?
At Stratton Craig, we’ve noticed a clear shift in the communications industry, with more and more companies publishing communications focused solely on corporate sustainability. Summarised perfectly in Interbrand’s Best Global Brands 2012 report, ‘Today’s best brands are in touch with their own humanity and the humanity of others’.
Posted By: Nina Whittaker @ October 12 2012
Unilever joins Integrated Reporting pilot programme
Global consumer goods giant Unilever has become the latest addition to the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) pilot programme, the IIRC has announced. The total number of businesses participating in the pilot programme is currently over 75. Together with 25 international ...
Posted By: Stratton Craig @ September 24 2012
British Land awarded gold for sustainability reporting
UK property development and investment company British Land has won gold in the Sustainability Awards 2012 of the European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA), it has been announced. The company, which is based in London and is listed on the London Stock Exchange, was awarded gold in ...
Posted By: Stratton Craig @ September 17 2012
Kimberly-Clark Awarded A+ Rating In Sustainability
Sustainability reporting is an issue that many businesses have had to consider lately, following a number of important developments regarding the matter - from the recommendations made by world leaders at Rio 20+ to the UK´s government intention to require all London-listed companies to r...
Posted By: Stratton Craig @ August 29 2012
Defra Opens Consultations On Sustainability Reporting
The government is to open two consultations on how businesses can be helped to measure and report their carbon footprint, the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has announced. The consultations relate to guidance for corporate sustainability reporting and mandatory emissi...
Posted By: Stratton Craig @ July 30 2012
Stratton Craig attends major sustainability summit
On July 12 and 13, Stratton Craig attended the Re│Source 2012 conference at Oxford University. The conference, jointly run by the Smith School for Enterprise and the Environment and the Rothschild Foundation, addressed the multiple challenges of resource scarcity and population growth and attracted a range of high-level speakers and...
Posted By: Stratton Craig @ July 30 2012
Businesses Can Benefit From Sustainability Reporting
Sustainability is a factor that businesses will inevitably have to consider in the years to come. Predictions are that sooner or later sustainability reporting will become mandatory and the British government has already made the first step in that direction by announcing that businesses listed...
Posted By: Stratton Craig @ July 18 2012
London-Listed Companies To Report Greenhouse Gas Emissions From 2013
Businesses listed on the London Stock Exchange will be required to report the levels of greenhouse gases they emit, starting from the beginning of the next financial year, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announced in the Guardian. The new rules, expected to be extended later to include...
Posted By: Stratton Craig @ June 23 2012
The value of corporate reporting
According to a recent ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) survey, the value of corporate reports is stifled by confusion over their different audiences, complexity and a lack of timeliness.
Posted By: Nina Whittaker @ April 16 2012
Integrated Reporting - the essentials
As we mentioned in our January newsletter, one of the hot topics on corporate communicators’ minds at the moment is the dawn of Integrated Reporting (IR). But when companies have been producing traditional annual reports for years, how easy will it be to make the switch? And why is IR potentially so important?
Posted By: @ January 27 2012
The Copywriter January 2012 - Happy New Year!
With the start of a new year, we can’t help but imagine how the written communications arena is going to evolve over the next 12 months. We’ve no doubt that the popularity of social media that we saw in 2011 will continue to increase, as will the need for search-engine savvy copy. We can also see that with increasing communications outlets, comms and content strategies will become more complex and require greater thinking time.
Posted By: Nina @ January 18 2012
Accounting for sustainability - Clarity in corporate reporting, part 2
In these times of global economic crisis, an increasing number of stakeholders are calling for companies to look beyond their profits and demonstrate commitment to the ‘triple bottom line’ of economics, society and the environment. In the second of our articles on corporate reporting, we look at the growing need for companies to produce clear and compelling sustainability reports.
Posted By: Jack Craze @ November 30 2011
Pennon Group Wins Most Improved Annual Report at IR Society Best Practice Awards 2011
Last night, the Investor Relations Society Best Practice Awards and Annual Dinner were held. Our Client Director Harriette attended the event with London-based creative communications agency, Luminous.
Posted By: Nina Whittaker @ November 23 2011
In the news - Investor Relations Society Best Practice Awards 2011
We were delighted to see that a number of past and present clients have made it into the 2011 Investor Relations Society Best Practice Awards shortlist.
Posted By: Nina Whittaker @ November 1 2011
Telling a good story or losing the plot? Clarity in corporate reporting, part 1
Every good story needs a strong and compelling narrative. Be it a novel, newspaper article or film, clarity of plot and content is what keeps an audience interested and engaged. The same is also true of annual reports, where clear communication is vital to connecting with investors and stakeholders.
Posted By: Jack Craze @ October 26 2011
Our pick of the top tips for community management
One quick Google search on community management and you’ll soon be bombarded with tips, dos and don’ts, rules and advice on how to manage your digital community successfully. And it’s no wonder since more and more companies are creating specific community manager roles to oversee their social media sites....
Posted By: Nina Whittaker @ May 6 2011
So what is Community Management anyway?
Community management can be the key to reaching a wide range of clients successfully, but what does it actually entail? Originally, community management was the monitoring of resources of a particular community; so for example, managing the amount of fish that a community farms, or the amount of land allowed...
Posted By: Nina Whittaker @ April 15 2011
Social Power
Protests and revolutions are nothing new, but the recent troubles in North Africa and the Middle East have swept across nations at a frightening pace that’s never been seen before. This worldwide phenomenon is helping protestors contact each other and organise...
Posted By: Nina Whittaker @ March 4 2011
The ASA is watching you!
Most people are aware of the Advertising Standards Authority’s remit of comprehensive consumer protection when it comes to factors like false advertising and misselling. Until now, this has covered TV ads, billboards, newspapers etc, but as of March 1st, their responsibility is extended to monitor companies’...
Posted By: Nina Whittaker @ February 25 2011
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