Engagement & Disclosure

What We Do

Ceres' Projects

Connect with Ceres

Overview

From the founding of the Global Reporting Initiative in 1997, to the creation of the facility reporting pilot project, to honoring companies through the Ceres-ACCA Sustainability Reporting awards, Ceres has been at the forefront in stakeholder engagement and corporate sustainability reporting.

Projects

Ceres Company Sustainability Reports

Companies and stakeholders within and outside of the Ceres Coalition utilize corporate sustainability reports as informative benchmarking and accountability tools to measure a company's environmental, social and economic performance. More

Stakeholder Engagement and Assurance

As the largest U.S. coalition of investors, environmental organizations, and other public interest groups, Ceres brings a wealth of experience and a diversity of perspectives to stakeholder engagement. Learn how Ceres uses constructive dialogue between companies and stakeholders to advance more sustainable business practices. More

Ceres-ACCA North American Sustainability Reporting Awards

Ceres convenes a team of expert judges each year to select the best examples of sustainability reporting in North America. Learn more about the winners selected over the past several years and find out how to apply for next year. More

Global Reporting Initiative

Ceres developed the Global Reporting Initiative and continues to be involved in its development and broader use as a leading international reporting standard. More

Facility Reporting

Ceres has launched a new facility reporting project, aligned with the Global Reporting Initiative, to better address community impacts of local manufacturing facilities, universities, hospitals, and government institutions. More

Publications

Corporate Governance and Climate Change: Consumer and Technology Companies

December 2008 - This Ceres report is the first comprehensive assessment of how 63 of the world’s largest consumer and information technology companies are preparing themselves to face this colossal challenge. The report employs a “Climate Change Governance Framework” to evaluate how 48 US companies and 15 non-US companies are addressing climate change through board oversight, management execution, public disclosure, GHG emissions accounting and strategic planning and performance.

Download Report      Download Full Report with Profiles (316 pages, 3.4 MB)

Download Company Profiles by Industry Sector:

Apparel (NIKE Inc., Hennes & Mauritz AB (H&M), The Gap Inc., adidas AG, Limited Brands Inc., Abercrombie & Fitch Co.)

Beverages (The Coca-Cola Company, Molson Coors Brewing Company, Diago plc, Anheuser-Busch InBev)

Big Box Retailers (Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Carrefour SA, Staples Inc., Target Corp., Best Buy Co. Inc., Lowe's Companies Inc., The Home Depot Inc., Costco Wholesale Corp, Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.)

Grocery & Drug Retailers (Tesco plc, Safeway Inc., Whole Foods Market Inc., The Kroger Co., Walgreen Company, CVS Caremark Corp.)

Household & Personal Goods (L'Oréal, Colgate-Palmolive Company, Ecolab Inc., The Procter & Gamble Company, Avon Products Inc., The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.)

Pharmaceuticals (Johnson & Johnson, GlaxoSmithKline plc, Novartis AG, Pfizer Inc., Roche Holding Ltd.)

Real Estate (Simon Property Group Inc., CB Richard Ellis Group Inc., Brookfield Asset Management Inc., General Growth Properties Inc., Boston Properties Inc.)

Restaurants (Starbucks Corp., McDonald's Corp., Darden Restaurants Inc., Yum! Brands Inc., Burger King Holdings Inc., Tim Hortons Inc.)

Semiconductors (Intel Corp., Applied Materials Inc., Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd., Texas Instruments Inc.)

Technology (International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), Dell Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Hewlett-Packard Company, Cisco Systems Inc., Canon Inc., Apple Inc.)

Travel & Leisure (Marriot International Inc., Carnival Corp., Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc., MGM MIRAGE, Las Vegas Sands Corp.)

Ceres Sustainability Report

Sustainability reporting can benefit all organizations, regardless of their size or type of organization. Ceres publishes its own sustainability report and hopes it can serve as a model for nonprofit groups and small businesses. More

Ceres-ACCA Judges Report

See what the judges said about the winning 2007 sustainability reports from The Timberland Company, Ford Motor Company, Dell, Inc. and Suncor Energy, Inc. More

Ceres- ACCA Winning Sustainability Reports

Here you will find links to the the award winning sustainability reports. More

CASE STUDIES IN SUSTAINABILITY

Dell, Inc.

Ceres is always looking to open new doors, especially with companies that have enormous potential to drive corporate responsibility across entire industries. A good example is our engagement with computer giant Dell, which faces daunting challenges regarding energy use, toxics, waste disposal and supply chain practices. More

Sun Microsystems

A leader in energy-efficient server technology, California-based Sun Microsystems joined the Ceres Corporate Network in 2006. “Both Ceres and Sun believe strongly in transparency, the power of sharing information, and breakthrough possibilities of innovating sustainable technologies and business practices,” notes David Douglas, vice president of eco responsibility at Sun Microsystems. More

Virgin America

America’s newest airline, Ceres member Virgin America is committed to finding new ways to lead the airline industry on environmental issues.  The airline’s brand new fleet is one of the most fuel-efficient fleets operated in the United States. Virgin America’s current environmental initiatives include: a fleet and flight path analysis program to collect and analyze fuel burn data; operational programs that reduce carbon emissions; employee-focused green incentive efforts; and use of green guidelines in various procurement and operations decisions. More