Moving Forward on Sustainability Reporting

This chapter has suggested a number of ways in which current reporters can strengthen their reporting practices to enhance the quality and credibility of their public sustainability reports. To make these reports more useful, it is equally important to encourage more companies to make sustainability management and performance information publicly available, thus allowing users to compare approaches and results across companies. 

6 Sustainability Reporting Case Study Conducting Today s Business with Tomorrow in Mind (PotashCorp s 2002 Sustainability Report) 

The transparency inherent in sustainability reporting goes directly to the issue of trust in public/corporate relationships at a time when this issue is front and center in everyone s mind. 

Many sustainable practices have long been ingrained in PotashCorp s culture and values. However, before the Company published its first Sustainability Report in 2003, there was no central place or common voice for communicating its efforts, progress, and remaining challenges in sustainable development. 

Researching and writing the report helped to provide clarity and direction to the Company s sustainability initiatives. Through the reporting process, we were able to better gauge our strengths, as well as identify those areas where we can improve. 

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