A world-first integrated reporting guidance document was unveiled by Professor Mervyn King in Johannesburg today (Tuesday).The document offers direction to the 400 companies listed on the JSE; companies that are obliged to produce an integrated report for their current financial years.

I've listened carefully to the discussions of the past two days and tried to formulate these remarks as late as possible. Let me suggest four concrete action points which reflect Commissioner Andor's commitment to what he called 'a new and modern EU CSR policy framework'.

On 22nd November, John Ruggie, UN Special Representative on business & human rights, issued his draft “Guiding Principles for the Implementation of the UN ‘Protect, Respect and Remedy’ Framework”.

For Unilever the business case for integrating sustainability into our brands is clear and persuasive.

Harvard Business School in mid-October played host to the 2010 Workshop on Integrated Reporting: Frameworks and Action Plan. Under direction of conference organiser Robert G. Eccles, participants recently published an electronic book around themes developed at the workshop.