VCEMS held it's second annual workshop on corporate environmental and sustainability reporting on May 22-23, 2001 in Nashville. This year's theme was "Corporate Environmental and Sustainability Reporting: A New Look for the Information Age". The workshop was attended by some forty participants representing a wide range of industries.

The following materials from the workbook used at the workshop are available for download in .pdf format. If you haven't already downloaded the free Acrobat Reader from Adobe, please click on the logo at the bottom of this page to open a new browser window and begin the process.

Workshop Schedule and Table of Contents

Introductory Remarks & Update on Status of CESR
Moderator: Professor Mark Cohen, Vanderbilt University

What Does the Customer Want to Know?
VCEMS Research Fellows present lessons learned about environmental risk communication.
Meghan Cropper and Kristen Shepherd, Vanderbilt University

Re-engineering a Corporate Environmental & Sustainability Report for the Internet
Erin Kreis, Manager, Corp. Sustainability Reporting, General Motors

Benchmarking Performance Measures
• Overview of Global 100 Report
• How to Benchmark in your Industry
• What are the Common Performance Metrics
Mark Line, csr network

Global Reporting Initiative - Update on GRI and Implementation
Mark Brownlie, Interim Secretariat, Global Reporting Initiative

New Developments in Stakeholder Communications
Clair E. Krizov, Exec. Director for Env. and Social Responsibility, AT&T

Sustainability Development Reporting on the Internet
Mark Wade, Sustainability Specialist, Shell International

Internet Design, Communication & Ease of Use
Jack Massari, President, ICG Link, Inc.

Sustainability and Beyond
Susan Buck, Bridgestone/Firestone Fellow, VCEMS, Vanderbilt University

Legal Considerations and Corporate Reporting
David W. Case, Bridgestone/Firestone Fellow, VCEMS, Vanderbilt University

Closing Session: Future Directions for Environmental Reporting
Facilitated discussion and open forum for final questions.
Moderator: VCEMS Director

Speaker Biographies