There are sound business reasons to report your environmental, social and sustainability performance to stakeholders. Increasing government legislation - UK Company Law requiring listed companies to include an operating and financial review (OFR) in their annual reports – customer pressure and the emergence of corporate governance at board level means that reporting your performance, policies and plans in these areas are increasingly becoming a mainstream business activity.

It is becoming understood that the ‘softer’ issues that underpin the figures on your balance sheet are vitally important to your reputation and contribute to the overall success of your business.

How performance is communicated is important, especially as the investment community is taking more interest in non-financial operating accounts. Credible assurance is being seen as the key to increasing confidence in corporate reporting in the eyes of an organisation’s stakeholders.

LRQA uses globally recognised criteria for our verification services which include:

• corporate or site non-financial reports, including environmental, social and corporate responsibility reports
• environmental management declarations
• data management systems
• environmental product statements
• environmental product declarations
• EU Emissions Trading Scheme

As a globally recognised leader in verification services, our specialists have the capability and understanding of a wide range of business sectors and our thorough and robust verification process ensures you have the information to take the right decisions.