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Alliance For Corporate Transparency

Alliance For Corporate Transparency

A platform for discussion and collaboration to advance practice, standardisation and legal clarity for companies’ sustainability reporting.

Our activities

Since 2019, the platform gathers civil society organisations to provide evidence on the status of corporate transparency on sustainability-related risks and impacts, and develop expert recommendations and guidance for regulators and businesses.

Research

Our analysis has been key in the development of the European legal framework.

See study 2019

Analysis of the climate, environmental and governance reporting of 300 companies in Central, Eastern and Southern Europe.
Interactive database

See study 2020

Analysis of the information disclosed by 1000 European companies on their environmental and societal risks and impacts.
Interactive database

Multi-stakeholder approach

As coordinator of the platform, Frank Bold hosts two groups with leading sustainability experts from the business and investor communities:

Policy Forum: 

Bi-monthly exchanges are organised with a view to develop multi-stakeholder consensus on European and global reforms on corporate transparency. Members include: Investor Alliance for Human Rights, World Benchmarking Alliance, Principle for Responsible Investment, Eurosif and Amfori. 

Business Advisory Panel:  

Regular discussions on the latest policy changes and development of best practice for responsible and sustainable corporate behaviour. Members include representatives from Moncler, Ericsson, Maersk, Kering, H&M, Schneider Electric, INGKA and Tony’s Chocolonely.

Partners

Frank Bold
Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
B Lab Europe
CDP Europe
ClientEarth
ECCJ
Economy for the Common Good
Environmental Defense Fund
Future Fit Business
GermanWatch
Global Witness
Natural Resource Governance Institute
Transport & Environment
Oxfam
Publish What You Pay
Resource Matters
ShareAction
SOMO
Sustentia
WDI - Thomson Reuters Foundation
WWF EU Office

Key contacts

Susanna Arus

EU Public Affairs Manager

Sarah Chenoun

Communications officer

Julia Otten

Senior Policy Officer

Daniel Torán

Policy and Research Officer
“All partners involved in the Alliance for Corporate Transparency bring in essential expertise and valuable recommendations to ensure a good implementation of the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and EU Sustainability Reporting Standards. As the EU continues to work in developing supportive guidance and sector-specific standards, we will keep assessing critically the gaps and good practice from companies’ sustainability disclosures in order to propose and discuss key recommendations with civil society, business and investor leaders and policy-makers.”
Susanna Arus, EU Public Affairs Manager

Susanna Arus, EU Public Affairs Manager