Main Roads WA has achieved international recognition for its 2011 Annual Report’s public sustainability reporting and accountability processes.

 

The State road agency had attained recognition for its reporting processes against the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) - the first Australian Public Sector agency to achieve such an accolade.

 

The GRI was created in the late 1990’s and is a network-based organisation that produces a comprehensive sustainability reporting framework now widely used around the world.  GRI’s core goals include the mainstreaming of disclosure on environmental, social and governance performance.  GRI has partner support from the International Standards Organisation (ISO), Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC).

 

Reports based on the GRI Framework are used to demonstrate organisational commitment to sustainable development, to compare organisational performance over time, to measure organisational performance and to promote a standardised approach to reporting, ranging from ‘A status’ which reflects a high level of disclosure to ‘C status’ for ‘beginners’.

 

“Main Roads first publically reported its progress against the GRI framework in its 2009 Annual Report as has continued to improve its practices and performance which has culminated in the agency attaining both third party accreditation and GRI checked ‘B status’ for its 2011 Annual Report,” Main Roads Managing Director Menno Henneveld said. 

 

“Last year 395 international organisations attained a GRI checked status and of these just 11 were Australian companies.”

 

“GRI checked organisations represent some of the largest companies in the world and for Main Roads to be able to compare its approaches to sustainability and accountability against these multinational organisations emphasises the value and importance of this achievement.”

 

To view the report go to www.mainroads.wa.gov.au