report of the judges
CERES-ACCA NORTH AMERICAN AWARDS FOR SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING 2005
objectives
shortlisted 2005
3M (US) www.3m.com
Alcan (CA) www.alcan.com
AMD (US) www.amd.com
Baxter International (US) www.baxter.com
Ben & Jerry’s Homemade (US) www.benjerry.com
Citigroup (US) www.citigroup.com
Dell (US) www.dell.com
Dofasco (CA) www.dofasco.com
Exelon (US) www.exeloncorp.com
Ford Motor Company (US) www.ford.com
Gap Inc. (US) www.gapinc.com
General Electric (US) www.ge.com
General Motors (US) www.gmresponsibility.com
Hewlett-Packard (US) www.hp.com
Intel Corporation (US) www.intel.com
Nike (US) www.nikeresponsibility.com
Placer Dome Inc. (CA) www.placerdome.com
Potash Corp. (CA) www.potashcorp.com
Industriales Penõles (MX) www.penoles.com.mx
Seventh Generation (US) www.seventhgeneration.com
The 2005 Ceres-ACCA North American Awards for Sustainability
Reporting recognize reports on year 2004 performance that were
published in 2005. The aims of these awards are to:
• Encourage better reporting on sustainability – economic,
environmental and social – performance by corporations and other
organizations across the United States, Canada and Mexico,
• Reward best practice and provide guidance to other entities that
are publishing or intend to publish sustainability, environmental and/
or social reports, and
• Increase accountability for impacts and responsiveness to
stakeholders.
The awards program identifies and recognizes attempts to
communicate corporate performance in a manner that will be
effective with a broad range of stakeholders. The judging criteria
focus on completeness, credibility and communication. The aim is to
reward successful transparency, rather than evaluate performance.
In this fourth year, Ceres and ACCA were pleased that a record 87
companies submitted sustainability, environmental and social reports
for review. This year, we received two reports from Mexican
companies, and look forward to additional submissions in future years.
Twenty-nine reports were shortlisted, and a j