KPMG International Survey of Corporate Responsibility Reporting 2008

The "KPMG International Survey on Corporate Responsibility Reporting" has recently been published. According to the survey, 80% of the Global Fortune 250 now release corporate responsibility information in stand alone reports or integrated with annual financial reports, up from 50 percent in the three years since KPMG last conducted its survey in 2005. In addition to the Global Fortune 250, the sample also included the 100 largest companies by revenue in 22 countries. National level companies trail the Global 250 with an average of 45% issuing reports, but numbers vary widely from country to country. For example less than 20% of large companies in Mexico and Czech Republic issue reports, but well over 90% of companies in Japan and the United Kingdom do so.