Author Elaine Cohen

Elaine Cohen is passionate about sustainability reporting, social justice, and ice cream! Elaine is the co-founder and managing consultant of Beyond Business Ltd., a leading CSR consulting and sustainability reporting firm, serving a long list of international Companies and nonprofit clients.

Prior to work in this field, Elaine gained over 20 years of business experience with Procter & Gamble (8 years in Supply chain executive roles in Europe), with Unilever (8 years as VP for Human Resources with Unilever Israel) and a range of other roles with smaller Companies.

Elaine makes a contribution to the community as a Board Member of a Women’s Empowerment non-profit and offering sustainability services to non-profits. Elaine lectures widely on CSR, is a committed blogger on Sustainability Reporting via her blog, provides Expert Reviews of Sustainability Reports for CorporateRegister, records CSR commentary and insights for 3BL and writes in many printed journals and websites.

Elaine is Manchester (UK) born and has lived in Israel since 1990. She is married with two children.

www.csr-reporting.blogspot.com

Is your CSR report long and boring?

December 8, 2017

I like reports that state materiality up front - not only does this help clarify the report context, it also drives credibility.

Is GRI Streamlining the Reporting Process? Elaine Cohen Asks Tough Questions of Chief Executive Tim Mohin

October 30, 2017

There are many examples where unnecessary duplication of requirements adds nothing to sustainable development and just complicates the process.

Santa Claus Inc. 2016 Material Topics Report

December 24, 2016

With zero shopping days left before Christmas, the time is here once again to preview Santa’s Sustainability Report.

CSR Reporting: Elaine Cohen digs into the new GRI Standards

October 26, 2016

Elaine Cohen takes a deep dive into the new GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards.

Beyond CSR Reports – 11 insights

August 26, 2016

GRI has been putting out a series of short podcast called Beyond Reports for some time now. Listen and enjoy.

Elaine Cohen’s Top Ten Sustainability Reports of 2015

January 14, 2016

CSR Reporting, Business and Sustainability

Here we are again, time to pronounce my Top Ten Sustainability Reports for 2015.

A 7 step guide on how to make your sustainability report dance

December 14, 2015

A dancing Sustainability Report is one that has great content and is presented so creatively that the content just dances right out at you.

5 truths about the current discourse on Volkswagen and CSR

September 28, 2015

CSR Reporting, Ethics, Business and Sustainability, Culture and Leadership

The fact that people break the law is a fact. It's not always preventable. That's not about sustainability. Sometimes it's just breaking the law.