Reliance's Annual Report - The Innovative Way

What's so innovative about Reliance's 2007 Annual Report?

Not the fact that the reported year 2007 was their FIRST full year of operations (!),
nor that they published the report early MARCH 2008 (!), it's not the colours, the professional lay-out and presentation, or the GRI reference in the report....
The innovation is in the fact that Reliance is the first Microfinance Institution worldwide, that included, as an addition to the Global Reporting Index in the back of their report, a reference to the Social Performance Taskforce (draft) indicators.

So IF you are looking for a good example report, and want a state of the art reference, check Reliance Gambia's annual report (full pdf version here).

Wonderful News (again!)

Today, referring to the first GRI Readers Choice Awards, Global Reporting Initiative announced:

From the 78 shortlisted reports only 45 reports have been declared eligible to receive one of eight awards to be given out in different categories.
Our TSF partners Findesa and Acleda both belong to this final group!!
Scores will now be totaled and the highest scoring reports in eight categories will be rewarded during the Global Conference on Transparency and Sustainability
( http://www.amsterdamgriconference.org/).

These are the 45 companies that are eligible to win one of the eight Awards:

Argentina
CILSA (Centro de Integración Libre y Solidario de Argentina)
Fundación Empredimientos Rurales Los Grobo
Australia
ANZ Banking
City of Melbourne
Brazil
Banco Bradesco
Banco do Brasil
Banco Itau Holding Financeira
Banco Real ABN Amro
CEMIG
Natura Cosmeticos
Petrobras
Usinas Siderúrgicas de Minas Gerais
Columbia
CODENSA
ISAGEN
Germany
BMW
Deutsche Bank
Spain
CEPSA
DKV Seguros
Euskaltel
Gas Natural SDG
Grupo Sancor Seguros
Repsol YPF
Telefónica
Vodafone España
Greece
Athens International Airport
Frigoglass
India
ABN AMRO Bank India
Infosys Technologies
ITC
Jubilant Organosys
Tata Motors
Italy
Italcementi
Cambodia
Acleda Bank
Nicarauga
Findesa
Netherlands
ABN Amro Holding
Royal Dutch Shell
Portugal
Banco Espirito Santo
Millenium BCP
Portugal Telecom
Russia
TGC-5
South Africa
Sasol
United Kingdom
BP Group
HSBC Holdings
Vodafone Group
United States
Coca-Cola