The InTegrITy CommITTee

Jacqueline Aloisi de Larderel (Chair), Former GRI Board of Directors

roger Adams ACCA

Seema Arora Principal Counsellor & Head, CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development

giuseppe van der helm Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO)

Judy Kuszewski Independent Consultant

Cornis van der Lugt United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

mario monzoni Center for Sustainability Studies in Brazil

herman mulder GRI Board of Directors

Denise esdon Partner Ernst & Young LLP

The PArTnerS

The GRI Readers’ Choice Awards have been brought to you by a partnership of leading organizations, each contributing their unique expertise to make these Awards a success.

Communications Partner: ACCA

ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) is a global body for professional accountants that aim to offer business-relevant, first-choice qualifications to people of application, ability and ambition around the world who seek a rewarding career in accountancy, finance and management.

Content Partner: Futerra

Futerra is a sustainability communications agency founded in 2001, working exclusively on communications strategy development and implementation for sustainability and corporate responsibility.

GRI and its Partners are proud to present the winners of the GRI Readers’ Choice Awards 2010. Once again we congratulate the winners and the runners-up on their success in reaching out to their readers with their sustainability reporting.

GRI and its Partners would like to thank the Integrity Committee, chaired by Jacqueline Aloisi de Larderel, for their scrutiny and oversight of the methodology and results of the Awards.

The GRI Readers’ Choice Awards 2010

exclusive sponsor:

Content Partners: KPMG Sustainability Spain & KPMG Sustainability Netherlands

As part of KPMG’s Global Sustainability Services, KPMG Sustainability Spain and KPMG Sustainability Netherlands are advising multinational companies on dealing with the business aspects of sustainability, including transparent and credible reporting.

Content Partner: SustainAbility

SustainAbility is a strategy consultancy and think tank working with senior corporate decision makers to achieve transformative leadership on the sustainability agenda.

IT Partner: TCS

Tata Consultancy Services is an Indian Global IT services, business solutions and outsourcing organization that delivers real results to global businesses. TCS offers a consultancy-led, integrated portfolio of IT and IT enabled services.

The engAge AwArD Recognizing the organization that has been scored best by its internal stakeholders.

The wInner:BANCO DO BRASIL – BRAzIL

runnerS-uP:Polymer group, Inc. (PgI) United States of America

Fundacao Bradesco Brazil

grupo Los grobo Agropecuaria Argentina

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) India

The CIvIL SoCIeTy AwArDRecognizing the organization that has been scored best by civil society.

The wInner:VALE – BRAzIL

runnerS-uP:eletrobrás Brazil

Itaipu Binacional Brazil

FurnAS Centrais elétricas Brazil

natura Cosmeticos Brazil

The vALue ChAIn AwArD Recognizing the organization that has been scored best by its own value chain.

The wInner:NATURA COSMETICOS – BRAzIL

runnerS-uP:Banco do Brasil Brazil

Arcor SAIC Argentina

Apple United States of America

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) India

The InveSTor AwArDRecognizing the organization that has been scored best by the investor community.

The wInner:BANCO DO BRASIL – BRAzIL

runnerS-uP:Banco Bradesco Brazil

vale Brazil

3m United States of America

Ford United States of America

The moST eFFeCTIve rePorT AwArD Recognizing the organization whose report best matched reporters’ objectives with readers’ needs.

The wInner:BANCO BRADESCO – BRAzIL

runnerS-uP:Itaipu Binacional Brazil

FurnAS Centrais elétricas Brazil

walmart Stores United States of America

gas natural BAn Argentina

The grI reADerS’ ChoICe AwArD – BeST overALLRecognizing the organization that has been scored best across the four stakeholder Awards categories.

The wInner: BANCO DO BRASIL – BRAzIL

runnerS-uP:vale Brazil

Banco Bradesco Brazil

FurnAS Centrais elétricas Brazil

natura Cosmeticos Brazil

AwARds

The 2010 Survey and Awards have seen a doubling in readers’ participation, underlining how stakeholders are becoming increasingly vocal in their opinions on the value of sustainability reporting. Brazilian stakeholder engagement has been outstanding, with organizations from the United States of America, India and Argentina also attracting wide support.

For more information, see www.awards.globalreporting.org