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The article presents the outline of the sustainable development concept, pointing the efforts to promote it in the formulation of the key goal of company existence. The necessity to include the expectations and needs of stakeholders other then only shareholders for the full achievement of the generally accepted objective of value creation has been stressed. The paper presents the principles of reporting in the context of sustainable development idea, requiring the presentation not only of the financial, but also environmental and social results. The examples of information already disclosed in companies’ annual reports are presented.