GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards

Globally accepted sustainability reporting standards create a common language for organizations and stakeholders by which impacts of organizations can be communicated and understood. They provide organizations with a standardized way to describe their economic, environmental and social impacts and increase the quality of information available to stakeholders, thereby enabling greater accountability of organizations. GRI Standards are designed to enhance the global comparability and quality of sustainability information, resulting in greater transparency on economic, environmental and social impacts. GRI Standards are developed and approved by the Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB) with the intention of those standards being applied on a globally consistent basis thus providing stakeholders with the ability to compare the impacts of organizations.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Letter From Chair of GRI's Global Sustainability Standards Board
Commitment to collaboration on sustainability standard setting from GRI

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

One Week To Go in GRI Biodiversity Consultation
The public comment period for an exposure draft that proposes a significant revamp to the Biodiversity Standard (GRI 304) closes on 28 February

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Unearthing Mining Impacts With New GRI Sector Standard
ESG disclosure standard for mining sector coming soon - contribute to the GRI public comment period

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Beyond COP15: Securing Business Accountability on Biodiversity
The adoption of the Kunming-Montréal Global Biodiversity Framework, signed at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) last month, is without doubt a major milestone, committing the world to halting and reversing biodiversity loss by 2030.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

GRI Reporting Best Prepares Companies for New EU Standards
Key questions on the roll-out of the new European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) have been addressed, offering reassurance to the thousands of organizations already using the GRI Standards

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Global Standard for Biodiversity Impacts One Step Closer
A proposed reporting standard that seeks to unlock accountability for the impacts organizations have on the natural world, informing the global response to a deepening biodiversity crisis, has been made available.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Accountability on Human Rights: GRI Labor Standards up for Review
Human rights reporting will be further integrated in the GRI Standards, following the launch of a project to update labor Topic Standards – including the creation of new disclosures or standards.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Tax Reporting Shows That Companies Are Accountable for Their Impacts
What does taxation say about how much companies contribute in the communities and societies where they operate?

Energy

Global Reporting Initiative Publish Standard to Address Sustainability Impacts of Coal
How can a sector that is responsible for 30% of global carbon emissions be held to account for its impacts, including ensuring that coal companies meet growing stakeholder demands for transparency in how they align with the low-carbon transition?

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Credibility Through Accountability - GRI Sets the Standard
What is the role of the various ESG standards, frameworks, ratings and rankers, when it comes to how sustainable business practices are measured and achieved?

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