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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Sustainable Development Goals

Welcome Progess on SDGs Reporting - Thanks to GRI Standards
A new study has revealed that four-in-five companies assessed now include a commitment in their sustainability reports to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Environment

EFRAG and GRI to Co-construct Biodiversity Standard
The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) and GRI have joined forces on the technical work for their respective new biodiversity standards.

Environment

Oil and Gas Transparency Standard for Low-Carbon Transition
A new sustainability reporting standard for oil and gas has launched today, which will enable complete disclosure on the complexity of transparency demands facing the sector

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

GRI Raises Bar for Due Diligence and Human Rights Reporting
New Universal Standards from GRI now publish - which deliver highest transparency yet for impacts on the environment, economy and people

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Sustainability Impacts Standard for Mining Under Development
How can organizations in the mining sector improve reporting on their sustainability performance, demonstrating accountability for their shared sustainability challenges and meet growing demands for transparency?

Research, Reports & Publications

True Transparency Requires In-Depth Reporting
How can organizations respond to their needs for improved information on sustainability risks, as well as growing external expectations for transparency?

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Striving for Sustainability in Global Food Systems
As the global community gears up for the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit, it is significant that preparations are also underway by Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) to deliver a new sector reporting standard for agriculture, aquaculture, and fishing.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Challenge for Coal Sector of Net Zero and a Just Transition
As the build-up continues to the pandemic-delayed UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), all eyes – and hopefully all agendas – are on how to reach net-zero carbon emissions.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Backing from PwC for GRI's Sustainability Standards Setting
An initiative to safeguard the continued development of the GRI Standards has secured a new supporter. Multinational professional services network PwC has joined the GRI Global Standards Fund.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Sharper Focus on Sustainability in Sectors
A consultation has launched to gather feedback on two proposed new Standards under GRI’s Sector Program, which will increase transparency within sectors by focusing attention on the sustainability issues that matter most.

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