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

A Modern Identity Reflecting GRI's Purpose
GRI has launched a refreshed brand and website, created to support the continued delivery of sustainability standards that meet the needs of all stakeholders.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Accounting for a Sustainable World: Why Quality Disclosure Is Required
The unprecedented challenges posed by COVID-19 have reminded us that we are an interconnected global community.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Contribute to the Evolution of the GRI Standards
The consultation on revisions to the Universal Standards, the reporting that is at the foundation of all sustainability reporting through GRI, is open for 10 more days.

Research, Reports & Publications

The GRI Universal Standards: What's Changing and Why?
In June, we announced a major update to the reporting at the heart of the GRI Standards. The planned revisions to the Universal Standards are significant because they will affect every organization that uses the GRI Standards, supporting them to more effectively report their most significant impacts on the economy, environment and people.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Deep Dive on Waste and the Circular Economy
Business Leadership Forum from GRI offers business executives the opportunity to build knowledge and expertise on waste reporting and the circular economy.

Research, Reports & Publications

Promoting Clarity and Compatibility in the Sustainability Landscape
Amid rising global demand for clarity in the sustainability reporting ecosystem, the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) are pleased to announce a collaborative workplan.

Research, Reports & Publications

A Stronger Foundation for Impact Driven Reporting
Changes to improve how organizations use the GRI Standards to disclose their impacts on the economy, environment and people have been made available for global consultation.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Help at Hand to Understand GRI's Waste Standard
Following the launch of a standard that enables organizations to minimize waste impacts, two virtual events are taking place to highlight how companies can make the most of this global best practice for waste reporting – and how it can unlock circularity benefits.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Agriculture and Fishing Standard – Project Group Announced
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) have announced the members of the project working group leading the work to create a new sustainability reporting standard for agriculture and fishing.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

No Wasted Opportunities: Enabling Full Disclosure
Organizations now have the means to disclose a complete picture of the waste impacts in their activities, products and services – following the launch of a new reporting standard by GRI, provider of the leading global sustainability standards.

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