GRI Newsletter: International Women's Day Edition

On International Women’s Day, GRI wants to highlight how transparency can help organizations work towards gender equality. This month's newsletter features several examples of how the GRI Standards and GRI’s services help companies better understand their impacts on gender.

Transparency as a Force for Gender Equality

What's the link between the #metoo movement, sustainability reporting and achieving the SDGs? The answer is women's empowerment through transparency. It is as a force of transformation, and the cornerstone of sustainable development. Watch this inspirational video and become part of the solution.

How Barclays Uses Inclusive Financial Systems to Promote Economic and Social Progress

In 2017 Barclays helped empower 205,180 people through a range of financial and digital skills initiatives.

Q&A with Deutsche Börse: Transparency Is the Foundation for Responsible Investing

One of the largest stock exchanges in the world, Deutsche Börse strives to drive progress and innovation in sustainable finance. In this interview, Deutsche Börse's Head of Group Sustainability, Kristina Jeromin, talks about the increasing investor interest in ESG data, and the role of sustainability reporting in long-term oriented investing.​

How Barclays Helps Fund Crucial Social and Environmental Progress

In 2017 Barclays helped clients raise £31.7bn across a range of social and environmental segments.

WATCH: David Lear, Vice President of Sustainability at Dell

David Lear, vice president of sustainability at Dell Inc., shares his insights on how on how supplier engagement can drive product and sustainability innovation.

TURNING POINT: Corporate Progress on the Ceres Roadmap for Sustainability is a new assessment released by Ceres that examines how more than 600 of the largest publicly traded companies in the U.S. are responding to urgent calls to act on climate change and other sustainability threats, such as water pollution and scarcity, and human rights abuses, and positioning themselves for success in a world shaped by these unprecedented environmental and social challenges.

WATCH: Geisha Williams, PG&E, CEO and President

Geisha Williams, CEO and president of PG&E talks about the opportunities for utilities to capitalize on decarbonization of the transportation sector. Learn more about how utilities are making progress towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Ceres new analysis, Turning Point: Corporate Progress Against the Ceres Roadmap for Sustainability, at www.ceres.org/turningpoint.

WATCH: Val Smith, Citi, Managing Director and Global Head, Corporate Sustainability

Val Smith, managing director and global head of corporate sustainability at Citi, discusses how The Ceres Roadmap for Sustainability serves as an important framework for benchmarking and understanding best practice for sustainable business leadership.

WATCH: Andrew Plepler, Bank of America, Global Head of ESG

Andrew Plepler, global head of ESG at Bank of America, discusses how the Ceres Roadmap for Sustainability provides the company with a comprehensive framework for corporate sustainability leadership.

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