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

How to Link the GRI Standards With the SDGs
An updated resource is now available to assist companies to report on progress in support of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the GRI Standards.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Have Your Say on GRI’s Standard-Setting Priorities
Feedback from all stakeholders is being sought to determine which areas GRI’s Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB) should focus on over the next three years.

Research, Reports & Publications

Raising GRI’s Capability in Global Markets
As global capital markets, investors and policy makers are increasingly focused on environmental, social and governance (ESG) information, GRI has made two senior appointments to help meet the needs of these important stakeholders.

Events, Media & Communications

US Senators Join Call for OECD to ‘Align With GRI Tax Standard’
The response to the OECD’s consultation on updating their tax reporting framework has been supportive of adding public disclosure of country-by-country corporate tax payments.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Comprehensive ESG Backed by World’s Largest Sovereign Wealth Fund
A report from Norges Bank Investment Management has called for businesses to improve metrics to ensure they disclose ‘relevant, quantitative and comparable information on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues’.

Research, Reports & Publications

Sustainability Reporting at Center of Europe's Green Deal
Global Reporting Initiative welcomes the European Green Deal as a global game changer that other economies should follow.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Creating a Sustainability Standard for Agriculture and Fishing
Leading sustainability reporting standards setter GRI is inviting individuals to apply to the working group to develop a new Sector Standard to help agriculture and fishing organizations improve how they manage their impacts.

Events, Media & Communications

Help for Reporters to Understand the New Tax Standard
Free webinar available on the GRI Tax Standard - the first global reporting standard for country-by-country tax transparency

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Corporate Accountability at Davos a ‘Step in Right Direction’
With global leaders gathered in Switzerland for the World Economic Forum (WEF), GRI is pressing for action and commitments that support the transition to sustainable and responsible business.

Research, Reports & Publications

Rising Global Tax Scrutiny Shows the Case for Change
High interest at London event in GRI’s ‘game changer’ Tax Standard

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