Transparency Matters

Transparency Matters is a blog in which Global Reporting Initiative Chief Executive Tim J. Mohin writes about cutting-edge issues in corporate responsibility, sustainability and responsible business practices. The blog also features interviews with leading thinkers in the international transparency movement. After working in the private sector for more than 20 years, Tim brings a practical perspective to discussions about how businesses can help create the conditions for sustainable development.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

GRI Reporting Companies Well Prepared for New European Standards
GRI has hailed the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) as an important step towards implementing the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and holding companies operating in the EU market accountable for their impacts.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

EU Sustainability Reporting Standards - Deeper Alignment With GRI Required
Following publication of the exposure drafts of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards, closer alignment is needed with GRI Standards

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The GRI Perspective: Lobbying, Influence and Accountability
From net-zero emissions to fair pay, climate change mitigation to diversity, commitments to sustainability by organizations are on the rise.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Companies Must Show Accountability for Biodiversity Impacts
As 22 May marked the International Day of Biological Diversity, we are less than eight years away from the 2030 deadline to reverse biodiversity loss, which was internationally reaffirmed at November’s COP26 climate conference.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Crucial That European ESG Standards 'Align With GRI'
The publication of the exposure drafts for the new European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) have been welcomed by GRI, the world’s leading provider of standards on sustainability impacts.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Sustainability in Corporate India Needs Transparency
It is now easier than ever before for organizations in India to meet national and international transparency expectations, thanks to a new publication that maps Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) reporting against the requirements

Sustainable Development Goals

Pandemic Raises Stakes for Success of the SDGs
In this Decade of Action for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we hear much about how organizations, countries and individuals are stepping up their efforts to achieve the 2030 Agenda.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Now Is the Time to Stand Up for Human Rights
As the world marks Human Rights Day, the widening societal inequalities brought into focus by the pandemic are a stark reminder of the action needed to advance human rights.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Responsible Investment Momentum for Colombia
The public and private sectors in Colombia have united in support of responsible investment practices that enable a fair and sustainable economy.

Research, Reports & Publications

Strong Backing for EU Ambition to Drive Transparency
GRI, provider of the world’s leading standards for sustainability reporting, has expressed full support for the European Commission’s plans to revise the Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD), for which a public consultation closed on 11 June.

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