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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Tax Transparency: The Time for Change is Now
Why the world needs a global reporting standard for corporate tax.

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First Global Standard for Tax Transparency
The launch of a new tax reporting standard that seeks to ensure multinationals are much clearer about how much – and where – they pay their taxes has received widespread international support.

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Leadership Built on Diversity of Experience
GRI, provider of the world’s leading sustainability reporting standards, will welcome four new members to its Board.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Strengthening Supply Chain Reporting
A leadership forum on strengthening supply chain sustainability reporting has been launched by the Global Reporting Initiative

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Call for Applicants to Support GRI’s Standard Setting
Opportunity to join the Global Sustainability Standards Board - the body responsible for setting the GRI Standards

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GRI Standards Launched in Italian
Companies in Italy supported to disclose their impacts using the world’s leading sustainability reporting framework - following Italian becoming latest translation of the GRI Standards.

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Advancing Sustainability Reporting in Greater China Region
In a strategic move to best meet the diverse needs of companies and stakeholders in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau, GRI’s regional base has relocated from Beijing to Hong Kong.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Driving Sustainability Standards Ever Higher
GRI is raising its capacity to build on the success of the GRI Standards, following the recruitment of Marco van der Ree as Chief Development Officer.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Update to Chinese Translations of GRI Standards
Additional Chinese translations of the GRI Standards, the world's most widely adopted sustainability reporting framework, are now available.

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Update to French Translation of GRI Standards
Additional French translations of the GRI Standards, the world's most widely adopted sustainability reporting framework, are now available.

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