GRI Standards: Have Your Say!

Jul 6, 2016 12:00 PM ET

The Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB) is transitioning the G4 Guidelines into GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards (GRI Standards). In line with GRI's longstanding multi-stakeholder approach and Due Process Protocol for standards development, the exposure drafts of GRI Standards are open for review and comment until 17 July 2016. Check out what others are saying about the new standards.

About the GSSB
Established as an independent operating entity under the auspices of GRI, the Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB) is comprised of 15 members, who represent the best combination of technical expertise, diversity of experience and multi-stakeholder perspective. The GSSB performs its work according to a formally defined due process, exclusively in the public interest and according to the vision and mission of GRI. The GSSB also oversees the work done by GRI’s Standards Division in creating GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards (GRI Standards).

About GRI
GRI is an international independent organization that has pioneered corporate sustainability reporting since 1997. GRI helps businesses, governments and other organizations understand and communicate the impact of business on critical sustainability issues such as climate change, human rights, corruption and many others. With thousands of reporters in over 90 countries, GRI provides the world’s most trusted and widely used standards on sustainability reporting, enabling organizations and their stakeholders to make better decisions based on information that matters. Currently, 40 countries and regions reference GRI in their policies. GRI is built upon a unique multi-stakeholder principle, which ensures the participation and expertise of diverse stakeholders in the development of its standards. GRI’s mission is to empower decision-makers everywhere, through its standards and multi-stakeholder network, to take action towards a more sustainable economy and world.