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Now is the time to stand up for human rights

Call for improved transparency on business respect for human rights Amsterdam, 10 December 2020 – 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. The role companies play, in terms of understanding how their behavior …

GRI engaging and influencing at World Economic Forum annual meeting

Corporate accountability at Davos a ‘step in right direction’ Amsterdam/Davos, 22 January 2020 – 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. GRI chief executive Tim Mohin is participating in the WEF annual meeting in …

GRI and the International Organisation of Employers partner to advance private sector action on sustainable development

. International sustainability standard-setter GRI and the International Organisation of Employers (IOE), the world’s largest private sector network, have announced a partnership agreement outlining their intent to stimulate business action on sustainable development. Both organizations are united in their belief that the private sector must play a pivotal role in solving the world’s most pressing challenges. …

ENEL PARTNERS WITH GRI AT 2016 GLOBAL CONFERENCE

Rome and Amsterdam, 12 April, 2016 – Global power company Enel has partnered with international sustainability standard-setter GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) ahead of the 5th GRI Global Conference: Empowering Sustainable Decisions, which takes place in Amsterdam 18-20 May, 2016. Enel is partnering with GRI to promote the use of sustainability information in strategic decision making …

John Elkington appointed Chairman of the GRI Technology Consortium

29 March 2016, Amsterdam. Today, GRI announced the appointment of sustainability thought-leader and author John Elkington as chairman of the recently established GRI Technology Consortium. John will lead the group and provide his extraordinary vision of a future where business works at the intersection of sustainability, entrepreneurship and innovation. The GRI Technology Consortium was launched …

Action on Climate Change: GRI and CDP issue guidance to help organizations disclose their impacts

GRI, pioneer of the world’s most widely used sustainability reporting standards, and CDP, host of the largest global collection of self-reported climate change, water and forest-risk data, have just released their latest linkage guidance to support companies in their reporting on climate-related impacts. Estimates by the International Finance Corporation and Carbon Trust predict the global …

GRI launches resource to enable greater transparency on human rights

  16 November 2015, Geneva. GRI, pioneer of the world’s most widely used sustainability reporting standards, today launched its latest Linkage Document at the Fourth United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights. ‘Linking G4 and the UN Guiding Principles’ highlights the connections between the GRI G4 Reporting Guidelines (G4) and key concepts of the …

TCS and GRI collaborate to highlight the power of sustainability reporting in India

April 29, 2015, Mumbai: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS) a leading IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, today announced the launch of the Moving Beyond Disclosure: Leveraging Sustainability Reporting to Drive Change, a study undertaken in collaboration with GRI, the developer of the world’s most widely used Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. The …

GRI helps companies comply with Directive on non-financial reporting

A new GRI linkage document shows how companies can use the G4 Guidelines to comply with the European Directive on disclosure of non-financial and diversity information. AMSTERDAM, February 3, 2015 – Today, GRI, architect of the world’s most widely used sustainability reporting framework, has released the publication “Making headway in Europe”, which sets out the …

GRI introduces G4 Exam: the next step for sustainability practitioners

GRI unveils first-ever professional exam to test knowledge of the G4 Guidelines and the GRI Reporting process. February 2, 2015, Amsterdam. Today, GRI, architect of the world’s most widely used sustainability reporting framework, unveiled the GRI G4 Exam, a first-of-its-kind opportunity for sustainability professionals to demonstrate their knowledge of G4 and the GRI Reporting Process. …