Sustainability Reporting Guidelines

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is a long-term, multi-stakeholder, international process whose mission is to develop and disseminate globally applicable Sustainability Reporting Guidelines.

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) was established in late 1997 with the mission of developing globally applicable guidelines for reporting on the economic, environmental, and social performance, initially for corporations and eventually for any business, governmental, or non-governmental organisation (NGO). Convened by the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES) in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the GRI incorporates the active participation of corporations, NGO.

These Guidelines are for voluntary use by organisations for reporting on the economic, environmental, and social dimensions of their activities, products, and services2. The aim of the Guidelines is to assist reporting organisations and their stakeholders in articulating and understanding contributions of the reporting organisations to sustainable development.

Since publication of the first Guidelines in June 2000, the trends that catalysed the formation of GRI have continued unabated and, in most cases, have intensified. The issues-globalisation and corporate governance, accountability, and citizenship-have now moved to the mainstream of policy and management debates in many organisations and the countries in which they operate.

The turbulent first years of the 21st century underscore the reason for GRI's rapid expansion: higher standards of accountability and increasing dependence on wide-ranging external multi-stakeholder networks will form a significant part of the fabric of organisational practice in the years to come.

Support for creating a new, generally accepted disclosure framework for sustainability reporting continues to grow among business, civil society, government, and labour stakeholders. GRI's rapid evolution in just a few years from a bold vision to a new permanent global institution reflects the imperative and the value that various constituencies assign to such a disclosure framework.

The GRI process, rooted in inclusiveness, transparency, neutrality, and continual enhancement, has enabled GRI to give concrete expression to accountability.

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