Continuous improvement

The GRI Standards are regularly reviewed to ensure they reflect global best practices for sustainability reporting, helping thousands of organizations around the world respond to emerging information demands from stakeholders and regulators.

Find out more about current and recent projects to update or create new GRI Standards:

Standards development

The global standards for sustainability impacts

The GRI Standards enable any organization – large or small, private or public – to understand and report on their impacts on the economy, environment and people in a comparable and credible way, thereby increasing transparency on their contribution to sustainable development. In addition to companies, the Standards are highly relevant to many stakeholders - including investors, policymakers, capital markets, and civil society. ​

The Standards are designed as an easy-to-use modular set, delivering an inclusive picture of an organization's material topics, their related impacts, and how they are managed.

  • Universal Standards -  incorporate reporting on human rights and environmental due diligence, in line with intergovernmental expectations, and apply to all organizations;
  • Sector Standards enable more consistent reporting on sector-specific impacts;
  • Topic Standards - list disclosures relevant to a particular topic.

Access an overview of how the Standards are set up and what to look for in the reporting process with this short introduction: 

Get to know the GRI Standards system

Latest news about the Standards

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COP16: Transparency crucial to move from ambition to action

GRI increases support for organizations to report their biodiversity impacts – in Latin America and beyond

31 Oct 2024
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Momentum building on climate finance and climate action

GRI Climate Change and Energy Standards examined at new York Climate Week

04 Oct 2024
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GRI and TNFD make reporting on biodiversity easier

Interoperability mapping between TNFD Disclosure Recommendations and GRI Standards now available

30 Jul 2024
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Laying the foundations for improved reporting on pollution

Recruitment of multistakeholder working group is now open

27 Jun 2024
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More support available to deepen accountability in the mining sector

New implementation guide and translations of GRI 14: Mining Sector 2024

26 Jun 2024
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Blueprint to advance transparency and accountability for labor impacts

Public comment on revised GRI Standards for employment practices and working conditions

10 Jun 2024
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