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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GRI global adoption by top companies continues to grow

Latest research confirms that the GRI Standards lead the way for sustainability reporting in all global regions

27 Nov 2024
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Japanese sustainability reporting can benefit from GRI cooperation

MoU between GRI’s GSSB and Sustainability Standards Board of Japan

26 Nov 2024
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CDP and GRI deepen collaboration to streamline environmental disclosure

Memorandum of Understanding signed to boost access to comparable data

14 Nov 2024
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More progress needed to halt biodiversity loss

Main takeaways from Biodiversity COP16 in Cali, Colombia

12 Nov 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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