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 developmentThe 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.
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 systemUpdated mapping supports organizations in connecting their GRI climate reporting with the CDP’s 2026 questionnaire
Consultation underway on draft GRI Standards to strengthen reporting on pollution impacts and management
Two Vice-Chairs and one new member appointed to the GSSB
Medium article by Elodie Chêne (GRI), Leah Samberg and Niall Robb (Rainforest Alliance)
Article by Peiyuan Guo, GRI Supervisory Board Member
Research of 1,000 companies finds significant progress needed to improve how air pollutant impacts are disclosed and quantified
GRI launches new guide to help companies succeed in their biodiversity reporting journeys
Quarterly Standards Update: consultations on labor and economic impacts, plus Biodiversity and Mining Standards take effect
New Chair confirmed for the Global Sustainability Standards Board
