Schedule of Standards projects
The GSSB work program includes projects to review existing GRI Standards as well as to develop new Standards. Below you’ll find information on ongoing Standards projects, as well as projects scheduled to start.
Click here for the GSSB Work Program for 2020-2022.
Click here for the draft GSSB Work Program for 2023-2025 which is out for public consultation.
Standards |
Status |
Project start |
Public comment |
Standard release |
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Review of GRI's human rights-related Standards (Phase 1) |
Completed |
Q2 2017 |
11 June to9 September2020 |
2H 2021 |
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Review of GRI's Universal Standards
|
Completed |
Q2 2019 |
11 June to9 September2020 |
2H 2021 |
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Development of a Sector Standard for
|
Completed |
Q2 2019 |
8 July to6 October2020 |
2H 2021 |
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Development of a Sector Standard for
|
Completed |
Q2 2019 |
19 May to31 July2021 |
1H 2022 |
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Development of a Sector Standard for agriculture, aquaculture, and fishing |
Completed |
Q4 2019 |
19 May to31 July2021 |
1H 2022 |
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Review of GRI 304: Biodiversity 2016 |
In progress |
Q3 2021 |
5 December 2022 to 28 February 2023 |
Q2 2023 (expected) |
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Development of a Sector Standard for mining |
In progress |
Q1 2022 |
Q1 2023 (expected) |
Q3 2023 (expected) |
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Review of the Labor-related Topic Standards (Phase 2 of the Review of GRI's human rights-related Standards)
|
In progress |
Q3 2022 |
Q3 2023 |
Q3 2024 (expected) |
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Development of a Sector Standard for food and beverages |
In progress |
To be started |
Q1 2023 |
TBD |
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Critical incident managementReview of GRI's spills and leaks disclosure from GRI 306: Effluents and Waste 2016 |
To be started |
Q3 2023 (expected) |
TBD |
TBD |
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Climate changeIncluding a review of the GRI 302: Energy 2016, GRI 305: Emissions 2016, and GRI 201: Economic Performance 2016 |
To be started |
Q4 2022 (expected) |
Q2 2024 (expected) |
TBD |
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Development of Topic Standard for Economic disclosures |
To be started |
Q1 2023 (expected) |
Q3 2024 (expected) |
TBD
|
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Development of a Sector Standard for textiles and apparel |
In progress |
Q1 2023 (expected) |
Q2 2024 (expected) |
Q1 2025 (expected) |
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Development of Financial Services Sector Standards for banking, insurance and capital markets |
To be started |
Q2 2023 (expected) |
Q3 2024 (expected) |
Q3 2025 (expected) |