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 was out for public consultation. As a next step the GSSB will now consider the feedback received and discuss this in the next board meeting before approving the final GSSB Work Program 2023-2025.
Standards
Status
Project start
Public comment
Standard release
 
Universal Standards
(Including Phase 1 of the review of
GRI's human rights-related Standards)
Completed
Q2 2019
11 June to
9 September
2020
October 2021
 
Sector Standards for Oil and Gas
Completed
Q2 2019
8 July to
6 October
2020
October 2021
 
Sector Standard for Coal
Completed
Q2 2019
19 May to
31 July
2021
March 2022
 
Sector Standard for Agriculture, Aquaculture, and Fishing
Completed
Q4 2019
19 May to
31 July
2021
June 2022
 
GRI Topic Standard Project for
Biodiversity
In progress
Q3 2021
5 December
2022 to 28
February 2023
Q1 2024
(expected)
 
GRI Topic Standards Project For Labor
In progress
Q3 2022
Set 1:Q2 2024
Set 2:Q2 2025
Set 1:Q4 2024
Set 2:Q4 2025
 
GRI Topic Standard Project For Climate Change
In progress
Q4 2022
Q1 2024
(expected)
Q4 2024
(expected)
 
GRI Topic Standard Project For Economic
Impacts

 

To be started
Q3 2023
(expected)
Q3 2024
(expected)
TBD
 
GRI Topic Standard Project for Pollution
To be started
Q4 2023
(expected)
TBD
TBD
 
GRI Sector Standard Project For Mining
In progress
Q1 2022 
7 February and
30 April 2023
Q1 2024
(expected)
 
GRI Sector Standard Project For Textiles And Apparel
In progress
Q1 2023
Q1 - Q2 2025
Q1 2026
 
GRI Sector Standards Project For Financial
Services
In progress
Q3 2023-Q3 2024
Q4 2024
(expected)
Q3 2025
(expected)
 

Related documents

GSSB Due Process Protocol 2018 file 18 Oct 2018 English 213 KB
GSSB Terms of Reference file 18 Oct 2018 English 108 KB
GSSB Work Program 2020-2022 file 01 Dec 2020 English 221 KB

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