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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.

Standards	Status	Project start	Public Comment	Standard release
Review of GRI's human rights-related Standards	In progress	Q2 2017	11 June to 9 September 2020	Phase 1: 2H 2021 Phase 2: tbd
Review of GRI's Universal Standards (GRI 101: Foundation 2016, GRI 102: General Disclosures 2016, GRI 103: Management Approach 2016)	Completed	Q2 2019	11 June to 9 September 2020	2H 2021
Development of a Sector Standard for oil and gas	Completed	Q2 2019	8 July to 6 October 2020	2H 2021
Development of a Sector Standard for coal	Completed	Q2 2019	19 May to 31 July 2021	1H 2022
Development of a Sector Standard for agriculture and fishing	In progress	Q4 2019	19 May to 31 July 2021	1H 2022
Development of a Sector Standard for mining	In progress	Q1 2022	Q1 2023 (expected)	Q3 2023 (expected)
Review of GRI 304: Biodiversity 2016	In progress	Q3 2021	Q3 2022 (expected)	Q2 2023 (expected)
Critical incident management Review of GRI's spills and leaks disclosures (from GRI 306: Effluents and Waste 2016)	To be started	Expected Q3 2022	TBD	TBD
Climate change New topic including review of GRI 302: Energy 2016, GRI 305: Emissions 2016, and GRI 201: Economic Performance 2016	To be started	Expected Q4 2022	TBD	TBD
Development of a Sector Standard for Food and Beverages	To be started	Expected Q4 2022

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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