Sector Standard for Agriculture, Aquaculture, and Fishing (GRI 13)
Standard for sustainable production on land and sea
The importance of this Standard
Agriculture, aquaculture, and fishing industries share common impacts associated with the production of food as well as non-food products and are fundamental to the world's food systems and the making of a variety of materials - such as fibers and fuels. These sectors have been prioritized based on their widely documented impacts across economic, environmental, and social dimensions - including those on climate change and biodiversity, food security, farming and fishing practices, and community engagement.
The Standard aims to increase the completeness and comparability of sustainability reporting for any organizations - irrespective of location, specialism, or size - involved in crop cultivation, animal production, aquaculture or fishing.
GRI 13: Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fishing Sectors 2022 comes in effect for reporting from 1 January 2024, with early adoption encouraged. This Standard is used together with the GRI Universal Standards and the GRI Topic Standards.
Reporting with GRI 13
GRI 13: Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fishing Sectors 2022 is freely available for download. The Standard is used together with the GRI Universal Standards and Topic Standards.
The latest version (V1.1) of GRI 12, published in January 2026, has been aligned with the revised GRI 101: Biodiversity 2024, GRI 102: Climate Change 2025, and GRI 103: Energy 2025 Topic Standards, containing best-in-class disclosures for reporting. The earlier version can be used until 31 December 2026, with early adoption encouraged. See the Sector Program webpage, the alignment project proposal, and the alignment FAQ document for more information, including on the public consultation and effective dates.
About this project
In 2019, the Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB), the independent body responsible for setting the GRI Standards, initiated a project under the Sector Program to develop a Standard for Agriculture, Aquaculture, and Fishing. GRI 13 was developed by a multi-stakeholder working group appointed by the GSSB.
The project followed the GSSB's Due process, the implementation of which is overseen by the GRI Due Process Oversight Committee.
The exposure draft of the Standard was made available for public comment from 19 May to 30 July 2021. The basis for conclusions for GRI 13 provides a summary of the significant issues raised through public comments. A complete record of the received comments can be found here. It also provides a summary of how GSSB responded to these comments based on the recommendations of the working group.
Related documents
| GRI 13: Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fishing Sectors 2022 FAQs | file | 27 Jun 2022 | English | 221 KB | |
| GRI Sector Program Description | file | 07 Feb 2019 | English | 449 KB | |
| GRI Sector Program Exposure Draft For Agriculture Aquaculture Fishing | file | 02 Aug 2021 | English | 4.6 MB | |
| GRI Sector Standards Project for Agriculture and Fishing – Project proposal | file | 19 Sep 2020 | English | 215 KB | |
| GRI Sector Standards project for AAF public comment feedback | file | 26 Aug 2021 | English | 268 KB | |
| Agriculture and Fishing project working group members | file | 20 Sep 2020 | English | 1020 KB | |
| GSSB Due Process Protocol 2018 | file | 18 Oct 2018 | English | 213 KB | |
| GSSB Terms of Reference | file | 18 Oct 2018 | English | 108 KB | |
| GRI Sector Standards Agriculture and Fishing – Working group terms of reference | file | 19 Sep 2020 | English | 227 KB | |
| GSSB Work Program 2020-2022 | file | 01 Dec 2020 | English | 221 KB |
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