About the project
Since the GRI disclosures on biodiversity were last revised in 2006, the issue of biodiversity has received significant attention in the global sustainable development agenda. This project aim was to review GRI 304: Biodiversity 2016 to represent internationally agreed best practices and align with latest developments and authoritative intergovernmental instruments in biodiversity.
The GSSB appointed a multi-stakeholder Technical Committee in November 2021 to lead the revision. Read the Project Proposal and the Terms of Reference for more information.
Development and consultation
The Biodiversity Standard exposure draft was made available for public comment between 5 December 2022 and 28 February 2023. You can access 122 submissions from organizations and individuals here.
A re-exposure of the disclosure 304-7 Access and benefit-sharing took place between 26 July – 10 September 2023. The comments from 17 submissions from the re-exposure can be found here.
'Basis for conclusions for GRI 101: Biodiversity 2024' provides a summary of the public comments received. It also sets out how the GSSB responded to these comments in the finalization of the Standard.
For key documents, FAQs, resources and more, see the list at the bottom of this page.