Global Reporting Initiative

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GRI

What is the GRI?

GRI is an international independent organisation that helps businesses and other organisations understand and communicate the impact of business on critical sustainability issues such as climate change, corruption and many others.

GRI has produced the G4 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. 

The Guidelines set out economic, environmental and social categories.

Economic Category

This category covers 4 aspects

  1. Economic performance

  2. Market presence

  3. Indirect economic impacts

  4. Procurement practices

Environmental Category

This category covers 12 aspects.

  1. Materials

  2. Energy

  3. Water

  4. Biodiversity

  5. Emissions

  6. Effluents and waste

  7. Products and services

  8. Compliance

  9. Transport

  10. Overall

  11. Supplier environmental assessment

  12. Environmental grievance mechanisms

Social Category

This has 4 sub-categories, which then cover many more aspects.

The 4 sub-categories are:

  • Labour Practices and Decent Work

  • Human Rights

  • Society

  • Product Responsibility

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