Our mission is to enable organizations to be transparent and take responsibility for their impacts. To achieve that, we strive to support best practice sustainability reporting, based on the world\u2019s most widely used standards for disclosing those impacts – the GRI Standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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So, take a deep dive into the Standards today \u2013 which cover topics ranging from anti-corruption to water, biodiversity to occupational health and safety, tax to emissions. And explore our services while learning about how we operate and collaborate to secure a more sustainable future for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
GRI’s first Sector Standard is one step closer, with a\u00a0 public comment period underway. A proposed sustainability reporting standard for companies operating in the oil and gas sector is open until 6 October. Provide your input today.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read the exposure draft<\/a> and provide your feedback using this online survey<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Oil, gas\u202fand coal are the first projects for\u202fdevelopment under the new GRI Sector Standards program. These sectors were prioritized because of their widely documented impacts across economic, environmental and social dimensions, such as impacts on climate change, biodiversity and human rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The project aims to identify and describe the sectors\u2019 significant impacts and stakeholder concerns from a sustainable development perspective and create a foundation for improving transparency and more consistent reporting from organizations in these sectors. This new addition to the GRI Standards will support organizations in high-impact sectors to identify and address their external impacts, empowering engagement with stakeholders and bringing consistency in how sectors report on sustainable development concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Originally this Standard was proposed to cover oil, gas and coal. On the advice of project working group (PWG)<\/a>, coal will be developed as a separate Sector Standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The exposure draft, as developed by the project working group, identifies reporting across the 22 most critical sustainability topics for organizations with oil and gas activities \u2013 covering climate change, the environment, health and safety, employment, communities, and governance. To contribute to the public comment, download the\u202fexposure draft<\/a> and fill out\u202fthe\u202fonline survey<\/a> by 6 October 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We have developed the following materials to assist you in your review:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Oil and gas is the first project to be developed under the new GRI Sector Standards project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In April 2020 the GSSB decided to split the scope of the project, and develop a sector standard for oil and gas and a separate standard for coal. The development of these standards follows different timelines. For more information please see the\u202fmeeting paper<\/a>\u202f.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The exposure draft for a Sector Standard: Oil and Gas, as developed by the project working group, identifies reporting across the 22 most critical sustainability topics for organizations with oil and gas activities \u2013 covering climate change, the environment, health and safety, employment, communities, and governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n An expert and multi-stakeholder project working group was appointed by the Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB), the independent body responsible for setting the GRI Standards and is leading the development of the Sector Standard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The project will follow the GSSB\u2019s\u202fDue Process Protocol<\/a>, the implementation of which will be overseen by the\u202fDue Process Oversight Committee<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Learn more about the GRI Sector Standards Program here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n An expert multi-stakeholder\u202fproject working group (PWG) appointed by the Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB) is leading the development of the Sector Standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhy oil, gas and coal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
We need your input<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
About the project<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Meet our working group<\/h2>\n\n\n\n