Continuous improvement

The GRI Standards are regularly reviewed to ensure they reflect global best practices for sustainability reporting, helping thousands of organizations around the world respond to emerging information demands from stakeholders and regulators.

Find out more about current and recent projects to update or create new GRI Standards:

Standards development

The global standards for sustainability impacts

The GRI Standards enable any organization – large or small, private or public – to understand and report on their impacts on the economy, environment and people in a comparable and credible way, thereby increasing transparency on their contribution to sustainable development. In addition to companies, the Standards are highly relevant to many stakeholders - including investors, policymakers, capital markets, and civil society. ​

The Standards are designed as an easy-to-use modular set, delivering an inclusive picture of an organization's material topics, their related impacts, and how they are managed.

  • Universal Standards -  incorporate reporting on human rights and environmental due diligence, in line with intergovernmental expectations, and apply to all organizations;
  • Sector Standards enable more consistent reporting on sector-specific impacts;
  • Topic Standards - list disclosures relevant to a particular topic.

Access an overview of how the Standards are set up and what to look for in the reporting process with this short introduction: 

Get to know the GRI Standards system

Latest news about the Standards

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Unlocking financial transparency for responsible business practices

Public comment underway for GRI Sector Standards for Banking, Capital Markets and Insurance

05 Mar 2025
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Limiting CSRD is a backward step for EU sustainability

European Commission’s simplification agenda raises questions over how to achieve EU Green Deal

26 Feb 2025
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People are your greatest asset: transparency for labor impacts

Public consultation under way on revised and new GRI Standards covering work-life balance and career development

25 Feb 2025
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A global coalition for stronger sustainability disclosures

GRI and partners urge countries to uphold sustainability reporting provisions in ‘Financing for Development’ negotiations

10 Feb 2025
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New governance refresh underpins GRI’s multistakeholder strengths

Membership appointments confirmed for three bodies

27 Jan 2025
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Navigating digitalization in sustainability reporting

Medium Article by Alper Cezmi Ozdemir, GRI Research Associate

17 Dec 2024
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