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Global Reporting Initiative·Framework

GRI Standards

The impact-reporting framework: what your organisation does to the economy, the environment and people. Used voluntarily worldwide and increasingly as the impact layer underneath CSRD reporting.

  • 587 disclosures catalogued
  • 140 disclosure cards live
  • 72 guides published
  • 2021 · 2025
Editorial programme 66 of 50 topics published

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Disclosure guides

Understand the questions behind the standards.

Pillar guides covering the subject end to end, articles that each settle one practical question, FAQ cards and expert notes. Every answer names the clause it rests on and separates what the standard requires from what it leaves to your judgement.

72 published · 64 source files prepared · 50 target article topics

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Disclosure cards

Prepare a disclosure from requirement to sign-off.

One card per requirement: the fields to collect, the claims to verify, the evidence to retain, where judgement is usually needed, and how real companies reported it — with page-level citations into the indexed report corpus.

140 of 587 disclosures carded

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What is in GRI

Three tiers, and you need all of them

The Universal Standards apply to every organisation. A Sector Standard applies if one exists for your sector. Topic Standards apply to the topics you determine to be material. The tiers are not alternatives — the system only works read together.

  1. 01
    Universal

    GRI 1 Foundation, GRI 2 General Disclosures, GRI 3 Material Topics.

  2. 02
    Sector

    Oil and gas, coal, agriculture, mining and more, each listing likely material topics.

  3. 03
    Topic

    The 200, 300 and 400 series, plus the new GRI 101, 102 and 103.

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Disclosure card · GRI 2-1 Organizational details Open → Disclosure card · GRI 2-2 Entities included in the organization’s sustainability reporting Open → Disclosure card · GRI 2-3 Reporting period, frequency and contact point Open → Disclosure card · GRI 2-4 Restatements of information Open →

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GRI Standards Certified Training

A full reporting cycle with a mentor: impact inventory, threshold, Topic Standard selection, Content Index and assurance readiness.

Available as Guided Flex, Live Cohort, 1:1 Expert Mentorship or Corporate Programme.

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