GRI 2: General Disclosures·Disclosure GRI 2-6
Activities, value chain and other business relationships
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GRI 2: General Disclosures
Disclosure GRI 2-6
Ultima revisione
2026-07-18
Materiale didattico LRA · Non emesso né approvato da GRI
Focus dell’informativa
Disclosure 2-6 requires an organisation to report the sector or sectors in which it is active and provide a high-level overview of its value chain. The overview covers the organisation’s activities, products, services and markets served; its supply chain; and the entities downstream from the organisation and the activities they perform.
The value chain includes activities carried out by the organisation and by entities upstream and downstream from it, from the conception of products or services to their end use. It includes entities beyond the first tier upstream and downstream. The organisation does not need to describe every individual activity or entity; the high-level overview should provide enough context to understand its impacts, including impacts connected with the use of its products and services.
The organisation must also report other relevant business relationships that have not already been described as part of the value chain, and describe significant changes in its sectors, value chain and other relevant business relationships compared with the previous reporting period.
The entities included in sustainability reporting are determined under Disclosure 2-2. The 2-6 description covers the activities of those reporting entities, while the value chain can extend to external upstream and downstream entities such as suppliers, distributors, wholesalers, retailers, customers and beneficiaries.
GRI Guidance recommends, where relevant, contextual information such as the total number of operations and the definition of an operation; the quantity or net sales of products or services; banned or publicly debated products and the organisation’s response; characteristics and relative importance of markets; and estimated information about upstream and downstream entities. These are Guidance items, not additional requirements.
Reasons for omission are permitted for Disclosure 2-6. The organisation cannot simply label required information ‘excluded’: its GRI content index must identify the unmet disclosure or requirement, give one of the four permitted reasons—Not applicable, Legal prohibitions, Confidentiality constraints, or Information unavailable / incomplete—and provide the required explanation.
The ten datapoints below are an LRA operational decomposition of Disclosure 2-6-a to 2-6-d. They are not ten separate GRI requirements.
Questo materiale didattico LRA supporta la preparazione dell’informativa. Per i requisiti esatti, fai sempre riferimento alla fonte ufficiale GRI.
Prima di iniziare
Prima di iniziare
Una breve checklist prima di preparare questa informativa: spunta ogni voce man mano che la definisci.
Preparazione
Informazioni chiave da preparare
| Campo da preparare | Cosa rilevare | Suggerimento sull’evidenza | Responsabile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active sectors | Name the sectors in which the organisation is active. Use an applicable GRI Sector Standard or a clear classification such as GICS, ICB, ISIC or SICS where useful, and reconcile it to internal segment reporting. | Business unit or segment reporting, management accounts, strategy papers, or external filings that list operating sectors. | Strategy / Finance |
| Value chain activities | Describe the main activities of the entities included in sustainability reporting under GRI 2-2. As optional Guidance, report the total number of operations and explain how ‘operation’ is defined. | Operating model documents, process maps, annual report narrative, and business unit descriptions. | Strategy / Operations |
| Value chain products | Describe the organisation’s products. Optional Guidance includes quantity or net sales and whether products are banned in certain markets or subject to stakeholder concerns or public debate, with reasons and responses. | Product catalogue, segment disclosures, sales materials, and product governance records. | Commercial / Product |
| Value chain services | Describe the organisation’s services. Optional Guidance includes quantity or net sales and whether services are banned in certain markets or subject to stakeholder concerns or public debate, with reasons and responses. | Service catalogue, customer contracts, operating model documents, and service line reporting. | Commercial / Service Delivery |
| Markets served | Describe markets served, including customer groups. Optional Guidance can cover geography, demographic or other characteristics, market size and relative importance, and net sales or revenues by market. | Sales reporting, regional or customer segment analysis, investor presentations, and market strategy documents. | Commercial / Sales |
| Supply chain overview | Provide a high-level description of the supply chain, acknowledging relevant upstream entities beyond tier 1. Useful context can include supplier types, estimated numbers by tier, activities, relationship types, sector characteristics, payments and geography. | Procurement maps, supplier master data, sourcing strategy, and supply chain risk assessments. | Procurement / Supply Chain |
| Downstream entities | Describe the main categories of entities downstream from the organisation, including relevant entities beyond the first tier—for example distributors, wholesalers, retailers, customers and beneficiaries. Estimated numbers, relationship types and geography are optional context. | Channel partner lists, distribution agreements, customer route-to-market documents, and sales channel reporting. | Commercial / Sales |
| Downstream activities | Describe the activities performed by downstream entities in relation to the organisation’s products and services, such as manufacturing, distribution, wholesale, retail, installation, use or servicing. | Channel agreements, partner operating manuals, route-to-market documents, and customer journey maps. | Commercial / Channel Management |
| Other relevant business relationships | Report other relevant business relationships with entities not already described as part of the value chain, such as joint ventures, franchisees, investee companies or other entities directly linked to operations, products or services. | Key contract registers, alliance or partnership lists, franchise records, and strategic relationship inventories. | Legal / Strategy |
| Significant changes | Describe significant changes in the sectors, value chain and other relevant business relationships compared with the previous reporting period. | Prior-year disclosure, change logs, M&A records, restructuring papers, and updated operating model documents. | Finance / Strategy |
Come prepararla
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Traduci l’informativa in una domanda di business interna, poi adattala al linguaggio della tua organizzazione.
For the entities reported under GRI 2-2, what sectors, activities, products, services and markets should we describe; what are the main upstream and downstream value-chain categories; which other relevant business relationships remain; and what changed significantly since last year?
Use your organisation’s own operating language first, then map it to the reporting disclosure. For example, use your internal names for business lines, sites, regions, customer groups, supplier tiers, partners and distribution routes rather than framework terms. Keep the wording practical and familiar to the people who hold the source information.
Richiesta debole
Please provide the GRI 2-6 information on activities, value chain and other business relationships.
Perché non funziona: This uses framework language only, so the owner has to translate the ask before they can answer it. It does not say which internal records are needed, what parts of the business to cover, or how to show changes from the prior period.
Richiesta migliore
For the GRI 2-2 reporting entities, please send a high-level current-period description of sectors; activities, products, services and markets; upstream categories beyond tier 1 where relevant; downstream entities and their activities; other relevant relationships not already in the value chain; and significant changes from the prior period. Include source records and identify any unavailable required item against the exact GRI requirement and permitted reason for omission.
Modello di e-mail formale
Subject: Request for GRI 2-6 business and value-chain information for [reporting period] Hi [name/team], For the entities included in sustainability reporting under GRI 2-2, please provide a high-level description of: - active sectors and own activities; - products, services and markets served; - main upstream supplier categories, including relevant categories beyond tier 1; - downstream entities such as distributors, wholesalers, retailers, customers and beneficiaries, and the activities they perform; - other relevant business relationships not already described in the value chain; and - significant changes compared with [prior period]. Where available, also provide the total number and definition of operations; product/service quantity or net sales; market importance; estimated supplier/downstream populations; and any banned or publicly debated products or services and our response. These are optional Guidance context. Attach the source records and approval owner. If required information is unavailable or cannot be disclosed, identify the affected GRI requirement. Do not exclude it informally: record the applicable reason for omission and required explanation for the GRI content index. Please adapt this request to the organisation’s language and check the official source before sign-off. Thanks, [preparer name]
Versione breve per Teams / Slack
Hi [name/team] — please share a high-level GRI 2-6 map for the GRI 2-2 reporting entities: sectors; activities, products, services and markets; upstream categories beyond tier 1 where relevant; downstream entities and activities; other relevant relationships not already covered; and significant changes from [prior period]. Flag any unavailable required item against the exact GRI requirement and reason-for-omission process. Thanks.
Esempi di settore
Manufacturing
Contesto. A multi-site producer sells finished goods through wholesalers and retailers, with contract manufacturers and logistics partners in the chain.
Richiesta adattata. Please provide the current map of our plants, product lines, sales channels, sourcing network, contract manufacturing arrangements, logistics partners and any other key external relationships for [reporting period], plus changes since [prior period]. Use the names your operations and commercial teams use internally.
Esempio di risposta. Sites: 4 plants in the UK and 1 in Poland. Product lines: industrial components, consumer packs. Sales channels: direct to OEMs, wholesalers and online retail. Supply chain: raw materials from 38 tier-1 suppliers across 7 countries; 2 contract manufacturers. Downstream: distributors, retailers and service agents in 12 markets. Changes: one new logistics partner added; one contract manufacturer exited in Q3.
Financial services
Contesto. A group provides lending, wealth services and payment products through branches, digital channels and third-party introducers.
Richiesta adattata. Please share the current summary of our business lines, customer segments, delivery channels, key outsourcing arrangements, introducer relationships and other external partnerships for [reporting period], plus what changed since [prior period]. Use the terms your commercial and operations teams already use.
Esempio di risposta. Business lines: retail lending, wealth management, merchant payments. Customer segments: personal, SME and institutional. Delivery channels: branch, app, adviser network and partner referrals. External relationships: core banking outsourcer, card processor, introducer network, joint venture in payments. Changes: new adviser channel launched; one legacy outsourcing arrangement ended.
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Note che trasformano i dati in un’informativa
Modelli formativi LRA: adattali alla tua organizzazione e verifica la fonte ufficiale prima dell’approvazione.
Nota metodologica
Explain the entity scope by referring to GRI 2-2 and, where useful, how the organisation identified other relevant business relationships not already covered in the value-chain description. This identification note is an LRA preparation recommendation, not a separate GRI 2-6 requirement.
Nota di contesto
The description provides context for understanding the organisation’s activities and impacts across its own operations and value chain, including impacts connected with the use of its products and services.
Dichiarazione sulle variazioni
Describe the nature of each significant change compared with the previous reporting period and, where useful, explain its cause and how it affects the current business and value-chain profile.
Voce dell’indice dei contenuti
GRI 2-6 Activities, value chain and other business relationships — [location / page] / [notes]Centro download
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Preparazione all’assurance
Per ogni affermazione, verifica le evidenze
| Affermazione | Rischio | Evidenze da verificare |
|---|---|---|
| All sectors in which the organisation is actually active are identified. | A generic label hides distinct business sectors or the classification conflicts with segment reporting. | Approved business model, segment reporting and applicable sector classification |
| The organisation’s activities cover the entities included in sustainability reporting under GRI 2-2. | The overview silently covers a different entity population from the sustainability report. | GRI 2-2 entity list reconciled to the business model and operations register |
| Activities, products, services and markets served are described consistently with operational and financial reporting. | Marketing categories replace the actual operating model or supported market profile. | Operations register, product and service catalogue, sales analysis and segment reporting |
| The supply chain is presented as the upstream part of the value chain, not as the whole value chain. | Own activities and downstream entities disappear because supply chain and value chain are treated as synonyms. | Value-chain map, supplier map and approved business model |
| The high-level overview acknowledges the main upstream categories beyond tier 1 where relevant. | The description stops at direct suppliers and hides known upstream dependencies. | Supplier master data, tiering method, sourcing map and supply-chain risk assessment |
| Downstream entities and the activities they perform are reported separately. | Only intermediaries are listed, or customers and beneficiaries are omitted, with no explanation of downstream activities. | Route-to-market, customer-category, distribution and beneficiary maps |
| Other relevant business relationships do not duplicate entities already described in the value chain. | Suppliers and distributors are repeated under 2-6-c while joint ventures or other relevant relationships remain unclear. | Joint venture, franchise, investee, licensing and strategic partnership registers |
| Significant changes are explicitly compared with the previous reporting period. | Readers are left to infer changes by comparing two reports, or an acquisition is treated automatically as a restatement. | Prior-year GRI 2-6 disclosure and documented current-to-prior change comparison |
| Terminology, quantitative context and geography reconcile across the reporting suite. | Operation counts, markets, supplier figures or business lines conflict with the annual report or financial segment note. | Annual report, financial segment reporting, sustainability report and management approval |
| Any missing required information uses a permitted reason for omission in the GRI content index. | Required information is labelled excluded or confidential without identifying the requirement and required explanation. | GRI content index and omission assessment against GRI 1 Requirement 6 |
Pacchetto di evidenze da preparare
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Errori da evitare nella raccolta dei dati
Dove serve spesso un giudizio professionale
Esempi
Esempi illustrativi
Sintetici, scritti da LRA: non provengono dal report di un’azienda né dal testo di uno standard.
• Sector and activities: We operate 6 production operations in specialist food manufacturing; an ‘operation’ is a site that manufactures finished products. Activities include ingredient sourcing, blending, packaging and quality control.
• Products, services and markets: We produce chilled ready meals and ambient sauces and provide private-label production and recipe development. FY2025 net sales were £180 million. We serve UK grocery and foodservice markets and entered Ireland as a new geographic market. We do not sell products banned in our markets; one high-salt product category is subject to public-health debate, and we are reformulating recipes and expanding nutrition labelling.
• Supply chain: Main upstream categories are farms, ingredient processors, packaging suppliers and logistics providers, including indirect agricultural inputs beyond tier 1.
• Downstream: Retailers, wholesalers and catering operators store, distribute, resell and prepare the products for households, restaurants and institutional kitchens.
• Other relevant business relationships: A minority joint venture in a seasoning plant is not otherwise described in the value chain. Contract manufacturers and cold-chain carriers are classified within the upstream value chain rather than duplicated here.
• Significant changes: Compared with FY2024, we entered Ireland, exited one low-volume retail line and brought one packaging activity in-house.
Synthetic example for practitioner learning only. It covers the required 2-6 elements and clearly labels operation count, sales volume and debated-product information as useful Guidance context rather than extra compliance requirements.
• Sector and activities: We operate in regional passenger transport, running bus and coach routes, maintaining vehicles and managing timetables across three regions.
• Services and markets: Services include ticketing, school transport contracts and charter hire for commuters, students, leisure travellers and local authorities.
• Supply chain: Upstream entities include vehicle manufacturers, fuel and energy providers, maintenance contractors, software vendors, depot landlords and the fleet lessor. Their activities include manufacture, energy supply, maintenance, technology services and asset leasing.
• Downstream: Passengers and corporate travel buyers use the service; public-sector route sponsors commission services where they are the customer; onward transport operators provide connecting journeys.
• Other relevant business relationships: The fuel-hedging counterparty is reported here because it is directly linked to service delivery but is not otherwise described in the value chain. The shared-ticketing partnership is classified downstream, not duplicated under 2-6-c.
• Significant changes: Compared with the previous reporting period, we entered one new region, added two school routes and ended a charter partnership.
Synthetic example for practitioner learning only. It shows that entities should first be classified upstream or downstream; only relevant relationships not already described in the value chain belong under 2-6-c.
Report aziendali
Come le aziende rendicontano GRI 2-6 nella pratica
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Scenari da affrontare
A group runs a UK-based design business that also sells through an online marketplace and a small wholesale arm. The draft report currently says only that it is a 'consumer brand'.
The reporting team has mapped the business and can explain manufacturing, product sales, after-sales support, and the main customer regions. It has not yet written anything about suppliers or the firms that handle distribution after sale.
A retailer has a long-term logistics contract, a joint venture warehouse, and a franchise network. The draft disclosure mentions only the retailer’s own stores and direct suppliers.
A manufacturer acquired a packaging business mid-year, exited one export market, and began using a new contract assembler. The prior-year report described a different value-chain profile and different downstream entities.
Riferimenti al framework
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FAQ
Domande a cui risponde questa pagina
Use the ten operational datapoints: active sectors; activities, products, services and markets served; supply chain; downstream entities and their activities; other relevant business relationships; and significant changes. Optional Guidance context includes operation counts, product or service volume, market importance and estimated upstream or downstream populations.
Start with the entities included in sustainability reporting under GRI 2-2 and describe their activities. The value-chain overview then extends to external upstream and downstream entities, including relevant categories beyond tier 1. It can remain high-level and need not list every entity.
The datapoint table proposes indicative owners including Strategy, Finance, Operations, Commercial, Product, Procurement, Supply Chain, Sales, Channel Management and Legal. Adapt these roles to the organisation’s own governance and data-ownership structure, with Sustainability Reporting coordinating the final disclosure.
Use the tailored evidence pack: business model, GRI 2-2 entity list, segment and operations records, product and market data, supplier and tiering maps, downstream channels, relationship registers, the prior-year disclosure, change records and approval. The ten assurance checks test each core 2-6 element.
The page has a section on common reporting gaps and mistakes, so it is meant to help you spot missing scope, incomplete data and weak support before sign-off. Use it as a pre-submission check against your draft and evidence pack.
The Download Centre includes a Prep & Assurance workbook in .xlsx format, which is intended to help you organise the datapoints, preparation steps and assurance checks. Use it to track what has been collected, what is still missing, and what evidence supports each item.
Use the Method, Context and Significant-changes narrative starters plus the GRI content-index line. Keep the core disclosure high-level but complete enough to explain activities and impacts across own operations and the value chain.
Yes, as an illustrative guide only. The examples are clearly synthetic and show one possible structure for the required narrative plus optional Guidance context. Adapt all facts, classifications, estimates and relationships to the organisation and verify them before use.
See ‘How companies report GRI 2-6 in practice’. The company cards link to relevant report pages and assess each operational datapoint; they are examples of reporting approaches, not templates or endorsements.
No verified one-to-one ESRS or IFRS mapping is currently provided on this page. The framework-reference section lists the official GRI 2-6 source; use separately verified framework requirements for cross-framework work.
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