Updated guidance on linking the Sustainable Development Goals with the GRI Standards: It is now even easier for organizations to communicate their efforts to support the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), by using the most widely adopted standards for sustainability reporting.
An updated version of Linking the SDGs and the GRI Standards
has now published. This free resource gives a breakdown of the targets
under each of the 17 SDGs and maps how they correlate against the
disclosures in the GRI Standards, including the latest published
versions.
The linkage document complements GRI’s wider support to help
companies communicate their impacts on sustainable development. These
include a suite of tools on integrating the SDGs in reporting, and SDG reporting examples from around the world.
As GRI Head of Policy, Thijs Reuten, explains:
“The GRI Standards enable companies to integrate SDGs reporting
within their sustainability report and this revised guidance helps them
make these connections in a clear and consistent way.
The SDGs address our world’s most pressing sustainability challenges,
therefore it is crucial that the contribution of the private sector is
both recognized and understood. That is why GRI continues to work with
partners and reporting organizations to drive forward the transparency
required to support the fulfilment of the SDGs.”
GRI thanks the Government of Sweden for supporting this project
through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).
A four-year Action Platform for Reporting on the SDGs,
led by GRI and UN Global Compact, was successful in engaging companies
and building their capacity. Next up, GRI is launching a Business Leadership Forum,
to bring together companies and key stakeholders to leverage the power
of corporate reporting to drive action towards accomplishing the SDGs.
Target six of SDG-12 requires
all countries to encourage companies to adopt sustainable business
practices and include sustainability data in their corporate reporting.
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