Companies disclosing their impacts through the world’s most widely used sustainability reporting standards are to adhere to three new and updated standards, for reports they publish from this year onward. In 2018, two revised GRI Standards launched – for occupational health and safety, and water and effluents. In December 2019, the first global standard for tax transparency published. Effective from 1 January, companies identifying any of these topics as material are now to apply the new Standards. GRI 207: Tax 2019 Responding to the information needs of investors, civil…
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New Online Learning Platform Launched for Sustainability Profession
A training portal has been launched to improve access to high quality learning opportunities for people working in sustainability and sustainable development roles. The GRI Academy is a global online platform that offers courses and tutorials on how organizations can communicate their impacts on the economy, environment and society through the GRI Standards – the world’s most widely used sustainability reporting framework. The initial course available through the GRI Academy is Introduction to sustainability reporting and the GRI Standards. This training is open to those that are new to…
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