The importance of gender equality has been acknowledged as a key social and development issue, yet to date sustainability reporting has only dealt with the issue in a limited way.
To address this, GRI and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, are partnering on a twelve month research and consultation project to improve the coverage of gender issues in organizations’ sustainability disclosures. The research and multi-stakeholder consultation will result in a Gender Resource Document that will help organizations seeking to better incorporate gender issues into their reporting.
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