The UNGC-GRI Value Platform

Are you looking to implement corporate citizenship at the core of your business? The UN Global Compact (UNGC) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) combined offer a widely recognized and well tested platform already used by hundreds of companies around the world.

The GRI Sustainability Reporting Guidelines (G3) can be used to produce the Global Compact’s annually required Communication on Progress (COP). The COP is the mechanism through which UNGC participating companies demonstrate progress towards attainment of the ten UNGC Principles.

The G3 Guidelines provide Principles, Disclosures on Management Approach, and Performance Indicators – all organized in a framework that clearly responds to each of the Global Compact’s disclosure requests and can enhance the quality of the COP.

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Making the Connection (PDF) English version

Estableciendo la conexion (PDF) Spanish version

Verbindungen Schaffen (PDF) German version

Implementation resources

	Who is involved? See a list of organizations supportive of using the GRI and UNGC frameworks together.
	Search and sort Use this simple online tool to match GRI Performance Indicators to UNGC Principles.
	Publications Handy reference guides to help you implement the UNGC Principles and the GRI Reporting Guidelines together in your company.  Download Making the Connection (PDF) to understand how GRI can be used for UNGC Communication on Progress.
	Training GRI and the Barcelona Center for the Support of the Global Compact are collaborating to create course curriculum. Watch this space for more information in late 2007.
	Software solutions Information management and digital solutions to help implement the UNGC and GRI frameworks together. Watch this space for more information in late 2007.

The Global Compact and the GRI share important similarities.  At their core both employ a multi-stakeholder approach with respect to overall strategy, governance, and framework development.  In addition, each initiative is aspirational and voluntary in nature – designed to complement regulatory schemes, not replace them. Both find their roots in the major international environmental and social conventions. The GRI and UNGC encourage companies to expand their commitments, activities, and reporting at their own pace.