Sector Program

GRI’s Sector Standards streamline reporting, providing a fast-track for companies with shared common activities to focus on the impacts on the economy, environment and society that matter most in their sector. 

They provide a sustainability context for a sector, outline likely material topics and list relevant disclosures, whie helping companies understand stakeholders’ expectations.  More consistent reporting on sector-specific impacts increases transparency, accountability and comparability.  

Reporting with the Sector Standards

The GRI Sector Program is seeking to develop standards for 40 sectors, starting with those that have the highest impact.

Sector Standards complete GRI’s modular system of reporting. Organizations begin with the Universal Standards, then use the applicable Sector Standard(s) to determine material topics, and report on those using relevant Topic Standards.

Read about the Sector Program overview to learn more.

Most recent updates

The Sector Standards for Oil and Gas (GRI 11), Coal (GRI 12), Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fishing (GRI 13), and Mining (GRI 14) have been released and are available for public use. Under development are the Sector Standards for Textiles and Apparel, and Financial Services. Access below the pages for each project. 

Alignment of Sector Standards with GRI Topic Standards

GRI Sector Standards guide organizations to report information on topics likely to be material for their sector. These likely material topics list the relevant GRI Topic Standard disclosures for reporting by the sector.  

When existing GRI Topic Standards are revised, or new ones developed, the published Sector Standards are assessed against the new or revised disclosures and aligned accordingly. More information about the project can be found here. 

The Sector Standards GRI 11: Oil and Gas, GRI 12: Coal, GRI 13: Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fishing, and GRI 14: Mining are currently being aligned with the revised GRI 101: Biodiversity 2024, GRI 102: Climate Change 2025 and GRI 103: Energy 2025 Topic Standards. 

The aligned exposure drafts of the above GRI Sector Standards are now open for public comment. The relevant consultation documents are found below:

The consultation is limited to the Sector Standard topics affected by the new and revised GRI 101, GRI 102, and GRI 103 Topic Standards. We invite your feedback on the relevance and applicability of the proposed disclosures by 13 July 2025. Access the questionnaire here or send your feedback to [email protected]. 

To find out more, please see the FAQ document or join a webinar for an overview of the alignment and Q&A.

Register here for the webinar held on 27 May 2025 at 14:00-14:45 CET. 

Related documents and publications

GRI Sector Program Description file 07 Feb 2019 English 449 KB
GRI 11: Oil & Gas Sector Standard FAQ file 04 Oct 2021 English 153 KB
GRI 12: Coal Sector Standard FAQs file 14 Mar 2022 English 184 KB
GRI 13: Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fishing Sectors 2022 FAQs file 27 Jun 2022 English 221 KB
GRI Sector Standard Project for Mining FAQs file 07 Feb 2023 English 286 KB
GRI Sector Standard project for Financial Services - Project proposal file 20 Feb 2023 English 288 KB
GRI Sector Standards Project for Textiles and Apparel - Project Proposal file 11 Jan 2023 English 205 KB

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