Schedule of Standards projects
The GSSB work program includes projects to review existing GRI Standards as well as to develop new Standards. Below you’ll find information on ongoing Standards projects, as well as projects scheduled to start.
Click here for GSSB work program for 2023-2025.
Standards |
Status |
Project start |
Public comment |
Standard release |
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Universal Standards (Including Phase 1 of the review of
|
Completed | Q2 2019 | 11 June to 9 September 2020 | October 2021 | |
Sector Standard for Oil and Gas |
Completed | Q2 2019 | 8 July to 6 October 2020 | October 2021 | |
Sector Standard for Coal |
Completed | Q2 2019 | 19 May to 31 July 2021 | March 2022 | |
Sector Standard for Agriculture, Aquaculture, and Fishing |
Completed | Q2 2019 | 19 May to 31 July 2021 | June 2022 | |
GRI Topic Standard Project for
|
Completed | Q3 2021 | 5 December 2022 – 28 February 2023 | Q1 2024 | |
GRI Sector Standard Project for
|
Completed | Q1 2022 |
7 February – 30 April 2023 |
Q1 2024 | |
GRI Topic Standards Project for
|
In progress | Q3 2022 |
Set 1:Q2 2024 |
Set 1:Q1 2025 |
|
GRI Topic Standard Project For Climate Change |
In progress | Q4 2022 | 21 November 2023 – 29 February 2024 | GSSB approval: March 2025 Publication and roll out: from April 2025 on |
|
GRI Topic Standard Project for Economic Impacts |
In progress | Q3 2023 |
Q3 2025 (expected) |
2026 (Phase 1 expected) |
|
GRI Topic Standard Project for Pollution |
In progress | Q2 2024 | Q2 2026 (expected) | Q1 2027 (expected) | |
GRI Sector Standards Project for
|
In progress |
Q1 2023 |
3 March – 30 May 2025 (expected) |
Q2 2026 (expected) |
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GRI Sector Standard Project for
|
In progress | Q1 2023 | July 2025 – September 2025 | March 2026 (expected) | |
| GRI Standard Project for Alignment of Sector Standards with New and Revised Topic Standards |
In progress | Q3 2024 | Q2 2025 |
Q1 2026 (expected) |