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
 
Universal Standards
(Including Phase 1 of the review of
GRI's human rights-related Standards)​
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
Biodiversity
Completed Q3 2021 5 December 2022 – 28 February 2023 Q1 2024  
GRI Topic Standards Project for
Labor
In progress Q3 2022

Set 1:Q2 2024
Set 2:Q3 2024
Set 3:Q2 2025

Set 1:Q1 2025
Set 2:Q2 2025
Set 3:Q4 2025

 
GRI Topic Standard Project For Climate Change
In progress Q4 2022 21 November 2023 – 29 February 2024 Q4 2024-Q1 2025(expected)  
GRI Topic Standard Project for Economic Impacts
In progress​ Q3 2023
Q4 2024 (expected)
2026 (Phase 1 expected)​​
 
GRI Topic Standard Project for Pollution
To be started Q1 2024 (expected) Q4 2025 (expected) Q3 2026 (expected)  
GRI Sector Standard Project for
Mining
Completed Q1 2022 

7 February – 30 April 2023

Q1 2024  
GRI Sector Standards Project for
Financial Services
In progress

Q1 2023​

Q1 2025 – Q2 2025​
Q2 2026 (expected)
 

GRI Sector Standard Project for
Textiles And Apparel
In progress Q1 2023​ Q2 2025 – Q3 2025 Q1 2026  

Related documents

GSSB Due Process Protocol 2018 file 18 Oct 2018 English 213 KB
GSSB Terms of Reference file 18 Oct 2018 English 108 KB

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