Continuous improvement

The GRI Standards are regularly reviewed to ensure they reflect global best practices for sustainability reporting, helping thousands of organizations around the world respond to emerging information demands from stakeholders and regulators.

Find out more about current and recent projects to update or create new GRI Standards:

Standards development

The global standards for sustainability impacts

The GRI Standards enable any organization – large or small, private or public – to understand and report on their impacts on the economy, environment and people in a comparable and credible way, thereby increasing transparency on their contribution to sustainable development. In addition to companies, the Standards are highly relevant to many stakeholders - including investors, policymakers, capital markets, and civil society. ​

The Standards are designed as an easy-to-use modular set, delivering an inclusive picture of an organization's material topics, their related impacts, and how they are managed.

  • Universal Standards -  incorporate reporting on human rights and environmental due diligence, in line with intergovernmental expectations, and apply to all organizations;
  • Sector Standards enable more consistent reporting on sector-specific impacts;
  • Topic Standards - list disclosures relevant to a particular topic.

Access an overview of how the Standards are set up and what to look for in the reporting process with this short introduction: 

Get to know the GRI Standards system

Latest news about the Standards

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Accelerating progress in 2026 towards a streamlined sustainability reporting system

Quarterly Standards Update: consultations on labor and economic impacts, plus Biodiversity and Mining Standards take effect

26 Jan 2026
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GRI appoints Susanne Stormer as next leader of standard-setting board

New Chair confirmed for the Global Sustainability Standards Board

20 Jan 2026
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Putting workers’ rights at the heart of corporate accountability

All stakeholders invited to shape labor standards that address systemic human rights challenges

10 Dec 2025
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Does sustainability reporting pay for itself?

The business case for transparency: joining the dots between impacts and financial results

16 Dec 2025
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From profit to impact: tracking where the money flows

Medium article by Matthew Dunn, GRI Standards Manager

26 Nov 2025
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A step forward for nature reporting

GRI welcomes ISSB plans for standard setting on nature-related risks and opportunities, drawing on the TNFD framework

19 Nov 2025
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Climate and Energy Standards available in more languages

GRI 102 and GRI 103 can now be accessed in French, Indonesian, Japanese and Simplified Chinese

23 Oct 2025
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Closer connections for better climate disclosure

GRI-CDP mapping for aligned climate and energy reporting: helping organizations improve data quality and reduce duplication

21 Oct 2025
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