GRI consultancy to prepare the sustainability report
As a sustainability consultancy, we help you draft your sustainability report. To do so, we follow these steps:
- Corporate Social Responsibility Diagnosis. Materiality analysis to determine the organisation’s relevant issues. This allows us to choose the indicators that best describe Social Responsibility.
- Select the sustainability indicators proposed by the GRI standards that best describe the company from all the indicator options provided by GRI, as the standards are designed as a modular set according to their related impacts and how they are managed. We will integrate the indicators into your scorecard.
- Establish objectives and improvement actions linked to Corporate Social Responsibility and sustainability. These may be linked to your ISO certification.
- Draft the GRI report, taking into account the results obtained and the social responsibility and sustainability indicators chosen. If necessary, we can also help you with the layout of the report. The report can be submitted to Ecovadis, SMETA or in a CSRD report.
- Support in the verification of the report by an external ISO certifier.
- Support in the communication and dissemination of the GRI report, including social media, in accordance with your marketing plan.
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GRI Standards
The standards are structured into the following series:
- 100. Universal Standards. This series consists of three standards applicable to any organisation. They provide guidance on the use of the Standards, contextual information of interest to the organisation, and how it manages its material topics.
- 200. Economic Standards. These include the topic-specific standards that report on an organisation’s material impacts in terms of economic issues.
- 300. Environmental Standards. These are topic-specific standards that report on an organisation’s material impacts in terms of environmental issues.
- 400. Social Standards. The 400 series of GRI Standards consists of thematic standards that report on an organisation’s material impacts on social issues such as employment, diversity and equal opportunities, child labour, etc.
You can find more information about GRI standards in this article.
GRI reporting FAQs
See here for FAQs about the GRI sustainability report:
What is a sustainability report?
The sustainability report on social responsibility seeks transparency in matters relating to sustainability and CSR. It can be linked to Ecovadis, SMETA, SGE21 Forética and IQNet SR10.
GRI standards help companies understand and report on their impacts on the economy, the environment and people in a comparable and credible way, thereby increasing transparency about their contribution to sustainable development.
These standards help inform companies and stakeholders, including investors, policymakers, capital markets and civil society.
What is the GRI?
The Global Reporting Initiative is an organisation that has developed a methodology with various standards for preparing sustainability reports. GRI standards help organisations communicate their impact on the economy, the environment and people.
Global Reporting Initiative is currently a global standard for the presentation of corporate information on sustainability. It includes social and economic aspects of sustainability.
What does a GRI report include?
The GRI report covers various aspects of a company or organisation, including:
- Economic impacts (revenue, investments, employment)
- Environmental impacts (resource use, emissions, waste)
- Social impacts (human rights, working conditions, community)
- Governance and ethics (corruption, labour practices)
What types of organisations can produce a GRI report?
Any organisation, regardless of its size, industry or geographical location, can produce a GRI report. This includes private companies as well as public and non-profit entities.
It is important to prepare a GRI report because it provides transparency on sustainability performance, strengthens trust with stakeholders (customers, investors, regulators) and can improve the company’s image in the market.
It is not mandatory to prepare a GRI report. It is done voluntarily to meet the requirements of customers, investors or to improve reputation.
How is the quality of a GRI report ensured?
Organisations may choose to verify their reports internally or request external audits. Verification ensures the accuracy and reliability of the information presented.