GRI Standards
What is GRI Standards?
GRI STANDARDS (Global Reporting Initiative) is the world's most widely-used sustainability reporting framework + GLOBAL DE FACTO STANDARD for corporate sustainability + ESG disclosure. Published by GRI (Global Reporting Initiative), Amsterdam-based independent international organization founded 1997 + governed by GSSB (Global Sustainability Standards Board) + Stakeholder Council + Board. It comprises 12 controls organised across 7 domains, and applies in International.
How GRI Standards maps to other frameworks
All 12 controls, each one mapped to the equivalent requirement in other standards, with the evidence that carries across and the mappings that were judged and rejected shown alongside. No account needed to look.
See the control mappings →The 7 domains GRI Standards groups its controls into
Frameworks that share controls with GRI Standards
Each of these has at least one control mapped to a control in GRI Standards. The number is how many GRI Standards controls are shared, counted from the mapping graph.
CSRD
3 shared controlsRegulation on the European Health Data Space (EHDS)
1 shared controlPrivacy Act 1988 (Australia)
1 shared controlOWASP DevSecOps Maturity Model (DSOMM)
1 shared controlNIST Special Publication 800-34 Revision 1, Contingency Planning Guide for Federal Information Systems
1 shared controlLaw No. 172-13 on the Protection of Personal Data
1 shared controlIndia DPDP Act
1 shared controlBahrain PDPL
1 shared controlTraining on frameworks that overlap GRI Standards
There is no course on GRI Standards itself. These cover frameworks that share controls with it, so the material carries across even though the standard named is different.
Step-by-step implementation of GRI Standards
Where GRI Standards overlaps with the standards you already hold
What an auditor will ask you for
All 12 GRI Standards controls, each with what it requires, the artefacts an auditor will ask you for, and where it commonly fails. Free to read, nothing to fill in.
Read the GRI Standards evidence request listWhat GRI Standards means in your sector
What GRI Standards means for your job
Questions people ask about GRI Standards
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How do I get started with GRI Standards compliance?
Query GRI Standards programmatically
GRI Standards, its 12 controls and every mapping into other standards are available over a REST endpoint and an MCP server, so an agent can read them directly. The free tier is 10 calls a day and needs no signup.
GRI Standards API reference and MCP config →What GRI Standards requires, control by control
Each page carries the requirement text for one GRI Standards control and what an assessor expects to see as evidence.
- GRI-2-GENERALDISCLOSURES-GOVERNANCE-STRATEGY GRI 2 General Disclosures - Organization, Governance, Strategy, Policies, Activities, Stakeholders
- GRI-200-300-400-TOPICSTANDARDS-33TOTAL GRI Topic Standards - 200 Economic + 300 Environmental + 400 Social (33 Total)
- GRI-3-MATERIALTOPICS-DOUBLEMATERIALITY GRI 3 Material Topics - Determination Process, Double Materiality, Management of Material Topics
- GRI-IMPLEMENTATION-ROADMAP-ROLES-REPORTING-PROCESS GRI Implementation Roadmap, Organizational Roles, Reporting Process and Tooling
How ready are you for GRI Standards?
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