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
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Questions people ask about GRI Standards
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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
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