Tag: UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Sustainability Reports Assurance Standards Comparison
This is a comparison table comparing the main assurance standards commonly used to assure sustainability reports in accordance with the GRI Standards ISAE 3000 (Revised) AA1000 ... -
WTO Launch Global Competition for Sustainable Development Goals
Led by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the UN agency responsible for promoting sustainable, accessible and inclusive tourism, this Competition seeks to help the global innovation and ... -
Impacts by human activity threaten 1m species with extinction
According to a new report by the IPBES (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services), compiled by 145 expert authors from 50 countries during the ... -
Updated GRI Standard on water and effluents: Companies should report impacts across their value chains
Even though access to freshwater is an essential human right recognised by the United Nations, millions of people around the globe have to deal with water ... -
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts: United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13
, disrupting national economies and affecting lives. Rising sea level, changing weather patterns and extreme weather events are only some of its impacts, affecting mostly the ... -
Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and GRI collaborate for action towards the SDGs
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the world’s leading provider of sustainability reporting standards, and Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), the world’s most important responsible investment initiative, ... -
GRI and the UN Global Compact join forces and enable measuring and reporting on the SDGs
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the United Nations Global Compact, supported by the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), have joined forces and have launched the ‘Business ... -
An exclusive interview with Tim Mohin, GRI’s new Chief Executive
In December 2016 Tim Mohin, a well-known sustainability practitioner, advocate and author, was appointed as GRI’s new Chief Executive. Mr. Mohin has tremendous experience with global sustainability, ...
