Barbara Strozzilaan 336
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gssbsecretariat@globalreporting.org

Item 02 – GRI Topic Standard Projectfor Labor – Proposed members forthe technical committee
For GSSB Approval
Date

20 August 2022

Meeting

15 September 2022

Project

GRI Topic Standard Project for Labor related Standards

Description

The Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB) has identified the review of
GRI Labor related Topic Standards as a priority project for commencement in
2022.
This paper presents the proposed Technical Committee composition for
information and approval by the GSSB.

This document has been prepared by the GRI Standards Division and is made available to observers
at meetings of the Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB). It does not represent an official
position of the GSSB. Board positions are set out in the GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards. The
GSSB is the independent standard setting body of GRI. For more information visit
www.globalreporting.org.

© GRI 2021

Contents
1. Background ......................................................................................................................................... 3
2. Selection process and criteria ............................................................................................................. 3
3. Proposed Technical Committee Composition ..................................................................................... 6

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1. Background2

The GSSB approved the project proposal for the GRI Topic Standard Project for Labor following its

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meeting on 7 July 2022.

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In line with the GSSB’s Due Process Protocol, the GSSB confirmed its intention to form a multi-

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stakeholder Technical Committee (TC) to provide technical advice for the development of the revised

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Topic Standard.

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This document presents the proposed Technical Committee composition for information and approval

8by the GSSB. All six nominated members have confirmed their availability and interest in participating

9in the Technical Committee.

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The call for experts for the Advisory Group is expected to be launched in September 2022. We expect

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the list of nominated experts for the Advisory Group will be send to the GSSB for approval early12

November 2022.

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2. Selection process and criteria

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In line with the due process protocol, Technical Committee (TC) members are appointed by the GSSB

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and should reflect a balance of multi-stakeholder constituencies.

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For this project, several layers of engagement are proposed with experts comprising a core group of17

the ILO, employers, and union representatives augmented by stakeholder perspectives via an

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Advisory Group.

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With the focus on labor-related topics, a TC composition is proposed where workers and employers

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have an equal voice. The Technical Committee will be composed of two representatives nominated

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by the International Labour Organization (ILO), two representatives representing the International

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Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and the Global Unions Federations (GUFs), and two employer

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representatives (appointed by the International Organization of Employers) to contribute their

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expertise to the revision and technical review of the Labor-related Topic Standards supported by the25

GRI Standards Division.

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In line with the Due Process Protocol, the TC should report to the GSSB and seek guidance and27

advice whenever required to advance the revision program or when they cannot reach a consensus.

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When the TC is satisfied that it has a proposed set of draft standard(s) that is ready for public

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consultation, the draft(s) are presented to the GSSB for approval.

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According to the due process protocol, we aim to have experts involved from each of the31

constituencies on which the membership of the GSSB is based: business enterprise, civil society,32

investment institution, labor, and mediating institution. Furthermore, we would like to ensure topic

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specific advice and expertise to support the TC and the Standards Division during the content

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development.

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Therefore, the GSSB will establish an Advisory Group (AG) with independent experts to support and36

advise the TC in the content development process. A call for experts will be launched in September

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2022. The GSSB will appoint independent experts with relevant knowledge and expertise for specific38

labor topics. The experts are appointed for the period of the entire labor revision program. The

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membership of this AG should reflect a balance of all constituencies as defined in the GSSB Terms of40

Reference but represent at least the following constituencies: academics, meditation institutions, and41

financial institutions.

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The principal criterion for selecting TC members and AG experts is relevant knowledge and43experience relating to business and Labor related topics. This includes familiarity with the UN, OECD,

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and ILO related instruments and experience in identifying and measuring impacts of businesses on

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Labor.

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In addition, the following criteria will be considered:47•

relevant knowledge of sustainability reporting on Social Labor related topics;

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familiarity with the needs of users of sustainability reports;

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related experience with multi-stakeholder initiatives;

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understanding of and willingness to work in a consensus-based, multi-stakeholder working

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group.

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The Standards Division aimed to ensure that the proposed composition represents a balanced

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set of perspectives and expertise in different content-related areas, including:54•

development of reporting guidelines and metrics for Labor;

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research in Labor related reporting practices and stakeholders’ information needs;

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knowledge in the various content areas related to Labor;57•

different backgrounds in economic, environmental, and social fields;

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knowledge and development of relevant authoritative instruments like UNGPs, OECD, and

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ILO.

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The Standards Division also aimed to ensure alignment where possible with other relevant initiatives

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for Labor-related reporting.

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The proposed TC membership includes 6 members across the following constituencies:

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Unions: 2 candidates

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Business enterprises: 2 candidates (IOE)

65•Mediating Institutions: 2 candidates (ILO)

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The membership of this AG will represent at least the following constituencies: academics, civil

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society, and financial institutions.

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Geographical distribution of membership, gender, and cultural diversity are also considerations. The

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Standards Division is pursuing nominations of Advisory group experts from other regions and will70

ensure that other regional views are represented during the public comment period.

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3. Proposed Technical Committee Composition

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Table 1. Proposed Technical Committee Composition (confirmed candidates nominated by IOE, Unions, and ILO)
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Name

Title

Organization

Constituency

RegionExtract of background and experience1

ZuzannaMuskat-Gorska

ITUC-CSI

Labor

EuropeZuzanna works as Legal Officer for the International Trade Union
Confederation (ITUC). She supports the organization’s legal advocacy
before the International Labour Organization and other international
institutions and advises trade unions on labor law and policy. She
cooperates with the Institute for Labour Law of the Katholieke Universiteit
Leuven (Belgium) as external scientific collaborator. She holds LLM ininternational and EU law from the KU Leuven; MA in sociology of law fromthe Oñati IISL (Spain); MA in industrial sociology from the University of the
Witwatersrand (South Africa); and Master of Laws from the UAM University,
Poznan (Poznan).

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Peter

ColleyLabor

Oceania

Peter has over 30 years' experience with Australian and global unions inresearch and advisory roles around economic policy, trade, investment,
taxation, and the environment. Active in climate change policy since theearly 1990s, his involvement in sustainability reporting began over concerns
about the accuracy and reliability of human rights and labor practices
reporting.
Peter was nominated by Global Unions to the GRI’s Stakeholder Council
from 2011 to 2017. Peter was in 2019 nominated to the GRI GSSB. He has
represented Australian unions on the Australian pilot and implementation
phases of the global Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. He has
provided expert opinion to the Responsible Mining Index and the Initiativefor Responsible Mining Assurance. Peter holds a Masters in Economics
from the University of Sydney.

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Luis
RodrigoMorales

IOE

Business
Enterprise(IOE)

EuropeLuis Rodrigo is Senior Advisor at the International Organization of
Employers since 2019. As such, he has been involved in different policy
areas, such as industrial relations, freedom of association, the ILO
supervisory mechanisms, the future of work, social protection, business andhuman rights, among others.

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From 2013 to March 2019, he served as Minister of Labour Affairs in Europe
for the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare of Mexico at the Permanent
Mission of Mexico to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. As such,
he was responsible for providing legal advice to the government oninternational labor regulation and policy. He represented the government of
Mexico in various international forums such as: the International Labour
Organization (ILO) the Organization for Economic Co-operation andDevelopment (OECD), World Trade Organization (WTO), the G20, theInternational Organization for Migration (OIM), and the Global Forum on
Migration and Development (GFMD).
He has participated in various negotiation processes regarding labor policy
at the international level, such as the revision of the Multinational
Enterprises Declaration of the ILO, the ILO Standards Review Mechanism
and the Committee to adopt the methodology to measure SDG 8.8.1 among
others.
Luis Rodrigo holds a law degree from the Universidad Iberoamericana in
Mexico City, Mexico and a master’s degree in international business law(LL.M.) (cum laude), at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, School of Law,
Leuven, Belgium.

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Paul

MacKayBusiness NZ

Business
Enterprise(IOE)

Oceania

Paul is Managing the Employment Relations Policy at Business New
Zealand. He has over 30 years high-level experience in the fields ofindustrial relations, employment law, labor market policy, strategic planning,change management, and human resources in central government, state
owned enterprise and the private sector.
During the 1980s, as a government official, Paul was extensively involved in
the huge reforms of the environmental sector, public service, and the“Tomorrow’s Schools” reforms of the education service. Paul spent several
years at national grid operator Transpower, an SOE, before joining theprivate sector, first in Ernst & Young as a change management consultant
and then in multinational forest products company Carter Holt Harvey where
he became General Manager Employment Relations.
Since joining BusinessNZ in 2006, Paul has represented New Zealandemployers internationally on many occasions at the International Labour
Organisation (ILO), as well as acting as spokesperson for the International
Organisation of Employers (IOE) on employment related topics. In 2021, he
was elected as a member of the Governing Body of the International Labour
Organization based in Geneva.

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Emily

Sims

ILO

Mediation
institutions

EuropeEmily is a Senior Specialist in the ILO Program on Multinational Enterprises
and Social Policy and manager of the ILO Helpdesk for Business. She has
been involved in drafting of the labor component of various key CSR
instruments and has provided technical assistance to a range of industry
and multi-stakeholder initiatives, as well as providing guidance to individualcompanies. Her work also focuses on promotion of sustainable andresponsible investment, including a joint ILO-WAIPA course on investment
facilitation, sustainable development, and building back better. She is theauthor of numerous articles and co-author of two books: Corporate Successthrough People and Labour-Management Cooperation in SMEs: Forms andFactors. Emily is trained at the graduate level in both law and economics(Juris Doctor, Yale Law School; MSc in economics, London School of
Economics). She is a faculty member of the Bocconi Business School
Master in Green Management and CSR.

To be confirmed

ILO

Mediation
institutions

EuropeEmily will be representing ILO in providing inputs to the update; however,
the inputs will come from a range of relevant experts. Emily and the relevant
experts will be closely assisted by Yulia Gershinkova.

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