The Corporate Action Group for Reportingon the Sustainable Development Goals
An Action Platform to accelerate corporate reporting on the SDGs

The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have ushered in a new era of development objectives totackle the world’s most pressing problems, and the active participation of business is crucial to achieve thesegoals. For companies, sustainability and transparency are becoming the new paradigm for conducting business. To
help them better integrate the SDGs into business and reporting processes, the United Nations Global Compactand Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) established in 2017 the groundbreaking Action Platform Reporting on theSDGs. The Platform brings together businesses and relevant organizations to deepen understanding on and help
disseminate effective SDG reporting practices.

Join this Platform to:
LEARN FROM OTHER LEADINGORGANIZATIONSTAKE SDG REPORTING TO
THE NEXT LEVELDEMONSTRATEYOUR LEADERSHIP• Access a community of global
experts, peers and investors togain cutting edge insights andhelp evolve emerging practice• Together with othercompanies, integrate thepriority SDGs into companystrategy and reporting• Better understand how tomeasure your impacts andanalyze your performanceagainst the SDGs by using thetools developed by the Action
Platform.

• Take sustainability reportingto the next level and movebeyond the current trend of
simply mapping activities andprograms against the SDGs totruly drive change.

• Position your company at
the forefront of SDG action,
together with two leading
sustainable development
organizations• Play a pioneering role in theSDG journey, participate in
key discussions and significant
events convened by the UN.

The 2019-2020 Program & Activities
The Action Platform Reporting on the SDGs leverages the GRI Standards – the world’s most widely usedsustainability reporting standards – and the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact. This enables businesses
to incorporate SDG reporting into their processes, using existing reporting frameworks, and empowers themto act, making achieving the SDGs a reality.
As a corporate representative, you will have the opportunity to engage with other companies in a peer-topeer learning program that will support you towards more robust SDG disclosure. In particular, the sessions
will be focused on deepening participants’ knowledge on reporting on the SDGs by: identifying effective and innovative ways to report on progress towards the SDGs through periodical
meetings among corporates and other stakeholders
 enhancing peer-learning by providing the space for knowledge sharing
 discussing trends and challenges with experts.
See the calendar below for an overview of webinars and meetings.

Upcoming labs & meetings
2019
LAB 1
May

Prioritizing SDGs toact and report on in a
principled way

MAC
Strategic Meeting

LAB 2

LAB 3

September

November

JulyMaking SDG
reporting relevantfor investors

Reporting on how toadvance the SDGs
through beneficial
products & services

December

MAC
Strategic Meeting

LAB 5

LAB 6

September

NovemberJuly

Beyond outputs: how tomeasure and disclose
actual impact on theSDGs

Lessons learned andlooking ahead: Emerging
practices on corporate
SDG reporting

New York

Amsterdam

Paris

MAC
Strategic Meeting2020
Ad-hoc Webinar

LAB 4

April

May

Global trends incorporate reporting
regulation

Integrating the SDGs
into corporate strategy

Location: TBD

MAC
Strategic Meeting
December

Location: TBD

You will also be able to exchange viewpoints and discuss challenges during strategic meetings with abroader set of stakeholders, to help shape the future of reporting on the SDGs. Online and in person
meetings, in connection with relevant UN events, will support peer learning in a dynamic and interactive
setting. There are two groups under the Action Platform: a Corporate Action Group and a broader Multistakeholder Advisory Committee.
The Corporate Action Group (CAG) is abusiness engagement and peer learning forum
which can help businesses address challenges
and find solutions to improve their reporting andperformance on the SDGs. Joining the CAG will
help them to better understand and communicate
their impacts and contribution to the SDGs.

The Multi-stakeholder Advisory Committee(MAC) comprises the CAG plus representatives
from governments, international and civil society
organizations, investors, trade unions, data users,
statistical offices and academics. This groupprovides strategic advice for companies to help
advance corporate SDG reporting.

Additional Activities
Besides the peer-learning program, the platform will be focusing on two additional work streams:
Promoting SDG action through corporate SDG
reporting: Identify and showcase robust emerging practices onhow businesses effectively communicate actions andstrategies undertaken that advance SDGs
 Deepen the understanding on how businesses canidentify and maximize business opportunities linked
to the SDGs

Activating SDG information & triggering demand for
SDG data:
 Identify emerging practices for how business data
can contribute to inform governments SDG review
processes and SDG policy dialogues
 Strengthen dialogue with investors and deepening theunderstanding on how corporate SDG reporting canbetter meet their information needs

JOIN THE CORPORATE ACTION GROUP
GRI and the UN Global Compact invite reporting practitioners fromcorporations to join the Corporate Action Group and become part of theReporting on the SDGs Action Platform. Expressions of interest are welcome
from individuals who fulfill the following criteria:• You work for an organization which is a GRI Community member and/or aparticipant of the UN Global Compact• You have at least three years of sustainability reporting experience• You are ready to share your company’s perspectives and ideas on theircontributions and disclosures related to the SDGs

Act Now
Through this program, we would like companies to integrate the SDGs into
their business and reporting processes by following the approach and steps
outlined in the Action Platform’s Practical Guide. This will help your business tomaximize positive impacts and minimize negative ones, as well as to set longterm business objectives that are aligned with the SDGs.

GET IN TOUCHFrancesca Palamidessi
Manager
Corporate & Stakeholder Engagement
GRI+31 (0)20 531 0010
palamidessi@globalreporting.org
Bernhard Frey
Senior Manager
SDG Impact and Reporting
United Nations Global Compact+1 646 884 7504
frey@unglobalcompact.org

Annual Fee
The annual fee to participate in this program is set on a sliding scale related to the operating revenue of your organization, and is inaddition to your GRI Community and/or UN Global Compact engagement fees.
5bn+€ 14,000 ($15,000)
1bn-5bn € 10,000 ($10,750)<1bn€ 8,000 ($8,600)