Global Reporting Initiative

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) aims to make reporting on economic, environmental, and social performance – sustainability reporting – by all organizations as routine and comparable as financial reporting. It is an initiative involving the largest Transnational corporations as part of their work on Corporate Social Responsibility
To achieve this, the GRI develops, continuously improves and builds capacity around the use of the GRI's Sustainability Reporting Framework, the core of which being the Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. Other components in the Reporting Framework are Sector Supplements and Protocols
This reporting guidance - in the form of principles and indicators - is provided as a free public good and is intended for voluntary use by organizations of all sizes, across all sectors, all around the world. 
The GRI Reporting Framework is increasingly recognized as the de facto global standard in sustainability reporting. Nearly 1000 organizations from over 60 countries, from business, civil society, labor, accounting, investors, academics, governments, and others, disclose their sustainability performance with reference to the GRI Guidelines. 
To ensure the highest degree of technical quality, credibility, and relevance, the GRI reporting framework is developed and continuously improved through intensive stakeholder engagement that involves reporting organizations and information seekers, who work together in a consensus-seeking process. The GRI firmly believes that this multi-stakeholder engagement is the most valuable way to produce reporting guidance that is universally applicable and appropriately responds to stakeholders’ needs. 
Multi-stakeholder engagement is so much at the heart of the GRI that it is not only pursued for product development, but also for the GRI’s own governance. An independent institution, the GRI is governed by a multi-stakeholder Board of Directors, Stakeholder Council, Technical Advisory Committee, Organizational Stakeholders, and a small staff at the international Secretariat in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Diverse geographic and sector constituencies are represented in these governance bodies.
In the spirit of continuous improvement, the GRI have undergone an innovative process to update their central Sustainability Reporting Guidelines (last released in 2002), and create a ‘third generation’ of Guidelines: G3. 
The GRI was formed by the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES) and UNEP in 1997. In 2002, at the World Summit on Sustainable Development, the GRI became a permanent institution, with headquarters in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The GRI is a collaborating centre of UNEP and works in cooperation with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Global Compact.
==Funding==
On its website the GRI discloses funding from the following
===Organizational Stakeholders === 
Organizational Stakeholders provide an essential funding base that ensures the GRI continues to progress towards its mission. A list is available on the GRI website
 
===Projects===
The G3- Consortium (G3C) was convened from 2004-2006 and has provided continued financial support to the G3 project. Special thanks to members of the G3C who have made the G3 possible.
*Alcan
*BP
*General Motors
*Microsoft
*GBC Financial Group
*Shell
*Ford
The following partners also provided valuable support to the G3 projects;
*Hewlett Packard
*Deutsche Bank
*Ministerie van Economische Zaken
===Grants===
Grants that currently support the GRI include those from the Netherlands, European Commission, United Kingdom Sweden, Germany and Australia.
Past and present foundations that have provided support include: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, UN Foundation, World Bank, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Ford Foundation, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Foundation, United States Environment Protection Agency, V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation, and the Soros Foundation.
===In-kind support ===
*Microsoft
*ABN-AMRO Bank
*Hewlett Packard
==People==
===Board of Directors===
*Dr. Judy Henderson (Australia)Chair Northern River Catchment Management Authority, NSW Government
*Mr. Kumi Naidoo (Africa) Secretary General, CIVICUS (World Alliance for Citizen Participation)
*Dr. Mervyn E. King S.C. Chairman Brait South Africa Ltd. Chair, GRI Board of Directors
*Mr. Ignasi Carreras (Spain) Director Centre for Social Entrepreneurship and Responsibility Escuela Superior de Administración y Dirección de Empresas (ESADE)
*Mr. Ernst R. Ligteringen (International)Chief Executive, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
*Mr. Ricardo Young Silva (Brazil)President of the Board, Instituto Ethos de Empresas e Responsabilidade Social
*Mr. Björn Stigson (International)President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
*Sir Mark Moody-Stuart (United Kingdom)Chairman, Anglo American plc
Mr. Sean Harrigan (United States)Past Executive Director, States Council, Region 8, United Food and Commercial, Workers Union
Mr. John Evans (International)General Secretary, Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD
Mr. Kishor A. Chaukar (India)Managing Director, Tata Industries Ltd.
Mme. Jacqueline Aloisi de Larderel (International)Former Assistant Executive Director, United Nations Environmental Programme, Division of Technology, Industry and Economics (DTIE)
*Mr. Roger Adams (United Kingdom)Executive Director – Technical, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
===Technical Advisory Committee members===
*Roger Adams, TAC Chair Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), UK.
*Rob Frederick, Brown-Forman Corporation USA
*David Russell Dow Europe GmbH, Switzerland
*Dr Craig Mackenzie Centre for Ethics in Public Policy and Corporate Governance, UK 
*Maria Sillanpää The Smart Company, UK 
Saliem Fakir Sustainability Institute, South Africa
*Michael Nugent International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), Australia
*Tom Etty Netherlands Trade Union Confederation (FNV), the Netherlands 
*Hidemi Tomita Sony Corporation, Japan
*Aditi Haldar Confederation of Indian Industry, India
===Stakeholder Council Members===
====Africa====
Chagan, Ramesh 
Manager Corporate Sustainable Development
Kumba Resources
South Africa
 
Ireton, Karin
Head of Sustainable Development: Markets and Economics
Anglo American
South Africa
 
Kapelus, Paul
CEO
African Institute of Corporate Citizenship (AICC)
South Africa
 
Nabide, Isah Kiti
Senior Water Officer- Assessments and National Nile Basin Initiative Focal Officer
Water Resources Management and Development
Uganda
====Asia====
Arikawa, Michiko
Assistant Manager CSR Office
Panasonic
Japan
Copeland Chiu, Anne
Chair, Sustainable Development Committee
International Finance Corporation
China
[[Erni, Marilou
]]
Executive Director
Petron Foundation
Philippines
Haldar, Aditi
Counsellor - Environment
Confederation of Indian Industry
India
Inanaga, Hiroshi
Chief Executive Officer, Tohmatsu Evaluation and Certification Organization
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (Japan)
Japan
Ito, Kayo
Director
Cre-en
Japan
Ku, Kay Y. K.
Vice Chairman
Hong Kong Council of Social Service
China
Lai, Albert
Chairman
The Conservancy Association
China
Legarde Hubo, Colin
Senior Program Coordinator
Center for Social Responsibility/Foundation for People Development
Philippines
Saxena, Yogendra Kumar
Vice President, Environment, Health & Safety
Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd.
India
Waheed, Ambreen
Executive Director
RBI - Responsible Business Initiative
Pakistan
====Europe====
Bergin, Filippa
Executive Secretary CSR division
Amnesty Business Group
Sweden
 
Brekau, Uwe
Senior Manager International Chemicals Policy
Bayer
Germany
Brooker, Tauni
Director UK
URS
United Kingdom
Enell, Magnus
President and Adj Professor
Enell Sustainable Business AB
Sweden
Habbard, Pierre
Consultant
Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD
France
King, Henry
LCA Group Manager
Unilever Research Port Sunlight Laboratory
United Kingdom
Kuszewski, Judy
Senior Advisor
SustainAbility Ltd.
United Kingdom
van der Gaag, Pieter
head of Communications
Netherlands Committee for IUCN
Netherlands
Verburg, Johan 
Policy advisor Corporate Social Responsibility project
Oxfam Novib/Oxfam International
The Netherlands
====Latin America====
Coelho Monteiro, Ruth
President
Sindicato dos Trabalhadores nas Indústrias do Vestuário da Baixada Santista (SINDIVEST) - FORÇA SINDICAL
Brazil
Madriñán de la Torre, Santiago
Executive Director
Consejo Empresarial Colombiano para el Desarrollo Sostenible - CECODES Colombia
Prini Estebecorena, Enrique
Legal Manager
CEADS - Consejo Empresario para el Desarrollo Sostenible
Argentina
[[Reis Ursini, Tarcila
]]
Uniethos Research Manager
Ethos Institute
Brazil
 
Teixido, Soledad
President 
PROhumana Foundation
Chile
Wells, Christopher
SRI Manager
ABN AMRO Bank/Banco Real
Brazil
====North America====
Blackburn, William R.
President
William Blackburn Consulting, Ltd.
United States of America
Chapman, Peter
Executive Director
Shareholder Association for Research and Education
Canada
Cohen, Mark A.
Senior Associate Dean and Justin Professor of American Competitive Business
Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University
United States of America
Gereluk, Winston
Academic Coordinator for Industrial Relations & Human Resources programs
Athabasca University
Canada
Freundlich, Paul
The Fair Trade Foundation
United States of America
Gorte, Julie Fox
Director, Calvert Social Research Department
Calvert Group
United States of America
Kane, Constance F.
Senior Consultant/Africa Division
World Education International
United States of America
Kreis, Erin E.
Manager, Corporate Relations
General Motors Corporation
United States of America
Lund, Ronald E.
Past President and GRI Liaison
The Auditing Roundtable
United States of America
Macdonald, Helen
Director, Community Relations & Social Development
Newmont Mining Company
USA
Rosenbaum, Ruth
Executive Director
Center for Reflection, Education and Action (CREA)
United States of America
Tepper Marlin, Alice
President
Social Accountability International
United States of America
====Oceania====
Burrow, Sharan Leslie
President
Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)
Australia
Funnell-Milner, Linda
Director
Corporate ResponsAbility
Australia
Mostyn, Sam
Group Executive, Culture and Reputation
Insurance Australia Group
Australia
Saran, Deo
Financial Consultant
Fiji Sugar Corporation Ltd.
Fiji 
Wescott, Wayne 
Chief Executive Officer
ICLEI Australia/ New Zealand
Australia
== External links ==
* GRI hosted Global Conference on Sustainability Reporting 4-6 October 2006
* Global Reporting Initiative website
* GRI's Sustainability Reporting Framework
* The GRI Register an online directory of all reports using the GRI guidelines - provided by CorporateRegister.com