What Is the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)?

Learn how the Global Reporting Initiative helps organizations communicate sustainability performance with reliable, audit-ready data. What if your sustainability performance could speak for itself in a language investors, regulators, and partners already understand? That’s what the Global Reporting Initiative, or GRI, standards help make possible. In this video, we explain what GRI is, why it matters, and how organizations use GRI standards to report on environmental, social, and governance impact. GRI provides a comprehensive framework for sustainability reporting, covering topics such as carbon emissions, water use, labor conditions, and anti-corruption policies. The goal is to help stakeholders understand a company’s real-world impact, supported by consistent and reliable data. GRI reporting is used by organizations around the world and increasingly referenced in regulatory frameworks, procurement requirements, and investor conversations. For businesses, credible GRI reporting can help signal transparency, accountability, and stronger governance. It can also help turn sustainability data into a business asset, supporting better decisions, stronger stakeholder trust, and new opportunities for capital and partnerships. But preparing GRI disclosures can be complex. Organizations need to identify material topics, understand which GRI standards apply, and collect consistent, auditable data from finance, HR, operations, and supply chain systems. SAP Sustainability solutions help bring that data together in one governed platform with AI-enabled automation, so organizations can create accurate, consistent, and audit-ready sustainability reporting. Done well, GRI reporting helps organizations build credibility, attract capital, and communicate sustainability performance with confidence. Explore the Global Reporting Initiative: https://sap.to/6051BHzRs9 Chapters 00:06 - Sustainability performance stakeholders can understand 00:19 - What GRI standards are 00:45 - Why GRI matters globally 01:08 - Building trust with credible reporting 01:40 - Preparing for GRI disclosure 01:59 - Making reporting audit-ready with SAP 02:18 - Turning sustainability data into a business asset Follow us on social: LinkedIn: https://sap.to/6053BHzRsc Instagram: https://sap.to/6054BHzRsY Facebook: https://sap.to/6055BHzRsl Threads: https://sap.to/6056BHzRsm About SAP: As a global leader in enterprise applications and business AI, SAP stands at the nexus of business and technology. For over 50 years, organizations have trusted SAP to bring out their best by uniting business-critical operations spanning finance, procurement, HR, supply chain, and customer experience. For more information, visit: https://sap.to/6057BHzRsW #SAP #Sustainability #ESG