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Wondering which GRI Indicators correspond with the UNGC’s Criteria for the GC Advanced Level? Unfortunately, neither the GRI nor the United Nations Global Compact have provided a cross-reference table. So Framework created one that you can download here. You can use it to ensure you’ve reported all required information (e.g., the UNGC Criteria ask specific questions about support of UN goals and initiatives that the GRI does not cover) and to complete the UNGC Advanced Level assessment.
The information presented in the document is based on the Global Reporting Initiative’s GRI G3 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines and the United Nations Global Compact’s 2012 update to the Criteria for the GC Advanced Level.
Download Cross-Reference – GRI Indicators to UNGC Criteria
As part of Framework’s ongoing effort to keep clients abreast of the emerging issues in managing for sustainability, we compiled a list of developments and issues to follow in 2012. While some are client-specific and can’t be shared, several deal with sustainable business practices more generally. So we decided to share our perspective on what individuals and companies will think about, talk about, and work on this year.
The eight trends identified are:
1. The integration of sustainability principles into everyday business operations
2. Disclosure initiatives continue to proliferate and become more specific, and increasingly require verification (auditing or assurance)
3. CFOs getting more involved in sustainability efforts—for the good of the data and their own careers
4. Companies are improving the sustainability of their supply chains
5. Industry-based collaborations to address sustainability challenges
6. One word: Plastics
7. Communication, connection, and meaning
8. A return to the principle that businesses should provide social good as their… More
As part of Framework’s ongoing effort to keep clients abreast of the emerging issues in managing for sustainability, we compiled a list of developments and issues to follow in 2012. While some are client-specific and can’t be shared, several deal with sustainable business practices more generally. So we decided to share our perspective on what individuals and companies will think about, talk about, and work on this year.
Part eight of a series on 2012 trends. Please click here for part 1.
Trend 8: Returning to the principle that businesses should provide social good as their core purpose
When corporations were first created, their charters had to explicitly state what social benefit they would provide. No social benefit, no corporate status—and “profit maximization” for shareholders didn’t count. The social good had to be a tangible benefit for the community as whole, such as building… More
