By Noora Puro, Sector Standards Manager, GRI A delicate balancing act has been playing out across the mining sector: while minerals are intrinsic to global development and can pave the way for a low-carbon economy, the impacts of their extraction are disproportionately felt by communities living in the vicinity of…

By Elodie Chêne, Standards Manager, GRI The adoption of the Kunming-Montréal Global Biodiversity Framework, signed at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) last month, is without doubt a major milestone, committing the world to halting and reversing biodiversity loss by 2030. This encouraging outcome is the result of a hard-won journey…

By Margarita Lysenkova, Senior Manager — International Policy, GRI A well functioning agricultural sector is a crucial component for any successful and sustainable economy, given its core role in the production of food and raw materials. Supply chains of many sectors rely on crops, fibers and fuels, linking them to…

By Margherita Barbieri (GRI Topic Standards Manager) and Noora Puro (GRI Sector Standards Manager) In the heat of Sharm El Sheikh, discussions start on 6 November that will determine how, over the next years, we address the defining challenge of our time: climate change. The latest United Nations Climate Change…

By Daniele Coronacion, ASEAN Regional Program Manager, GRI We are now at a tipping point of corporate sustainability. Over the past decade there has been an exponential increase in attention on all things ESG related — across jurisdictions, institutions, sectors and industries. The COVID-19 pandemic, in particular, has been an…

By Camila Corradi Bracco, Policy Senior Coordinator, GRI It’s widely accepted that the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are central to how, as an international community, we collaborate to address the most urgent global challenges that we face. The Goals provide a route map towards a better and more sustainable…

By Margarita Lysenkova, Manager — GRI Sector Program Ores mined in war zones have long been subject to heightened attention when it comes to sustainability and reputational risks. Yet in 2022, it is the production and sourcing of ‘soft’ commodities, like wheat, that are increasingly under scrutiny. As the conflict…

By Dr. Allinnettes Adigue, Head of GRI in the ASEAN Region Covid-19 has instigated significant changes in global procurement and supply chain operations. The global lockdowns exposed supply chain weaknesses, which were pervasive even before the pandemic, especially sub-par labor practices. Yet it has also opened up opportunities for a…

By Harold Pauwels, Director of Standards, GRI As 22 May marks the International Day of Biological Diversity, we are less than eight years away from the 2030 deadline to reverse biodiversity loss, which was internationally reaffirmed at November’s COP26 climate conference. This timeline follows the fifth and final report of…