News: Recently, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) launched the Integrity Matters Checklist to align corporate climate disclosures with UN net-zero standards.
About Integrity Matters Checklist Tool by Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
About Integrity Matters Checklist Tool
- It is a practical tool that helps organizations report on climate targets, transition plans, and greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction efforts in line with science-based pathways.
- Launched by: It is launched by Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) in partnership with the United Nations.
- Objective : Its objective is to provide science-based guidance for credible, transparent, and accountable corporate climate commitments.
- Aim : It aims to bridge the gap between corporate climate ambition and transparency, ensuring that promises match actions.
- It guides companies to disclose fossil-fuel phase-out decisions and to integrate just transition principles into their operations.
- Operationalizes: It operationalizes the Integrity Matters report recommendations first launched at COP27 and updated for 2025.
- Align with:
- UN standards for credible net-zero commitments and transition plans.
- GRI 102: Climate Change 2025 Standard, enabling disclosure of all elements of the UN integrity framework.
- Guidance on aligning commitments with the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda.
About Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
- It is an independent, international organization that provides the world’s most widely used framework for sustainability reporting, helping companies and organizations report their economic, environmental, and social impacts.
- Founded: It is founded in 1997.
- The GRI pioneered the first global standards for sustainability reporting.
- The GRI Standards are available as a free public good.
