The Global Reporting Initiative
The GRI website is at www.globalreporting.org
This advice is intended to give assistance to companies that want to use the GRI guidelines in relation ot their reporting on disability management performance. It assumes companies are familiar with the GRI Guidelines principles and structure.
The area of the guidelines to which this advice directly relates is Part C: Report Content; Section 5 – Social Performance Indicators.
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is a multi-stakeholder process and independent institution whose mission is to develop and disseminate globally applicable Sustainability Reporting guidelines. These Guidelines are for voluntary use by organisations for reporting on the economic, environmental, and social dimensions of their activities, products, and services. The GRI incorporates the active participation of representatives from business, accountancy, investment, environmental, human rights, research and labour organisations around the world. Started in 1997, GRI became independent in 2002, and is an official collaborating centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and works in cooperation with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Global Compact.
Each of the indicators is set out below with comments, where appropriate, indicating points that companies may cover in relation to disability as part of their response. The key indicator groups are: