GRI standards

Question 1

GRI standards stands for?

Answer 1

Global Reportive Initiative

Question 2

What are the GRI standard principles about? (5st)

Answer 2

• Comparability
  (able to analyze over time and compare to other org.)
• Accuracy
  (accurate and detailed info)
• Timeliness
  (report on regular schedule, available in time)
• Clarity
  (accessible (tillgänglig) and understandable)
• Reliability
  (able to examine and verify)

Question 3

What is the GRI content index?

Answer 3

It specifies the used GRI standards to make reported information more structured

Question 4

What are the three types of GRI standards?

Answer 4

• Universal standards: general principles and guidance for using GRI standards
• Sector standards: sector specific impacts which are relevant to the sector of the org.
• Topic standards: specific information on material topics.

Question 5

How do a company choose topics to include in the report (statistics e.g.)?

Answer 5

Guidance from GRI3 = material topics standard, which explains how to determine what topics are most relevant to its impacts.

Question 6

How can you know if a report is written in accordance with GRI?

Answer 6

The org. has included a statement of use in its GRI content index. Verification is optional.

Question 7

How is the number of data to present reduced to a reasonable amount in the GRI standards? (a lot of topics that generate several indicators)

Answer 7

The impacts are grouped into topics and the topics are ranked by level of impact (neg and pos separately).
15 is a reasonable amount.

Question 8

What is the last thing you can do when you write a GRI report according to the standards?

Answer 8

Notify GRI by sending an email to administration of GRI.

Question 9

Is the GRI report voluntary?

Answer 9

Yes, an so is the UN global compact report