GRI Sustainability Reporting
GRI Reporting & Standards Consulting
Struggling with GRI compliance? ECG simplifies reporting, aligns your disclosures with global standards, and turns data into a clear ESG narrative.
For 25 years, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards have been the most widely used and comprehensive framework for corporate sustainability reporting. However, navigating the many GRI standards to produce a compliant and effective report can be a significant challenge. ECG’s GRI Reporting service helps your organization meet all requirements, enhance transparency, and leverage your report to drive positive environmental, social, and economic impact.
The Central Role of Materiality in GRI
Materiality is the cornerstone of the GRI reporting process. The standards are guided by the principle that organizations must report on the topics that are most relevant to their stakeholders and could influence their decisions.
- Materiality Assessment: Management conducts an assessment to identify and prioritize topics based on their economic, environmental, and social impacts.
- Double Materiality: In line with new regulations, this assessment can be integrated with financial materiality to create a “double materiality” analysis, which assesses both a company’s impact on the world and the world’s impact on the company.
- Focused Reporting: Once material topics are identified, the organization uses the relevant GRI Standards and indicators to report on its policies, performance, and goals in a structured and transparent way.
Our Multi-Step GRI Reporting Process
Our process is designed to guide you from strategy to publication.
- Understanding & Scoping: We help you identify the specific GRI standards applicable to your organization and determine the optimal level of reporting based on your goals.
- Framework Alignment: We assess alignment with other key ESG reporting frameworks like SASB, TCFD, and the UN SDGs to ensure a coherent reporting strategy.
- Data & KPI Management: We help you identify the key performance indicators (KPIs) for your material topics and assess any data management gaps that need to be filled.
- Content Development: Our team assists in developing a structured content index and preparing “assurance-ready” report content that is verifiable, transparent, and effectively communicates your accomplishments.
- Leveraging Outcomes: We help you use the insights from the reporting process to inform and refine your ongoing ESG strategy and corporate sustainability initiatives.