“ BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A DISCIPLINED APPROACH , WE ALWAYS UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE FROM A QUANTITATIVE PERSPECTIVE . IN ADDITION , WE HAVE QUALITATIVE ”
ROSE STUCKEY KIRK CHIEF CSR OFFICER , VERIZON
GRI provides the world ’ s most widely used sustainability reporting standards , with 78 % of the world ’ s 250 largest companies using their guidelines or standards and 68 % of the top 100 companies . GRI standards cover topics that range from biodiversity to tax , waste to emissions , diversity and equality to health and safety .
Renowned as a global expert in corporate sustainability , Carol Adams is Chair of GRI ’ s Global Sustainability Standards Board , and she says these standards are essential to ensure impacts have a less negative and more positive effect .
“ The whole process of setting targets and the actions taken to address the targets , that ’ s all really important ,” she says . “ So while it is about reporting , it ’ s getting organisations to report on matters that will actually
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