GRI releases proposed pollution disclosure standards

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🗞️ Driving the news: The Global Reporting Initiative has released draft standards aimed at strengthening corporate disclosure on pollution, including new reporting requirements for soil pollution, air pollution, and major environmental incidents

🔭 The context: GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards are among the most widely used global frameworks for corporate sustainability disclosures
• The new proposals, developed by the Global Sustainability Standards Board, seek to address gaps in how companies report pollution impacts and management practices across industries

🌍 Why it matters for the planet: Pollution remains one of the most pervasive yet underreported environmental risks affecting ecosystems, biodiversity, and public health
• Strengthening disclosure standards could improve transparency and accountability, enabling investors, regulators, and communities to better assess corporate environmental impacts

⏭️ What’s next: GRI has opened a public consultation period for the proposed standards until June 8, 2026, after which feedback will be incorporated into final pollution reporting standards expected to be launched in 2027

💬 One quote: “Pollution is not confined to a single emission source or environmental medium, it affects human health, quality of living in communities and biodiversity,” - Harold Pauwels, GRI Standards Director

📈 One stat: The public consultation on the new pollution disclosure standards will remain open until June 8, 2026

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