Consultation begins on major update to GRI Biodiversity Standard –
A proposed biodiversity reporting standard that seeks to unlock accountability for the impacts organisations have on the natural world has been made available. A public comment period for the exposure draft of the revised GRI Biodiversity Standard is underway, with feedback sought so that the final standard delivers the global best practice for transparency on biodiversity impacts. Following the UN Convention on Biodiversity (COP15) the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has warned that biodiversity is declining in every global region. What this context underlines is that companies face...