Global Reporting Initiative formally launches new biodiversity, mining standards
More than 50% of global gross domestic product was moderately or highly dependent on biodiversity, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) vice chairperson Bola Adeeko highlighted in Cape Town on Thursday. Adeeko, who was also the special projects director for Flour Mills of Nigeria, was speaking at the launch of two new GRI standards, for biodiversity and mining. The Mining Standard was GRI 14: Mining Sector 2024. This addressed the sustainability impacts of the mining industry, in a holistic manner. The biodiversity standard was GRI 101: Biodiversity 2024. This enabled companies to report on their biodiversity impacts, throughout all their operations and across their value chain.