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#3 Eelco van der Enden: Reporting on Impacts

Listen to Eelco van der Enden, CEO of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has been one of the pioneers in the field of impact reporting - celebrating its 25th birthday! Frankly Speaking has invited its CEO, Eelco van der Enden, to speak about GRI’s relationship with other reporting standards, questions of alignment and why ESG should be tackled as a whole. He has something to tell about tax reporting as well! Tune in!

Topics:

  • What is GRI’s purpose
  • How are you working with the ISSB
  • Advice to companies reporting on GRI
  • Possible differences between GRI and EU standards
  • Interdependencies of ESG reporting versus climate first
  • Reporting on Paris Alignment, importance of 1.5 degree pathways

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“"E, S, G - they are all interconnected, they are also interdependent. For instance, local coal mining industries. closing something down on behalf of the environment, without taking into account what the human aspects and consequences will create different problems.”

Eelco van der Enden in Frankly Speaking

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