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In order to deliver on its mission, GRI has identified four focus areas for the coming years:

1. Create standards and guidance to advance sustainable development: Provide the market with
leadership on consistent sustainability disclosures, including engaging with stakeholders on emerging
sustainability issues.

2. Harmonize the sustainability landscape: Make GRI the central hub for sustainability reporting
frameworks and initiatives, and select collaboration and partnership opportunities that serve GRI’s vision
and mission.

3. Lead efficient and effective sustainability reporting: Improve the quality of disclosures made using the
GRI Standards, reducing reporting burden and exploring reporting processes that aid decision-making.

4. Drive effective use of sustainability information to improve performance: Work with policy makers,
stock exchanges, regulators and investors to drive transparency and enable effective reporting.

Sustainability reports are released by companies and organizations of all types, sizes and sectors, from
every corner of the world. Thousands of companies across all sectors have published reports that
reference the GRI Standards. Major providers of sustainability reporting guidance include:

• GRI (GRI’s Sustainability Reporting Standards)

• The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD Guidelines for Multinational
Enterprises)

• The United Nations Global Compact (the Communication on Progress)

• The International Organization for Standardization (ISO 26000, International Standard for social
responsibility)