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GRI EXAMQUESTIONS
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GRI Standards are required for all reports or other materials published that apply the
GRI framework on or after..... - Answers -July 1, 2018
Updates to GRI nomenclature because of the update to Standards: 1)'indicator' is
now...; 'aspect' is now... - Answers -Disclosure...topic
One of the most significant updates in GRI Standards is... - Answers -clarification on the
term "impact" - A report should focus on the impacts that the organization has on the
economy, environment and society, instead of the impacts on the organization itself.
What are the three universal standards? - Answers -GRI 101: Foundations
GRI 102: General Disclosures
GRI 103: Management Approach
There are currently a total of .... topic specific standards in the three blocks of standards
(200, 300, and 400) - Answers -38
In the GRI Standards, topic Boundary disclosures have been moved to the .... section of
the report. - Answers -Disclosure 103-1: Management Approach Explanation of its
Material Topic and its Boundary
What is the vision of the GRI organization? - Answers -A future where sustainability is
integral to every organization's decision-making process
, Each topic-specific standard follows the same format. What is the format? - Answers -1.
Introduction2. Management approach disclosures 3. Topic-specific disclosures 4.
References
How are the Reporting Principles to be applied? - Answers -
What is the Stakeholder Inclusiveness principle? - Answers -This principle requires the
reporting organization to identify its stakeholders, and explain how it has responded to
their reasonable expectations and interests
What is the GRI definition of 'stakeholder'? - Answers -Entity or individual that can
reasonably be expected to be significantly affected by the reporting organization's
activities, products and services, or whose actions can reasonably be expected to affect
the ability of the organization to successfully implement its strategies and achieve its
objectives
Note 1: Stakeholders include entities or individuals whose rights under law or
international conventions provide them with legitimate claims vis-à-vis the organization.
Note 2: Stakeholders can include those who are invested in the organization (such as
employees and shareholders), as well as those who have other relationships to the
organization (such as other workers who are not employees, suppliers, vulnerable
groups, local communities, and NGOs or other civil society organizations, among
others).
What is the Sustainability Context principle? - Answers -Requires the report to present
the reporting organization's performance in the wider context of sustainability
What is the Materiality principle? - Answers -Requires the report to cover topics that: 1.
Reflect the organization's significant economic, environmental, and social impacts; or 2.
substantively influence the assessment and decisions of stakeholders
What is the Completeness principle? - Answers -This principle requires that the report to
include coverage of material topics and their Boundaries sufficient to reflect significant
economic, social, and environmental impacts, and to enable stakeholders to assess the
reporting organization's performance in the reporting period.
What is the purpose of the Reporting Principles for defining report quality (a.k.a the
quality principles? - Answers -The reporting principles for defining reporting quality
guide choices to ensure the quality of information in a sustainability report, including the
proper presentation. The quality of the report is also important for enabling stakeholders
to make sound and reasonable assessments of the organization, and to be able to take
appropriate actions based on those assessments.
What is the Accuracy principle? - Answers -Requires that the reported information be
sufficiently accurate and detailed for stakeholders to assess the reporting organization's
performance
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