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The New Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)3.1 Guidelines Explained

By Elaine_Cohen on May 9, 2011 Comments Off on The New Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)3.1 Guidelines Explained Bastian Buck, community impact, core business model, Elaine Cohen, environmental, G3 framework, G4 framework, gender equality, Global Reporting Initiative, GRI, GRI 3.1 Reporting Guidelines, GRI Technical Protocol, HR 11, HR10, Human Rights, Impact Assessment, John Ruggie, LA14, Letshani Ndlovu, local community engagement, materiality, Organizational Stakeholder, parental leave, Protect, Remedy, Respect, SO1 performance indicator, stakeholder, sustainability, Sustainability impact, sustainability report, sustainability reporting, UN Special Representative on Business and Human Rights

The New Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)3.1 Guidelines Explained

In this post, Elaine describes the new Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) 3.1 guidelines covering the new GRI Technical Protocol. The 3.1 guidelines are a stepping stone to the big promise of G4 in 2013 and address just three specific aspects of the current G3 framework relating to: community impacts, human rights and gender equality. The post then goes into more detailed commentary and explanation on each of these three issues.

Is The Green Jobs Movement Leaving Women Behind?

By claire-morgenstern on March 9, 2010 2 Comments African-American, agriculture, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Apollo Alliance, Applied Research Center, BEST Academy, biofuels, C. Nicole Mason, construction, electrical engineers, energy, energy retrofitting, forestry, gender equality, green building, Green Career Ladder, green collar workforce, Green Equity Toolkit, Green for All, Green Job Market, green jobs, green jobs training, Green Pathways out of Poverty, Green Retrofit and Workforce Program, green—bioengineering, labor segmentation, Latino women, metal workers, people of color, race equality, Retrofit America’s Cities, SCOPE, Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education, Sustainable South Bronx, transportation, U.N., women, Women of Color Policy Network

Is The Green Jobs Movement Leaving Women Behind?

While women are more eco aware than men, they are are underrepresented in green jobs. This includes jobs created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. However, there are a growing number of programs that are designed to address these inequities.