GRI announced the new appointments to the global sustainability standards board (GSSB), reaffirming the commitment to a multi-stakeholder approach in the establishing of the GRI Standards, the leading global standard on ESG reporting.

On 1 January, six new members began their three year term. As members of the GSSB, they will work with the GRI Standards division to set globally accepted standards for sustainability reporting, in the public interest and according to the vision and mission of GRI.

The new members have been appointed by the Independent Appointments Committee (IAC) to represent the best available combination of technical expertise and diverse experience in sustainability reporting, with a focus on constituency, gender and regional balance. Helena Barton, IAC chair, says,  “The Independent Appointments Committee believes that the new members of the GSSB will complement and support the variety of expertise needed for the board to carry out its duties and to uphold the strong multi-stakeholder nature of the GRI Standards.”

In 2019, the new members are:

• Corli le Roux (mediating institutions), independent specialist, South Africa
• Gustavo Sinner (mediating institutions), director, AG Sustentable, Argentina
• Jennifer Princing (business enterprise), senior sustainability manager, the Dow Chemical Company, USA
• Rama Krishnan Venkaterswaran (investment institutions), lead financial management specialist, the World Bank, USA/Zambia 
• Loredana Carta (labor), project officer, International Trade Union Confederation, Belgium
• Peter Colley(labor), national research director, Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union, Australia

Departing members Sulema Pioli, Vadakepatth Nandkumar, Jürgen Buxbaum and Dwight Justice,  ended their terms on 31 December, and Daniel Ingram and Atilla Yerlikaya, stepped down from the GSSB earlier in 2018.