"GRI, CDP Guidance Helps Companies Report Climate Impacts", 18 Mar 2016

The Global Reporting Initiative and the [Carbon Disclosure Project] (CDP) have released their latest linkage guidance to help companies report on their climate-related impacts and avoid duplicating their disclosure efforts...The updated documents from GRI and CDP will enable companies to report on their climate change and water impacts and take steps to reduce these impacts...“The alignment between GRI and CDP on climate change and water disclosure facilitates more consistent corporate reporting on these physical, regulatory and reputational risks, and their sources, whilst reducing the reporting burden for companies,” says Pedro Faria, technical director at CDP. “This also enables financial stakeholders to better understand and compare how businesses are managing climate-related issues for a resilient future.”