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Request for Comments on Draft GRI Standards on Sustainability Disclosure for the Financial Sector

1997The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), which has been developing common global voluntary sustainability disclosure standards since 2013,GRI) has recently formulated draft sector standards for three financial industries: banking, insurance and capital markets.2025year5month31Public comments are being accepted until the date. In order to gather a wide range of opinions from Japan, a webinar will be held to explain the main points of the public draft.

This set of sector standards provides a comprehensive approach for Financial Institution to understand and report on their environmental, social and economic impacts.GRITogether with the standard, this will enable effective assessment and disclosure of sustainability performance suited to the characteristics of financial Service, helping to address the transparency and accountability demanded by stakeholders.

The public comment period on the draft is an important opportunity for financial sector stakeholders to share their views and contribute to the development of standards that reflect the realities of diverse markets and can be applied globally, regardless of region.

The webinar will discuss the Exposure Draft and the process for submitting comments, followed by a Q&A session with participants from the banking, insurance and capital markets Financial Institution, their clients, investment, lending and bond recipients, institutional investors, Financial Institution agencies, regulators and other interested parties.NGOWe look forward to seeing many of you there. Please register here.

Public Draft (English only):

News and precautions

  • The Contents of this webinar is subject to change without notice.
  • This is an online seminar using "Zoom".
  • We will not allow participants whose Company name is unknown or who have registered with a free email address such as Gmail.

  • We will not accept participation from companies that compete with us or are in the same industry, or from individuals.

  • The distribution URL will be sent to your registered email address by the morning of the day.


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Events name
Request for Comments on Draft GRI Standards on Sustainability Disclosure for the Financial Sector
Date and time
May 12th (Mon) 16:00 - May 12th (Mon) 17:00
Participation Fee
free
Application Deadline
5.12 (Monday) 12:00
Location
Online (ZOOM)

Speakers

  • Sector Manager, GRI Standards Development Department
    Gerka Buitrago

  • Director of the Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB) Zeroboard Inc. Director of Zeroboard Research Institute
    Tomoo Machiba

    After working as a journalist for the Asahi Shimbun, he is now involved in supporting corporate and government sustainability strategies internationally. He was involved in guideline revisions at the GRI International Secretariat and led eco-innovation policy research at the OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry. He was responsible for knowledge management of renewable energy technology data from around the world at the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and developed strategies and policies for the green economy and climate change response at the UAE Federal Government. He served as Deputy Director of the United Nations Climate Technology Centre Network (CTCN), supporting technology transfer to developing countries, before returning to Japan in 2021. He served as a partner in charge of decarbonization and ESG at ERM, a foreign consulting firm, and became Director of Zeroboard Research Institute in August 2023. He will serve as a director of the Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB) from January 2024. He holds a BA in Journalism from the Faculty of Letters at Sophia University and a Master's degree from the School of International Development at the University of Sussex, UK.

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