One of the most popular sustainability measures, at least for social and governance issues in corporate policy, is the Global Reporting Framework.[76] This standard, defined by the Global Reporting Initiative, is one of the few widely-recognized frameworks for reporting corporate-level policies. Covive, a San Francisco-based design firm, has created an excellent summary of this framework that clarifies many pages of documentation.[77] (See Figure 3.23 on page 99)
The GRI Framework lists criteria in six categories, such as the following:
• Environmental (materials, energy, water, biodiversity, emissions, effluents and waste, products and services, compliance, and transport)
• Human Rights (investment and procurement practices, nondiscrimination, freedom of association and collective bargaining, child labor, forced and compulsory labor, security practices, and indigenous rights)
• Labor Practices and Decent Work (employment, labor/management relations, occupational health and safety, training and education, and diversity and equal opportunity)
• Society (community, corruption, public policy, anti-competitive behavior, and compliance) [78]
marketing communications, customer privacy, and compliance)
• Economics (economic performance, market presence, and indirect economic impacts)
