The GRI Supervisory Board has launched a global call for nominations to join GRI’s independent standard-setting body, the Global Sustainability Standards Board, from 1 April 2026.
The Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB) has sole responsibility for setting GRI’s widely used sustainability reporting standards. Composed of multi-stakeholder experts from around the world, the GSSB works exclusively in the public interest, ensuring that the GRI Standards are developed independently and in the public interest.
There are five positions open on the GSSB, including the role of Chair, with applicants representing any of the following constituency groups encouraged to apply: businesses, investors, labour bodies, civil society, and mediating institutions. The call for nominations is open until 26 October 2025, 23:59 CEST.
Jessica Fries, Chair of the GRI Supervisory Board, said: “As GRI’s independent standard setting body, the GSSB plays a critical role in ensuring that organisations globally are able to understand and report their most significant impacts on the economy, environment and people.
We are looking for applicants from around the world, with the skills and knowledge to provide leadership, direction and oversight for our standard setting work. You will join a talented and highly motivated group of board members bringing diverse expertise from across stakeholder groups, helping to ensure that the GRI Standards continue to play an important role in enabling sustainable outcomes.”
The GSSB is composed of recognised experts in sustainability reporting or related fields. Members ensure the credibility and global relevance of the GRI Standards, while the Chair provides leadership and governance oversight.
The membership renewal process reinforces the GSSB’s continuing position in providing authoritative global leadership for GRI reporting on impacts on the economy, environment and people. Board members ensure that standards development reflects global best practice and is conducted with transparency, technical rigour and in accordance with due process.
