GRI, CDP jointly introduce simplified climate disclosure tool, improving data consistency and transparency for stakeholders

GRI and CDP have launched a new mapping resource to help organizations align disclosures between the CDP 2025 corporate questionnaire and the latest GRI Climate Change (GRI 102) and Energy Standards (GRI 103). The tool supports the ‘write once, read many’ principle, minimizing duplication and streamlining environmental reporting. For sustainability professionals, this means less time juggling disclosure requirements and more time to focus on impactful climate action. By enhancing alignment between these key frameworks:  organizations can now report high-quality data more efficiently,  accelerate positive climate action, and  support a global economy that works for both people and planet. How it works Consider a company already collects its annual Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions, as required by GRI 102: Climate Change 2025 and GRI 103: Energy 2025. Using the mapping resource, the company identifies that those same emissions data are directly applicable to certain datapoints in CDP’s corporate questionnaire (2025 version) as the alignment table shows “full correspondence” for those disclosures. As a result, the company can write once (capture the emissions data once) and then read many (use the same dataset for both its GRI-based sustainability report and its CDP submission), thereby reducing duplication and streamlined reporting. Epilogue With global momentum building around sustainability reporting, this alignment supports organizations in turning their environmental data into real action, making it easier to communicate progress and drive meaningful change.