Global Sustainability Standards Board Due Process Protocol

The GSSB shall receive and consider the comments of the GRI Board and the GRI SC; however, it is the sole responsibility of the GSSB to determine and prioritize the project proposal, having regard to the overriding importance of serving the public interest. [...] Where the GRI Board and/or the GRI SC have recommended a project for consideration by the GSSB, the Chair of the GSSB shall inform the DPOC and the Chairman of the GRI Board and the Chair of the GRI SC of the GSSB’s decisions concerning the GRI Board’s or GRI SC’s recommendation. [...] The Head of the Standards Division, in consultation with the Chair of the GSSB, is to determine the composition of a Technical Committee in a manner that brings the right balance of technical expertise to the topic discussion. [...] The results of the GSSB vote, including dissenting votes and abstentions – and the reason(s) thereof, on the approval of the revised content of an exposure draft are to be recorded in the minutes of the meeting. [...] The agenda paper containing the draft proposed revised content of the exposed Standard is to be updated for changes agreed by the GSSB during the course of the meeting and is to be published on the GSSB website after the meeting at which the GSSB is to approve the final Standard.