Biodiversity - a GRI Reporting Resource - Global Reporting Initiative
Biodiversity - a GRI Reporting Resource - Global Reporting Initiative
Biodiversity - a GRI Reporting Resource - Global Reporting Initiative
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Figure 3.3: <strong>Biodiversity</strong> in relation to<br />
other <strong>GRI</strong> Environmental<br />
Performance Indicators<br />
These types of connections are reflected in Figure 3.3, which demonstrates that the <strong>GRI</strong> Indicators<br />
on water and emissions, for example, may be as relevant for reporting on the organization’s<br />
biodiversity performance as the <strong>GRI</strong> Indicators that are actually labelled “biodiversity”.<br />
A S P E C T: WAT E R<br />
EN8<br />
EN9<br />
EN10<br />
Total water withdrawal by<br />
source.<br />
Water sources significantly<br />
affected by withdrawal of<br />
water.<br />
Percentage and total volume<br />
of water recycled and reused.<br />
Diversity within<br />
species<br />
Changes in <strong>Biodiversity</strong><br />
Diversity between<br />
species<br />
Diversity of<br />
ecosystems<br />
A S P E C T: EMISSIONS, EFFLU E N T S ,<br />
A N D WA S T E<br />
EN16<br />
EN17<br />
EN19<br />
EN20<br />
EN21<br />
EN22<br />
EN23<br />
EN25<br />
Total direct and indirect<br />
greenhouse gas emissions<br />
by weight.<br />
Other relevant indirect<br />
greenhouse gas emissions<br />
by weight.<br />
Emissions of ozonedepleting<br />
substances by<br />
weight.<br />
NO, SO, and other significant<br />
air emissions by type and<br />
weight.<br />
Total water discharge by<br />
quality and destination.<br />
Total weight of waste by type<br />
and disposal method.<br />
Total number and volume of<br />
significant spills.<br />
Identity, size, protected<br />
status, and biodiversity<br />
value of water bodies and<br />
related habitats significantly<br />
affected by the reporting<br />
organization’s discharges of<br />
water and runoff.<br />
A S P E C T: ENERGY<br />
A S P E C T: T R A N S P O R T<br />
A S P E C T: PRODUC T S A N D S E R V I C E S<br />
EN6<br />
<strong>Initiative</strong>s to provide energyefficient<br />
or renewable energy<br />
based products and services,<br />
and reductions in energy<br />
requirements as a result of<br />
these initiatives*.<br />
EN29<br />
Significant environmental<br />
impacts of transporting<br />
products and other goods<br />
and materials used for the<br />
organization’s operations,<br />
and transporting members<br />
of the workforce.<br />
EN26<br />
<strong>Initiative</strong>s to mitigate<br />
environmental impacts of<br />
products and services, and<br />
extent of impact mitigation.<br />
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* Biomass is increasingly used as a renewable source of energy. Cultivation of energy products<br />
could be accompanied by significant impacts on biodiversity, for example, due to taking up<br />
large areas of natural habitats or extensive water use. Organizations need to take possible<br />
disadvantages of biomass as a renewable source of energy into account and ideally report on<br />
the origin of biomass sources used.