Reporting Requirements

Global Reporting Initiative – NGO Sector Supplement

All Charter Member Organisations are required to submit an annual accountability report. Since 2010 the reporting framework in place is the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) NGO Sector Supplement. The Global Reporting Initiative produces the world´s largest sustainability reporting framework. Its purpose is to set out principles and performance indicators which organisations can use to measure and report their economic, environmental and social performance. You can find more information on GRI on their website. On the initiative of the INGO Accountability Charter, GRI developed a reporting supplement that accomodates the specific needs of NGOs. Through the work of a working group and a 2 year public multi-stakeholder process, this standardized reporting tool was produced. You can read more about the development of the NGO Sector Supplement and how it correlates to GRI’s further guidelines here.

The NGO Reporting Template

In order to support NGOs in getting started with reporting against GRI, the working group that developed the Supplement selected a number of indicators which were seen as the most relevant for NGOs. These were gathered in the NGO Reporting Template. An overview of the components and indicators included in the Reporting Template can be downloaded here. Charter Member Organisations are asked to report on the content in the Reporting Template. If a Member wishes not to report on all parts of the Reporting Template, it is asked to explain the reasons why. You can download the full Charter Reporting Requirements in a pdf version here .

Reporting Deadline

The Charter’s Independent Review Panel reviews Member Reports twice a year. Member Organisations are required to submit reports annually, no later than twelve months after the end of their financial year.

The next reporting deadline for Charter Members will be in on 2 April 2012. The Panel will meet a few weeks after to review the reports submitted by this deadline. You can find documents that can be useful when starting to report with the GRI NGO Sector Supplement here.

 

 

“The NGO Sector Supplement now provides a robust vehicle for Charter reporting. It included reporting indicators developed with independent input and public consultation and offers the same standard that is used by commercial organisations.”

Jeremy Hobbs, Chair of the Charter Board and Executive Director of Oxfam International at the launch of the NGO Sector Supplement