Publication: GRI Index 2024
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2024-10-22
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2024-10-22
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The 2024 World Bank Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Index is an inventory of the sustainability considerations used in World Bank (Bank) lending and analytical services as well as its corporate practices. This sustainability disclosure index has been prepared in accordance with the core option of the GRI Standards. The GRI Index covers activities carried out during fiscal 2024, from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024.
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“World Bank. 2024. GRI Index 2024. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/42276 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO.”
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