“People
with disabilities constitute the world’s largest minority group. To a
large extent these individuals are marginalized in our societies, in
particular when it comes to employment,” said GRI’s Chief Executive
Michael Meehan. “Disability in Sustainability Reporting is
designed to empower organizations’ understanding of what activities can
have an impact on the rights of people with disabilities and which GRI
disclosures can be used as the basis for reporting on those impacts.”
"This
guide is a milestone for the integration of the issue of disability in
sustainability reporting,” said Alberto Durán López, Executive
Vice-President of Fundación ONCE. “The publication is born from the
collaboration of two leading organizations and is a clear example of
creating shared value."
This unique guide can enhance organizational understanding of the
value of transparency on disability, in terms of creating inclusive
workplaces, as well as taking advantage of the business case of
disability for the development of new products, services and physical
environments. Additionally, the guide features a number of case studies
from businesses all over the world that are making commitments and
working to improve their disability related impacts. Disability in Sustainability Reporting is
also the result of an inclusive and collaborative effort on the part of
a number of disability experts, who provided feedback and support.
Over the course of 2015, GRI and Fundación ONCE will continue
collaborating to provide additional support to organizations in
communicating their commitments to respecting and promoting the rights
of people with disabilities.
To download a copy of
Disability in Sustainability Reporting in English click
here or to download in Spanish click
here.
A global webinar will be organized during the second quarter of 2015 to
present the publication. To find out more please click
here to sign up for GRI’s monthly newsletter. For additional information please contact Davion Ford, GRI Media Relations Manager (
ford@globalreporting.org).
About GRI
GRI is a non-profit
organization working in the public interest towards a vision of a
sustainable global economy where organizations manage their economic,
environmental, social, and governance performance and impacts
responsibly. Thousands of corporate and public sector reporters in over
90 countries use the GRI Guidelines. More than 22,000 reports have been
registered in GRI’s Sustainability Disclosure Database and 25 countries
and regions reference GRI in their policies. GRI’s activities are
two-fold: firstly the provision of sustainability reporting guidelines
and secondly, the development of engagement activities, products and
partnerships to enhance the value of sustainability reporting for
organizations.
About Fundación ONCE
The ONCE (the National Organization of the Spanish Blind)
created the Fundación ONCE in 1988 to ensure quality of life and social
inclusion of people with all kinds of disabilities and their families.
The Fundación ONCE centers its efforts around two areas: training and
employment, and universal accessibility of facilities, products and
services, contributing to extend the concept of “design for all”. The
work of the Fundación ONCE is directed by a Board of Trustees which, in
addition to ONCE and the Foundation itself, represents the country’s
main organizations of persons with disabilities. In 2013 the Fundación
ONCE celebrated 25 years of existence, a period in which it has managed
to generate over 80,000 jobs for people with disabilities.
