InterBalance Appointed as GRI Data Partner for Sri Lanka

Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), an independent international organization that has pioneered sustainability reporting has appointed InterBalance as its GRI Data Partner for Sri Lanka.

As a GRI Data Partner, InterBalance will collaborate with GRI on various aspects regarding the sharing of sustainability reporting data and reporting organizations. InterBalance will further serve as the contact point for an organization within Sri Lanka that wishes to register a report in the GRI Sustainability Disclosure Database,.

“GRI is pleased to have InterBalance as a part of the Data Partner program. We look forward to a fruitful collaboration with InterBalance,” said Shivani Rajpal, Director – Services at the Amsterdam based Global Reporting Initiative.

The partnership also entails sharing of global reporting trends and practices and other information by GRI with InterBalance, towards further enhancing the sustainability reporting environment in Sri Lanka.

“We are happy to partner with GRI as a Data Partner and we believe that this partnership will assist reporting organizations within Sri Lanka, as well as GRI, and further enhance the Sustainability reporting efforts within the country” said Chulendra De Silva, Founding Partner – InterBalance.

The GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards are developed with multi-stakeholder contributions and rooted in the public interest and are the first and most widely adopted global standards for sustainability reporting.

“The key feature of this partnership is that InterBalance will play a pivotal role in providing both GRI and local companies with meta-level information to understand local and global reporting trends respectively,” said Charith Jayasundera, Founding Partner – InterBalance. He further added, “we believe such collaboration on sharing of reporting information will provide the environment for more focused reporting.”

About InterBalance

Incorporated in October 2015, InterBalance is a boutique consultancy services provider in the fields of Sustainability and Risk Management. InterBalance has consulted a varied range of local corporates by harnessing the collective and individual expertise and experience of its founding members, who lead the pioneering efforts of their employers in the fields of sustainability integration, sustainability reporting and risk management in Sri Lanka.

InterBalance is also a licensed sustainability assurance provider certified by AccountAbility UK, and ensures that subsequent to consultancy services, the client is not only in a position to entrench sustainability within its DNA, but is also prepared for sustainability and integrated reporting, and ready for external assurance audits carried out under both ISAE3000 and AA1000 Standards.

InterBalance provides its services through its customizable Sustainability Management Framework and Risk Management Framework, by assessing the material challenges faced by its clients, and together establishing practical organisational processes and structures to integrate sustainability and risk management within their operations. 

Media Contact:  Charith Jayasundera, Mobile: +94772210000