Group guideline for the promotion of biodiversity - Business and ...

6.2.2 Global Reporting InitiativeFrom the 4th - 6th October 2006 the InternationalConference of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)was held in Amsterdam, in which globally applicablequality indicators for the reporting on sustainabilitywere developed involving a broad selection ofstakeholders.■■ Among the numerous GRI-indicators there are30 so-called ecological perfor mance indicatorsaltogether, of which only five (EN 11 to EN 15)deal with biodiversity.■■ These indicators are, however, hardly suitablefor the representation of successful restorationmeasures and for the measuring and control ofbiodiversity in operating extraction sites.6.2.3 Cement Sustainability InitiativeThe Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI) is a consortiumof cement companies. This consortium hasset itself the target of combining the challengesof sustainable development and of developing anagenda on sustainability.So-called key performance indicators (KPIs) weredeveloped for five different fields within the frameworkof the CSI. In the sub-field local impacts onland and communities, there are currently only twoindicators acknowledged by the members of theInitiative:■■ KPI 1: Number of active quarries within, containingor adjacent to areas designated for their highbiodiversity value, as defined by GRI 1.■■ KPI 2: Percentage of sites with high biodiversityvalue (according to KPI 1) where biodiversitymanagement plans are actively implemented.The second indicator is apt to represent the activitiesin the context of reconstruction measures. Theseindicators are, however, not suitable for measuringor controlling biodiversity in operating extractionsites. We therefore apply our own indicators.Further ReadingGRI (2000-2006); Tr ä n k l e et al. (2008); WBCSD(2005a; b).22