The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has confirmed that CEO Eelco van der Enden will step down from his role later this year, at the end of his three-year fixed term contract. Van der Enden was appointed in January 2022, having first joined the GRI in 2017 as a member of the technical committee on tax. He also has served on the initiative’s board of directors since 2020. The GRI said it had started the recruitment process to find a new CEO, with van der Enden due to remain fully operational until his departure on 31 December. “I’m incredibly proud of what we have achieved together at GRI in my time here, during a period in which there has been an explosion of interest in sustainability reporting, and a rapid shift in expectations as we move from voluntary to mandatory disclosure requirements in many markets,” said van der Enden. “The end of the year and my fixed term three-year contract is a natural point for me to pass on the role of CEO to someone who can take GRI through the next phase of its evolution.”
