Background information

The Sustainability Report 2019/2020 was prepared in accordance with the guidelines of the ISCN Sustainable Campus Charter and the standards of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).

The GRI Content Index compiles the report content in a standardized form, referencing the relevant pages of this sustainability report. The content index also refers to the annual report 2020 and the background report. For the GRI Content Index Service, GRI Services reviewed that the GRI content index is clearly presented and the references for all disclosures included align with the appropriate sections in the body of the report.
The background report provides information on the preparation of the sustainability report as well as information on the data basis, system boundaries, calculation method, etc. of important key figures.
The contribution of the University of Basel to the Calls to Action of the ISCN Sustainable Campus Charter is shown in the corresponding document with references to the sustainability report.

The GRI Content Index and the background report are only available in German, the document about the ISCN Campus charter is only available in English.