GRI Certified Sustainability Reporting Course
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A Sustainability or Integrated Report is a report about the economic, environmental and social impacts caused by an organization through its everyday activities, the organization’s policies and practices to manage these impacts, and how these factors affect the core business of the organization. Publishing integrated sustainability reports has become commonplace, is strongly recommended by the King III Report on Governance for South Africa, and is a requirement for South African listed companies. A variety of organizations, both listed and non-listed, can benefit in multiple ways from publishing a sustainability/integrated report.
The most widely used framework for sustainability reports are the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards for Sustainability Reporting. These guidelines have recently been transformed into the GRI Standards on Sustainability Reporting. In order to help mainstreaming sustainability reporting, the GRI has embarked on a global capacity building program supported by its local training partners. This course is based on the GRI Standards on Sustainability Reporting. Although primarily addressing sustainability reporting this course also addresses integrated reporting and its linkages with sustainability reporting.
Outline
- GRI Reporting Standards
- Conceptual introduction to sustainability and integrated reporting;
- Planning the sustainability reporting process;
- Engaging with stakeholders and enhancing the credibility of the sustainability reporting process;
- Defining the content of the sustainability report;
- Monitoring information for inclusion in the sustainability report;
- Final preparation and communication of the sustainability report;
- In accordance options for GRI sustainability reports;
- Assessment of a sustainability/integrated report using the GRI guidelines;
- External assurance of sustainability/integrated reports.
ESS is a pioneering company that covers the full spectrum of sustainability accounting solutions. The term sustainability includes social, economic and environmental sustainability, supported by good governance.
ESS is a consulting company that assists organisations in embedding sustainability into the overall business strategy thus reducing negative environmental, social and economic impacts and enhancing positive ones, whilst adding long-term value to the organisation.
- Integrating sustainability management and accounting in the core business of organisations
- Supporting the cost-effective implementation of sustainability compliance and management by means of sustainability accounting
- Rethinking processes fundamentally and transformationally towards a more sustainable society
- Using the earth and its resources responsibly through a stewardship approach
- Maximising positive impacts and minimising negative impacts on society
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