Sustainability Reporting with GRI Standards

What you'll learn
Understand what is the GRI - Global Reporting Initiative, and its importance for an organization
Identify the content, requirimentes and principles of a good sustainability report, including social, environmental and economic aspects
Recognize the benefits of sustainability reporting
Understand the main topics when evaluationg the sustanability of an organization
Understand the importance of the sustainability indicators of an organization and how to use them for management purposes
Requirements
No specific prior knowledge required
Familiarity with environmental management topics is helpful
Basic understanding of sustainability concepts is helpful
Description
In this course, we will get an introduction to what Sustainability Reporting is, learn how to use the GRI Standards for it, as well how organizations can benefit from it.
The Global Reporting Initiative - GRI - is an international entity that pioneered the promotion of sustainability reporting and its standard has been consolidated as a worldwide standard to be adopted by organizations. Knowing how to prepare reports using the principles of the standard is a key step in adopting sustainable practices and communicating them to various stakeholders. Learn in a practical way with the Sustainability Reporting Training how to lead your organization in this process and become able to be an active professional in the areas of sustainability and transparency.
As stated at the beginning of the GRI standard: Sustainable development has been defined as 'development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The objective of sustainability reporting using the GRI Standards is to provide transparency on how an organization contributes or aims to contribute to sustainable development. For this purpose, the organization needs to assess and report information about its impacts in the wider context of sustainable development.
After attending this course, you will understand the structure of the GRI Standards and be able to explain the main concepts, features and benefits for the organization and society.
Key topics covered in this course are
GRI Universal Standards
GRI Topic Standards (Economic, Environmental and Social)
Standards Structures and benefits
Stakeholders Importance to define material topics
If you buy this course at the current price, you will have access to the following updates, that will include
GRI 2: General Disclosures
GRI 3: Material Topics
GRI 400: Social Reporting
Quizzes and assignments
Who this course is for
ESG report writers
Environmental engineers
ESG professionals
Environmental managers and corporate leaders
Regulatory authorities
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