Introduction to Sustainability Reporting and the GRI Standards
Climate change, human rights, poverty – sustainable development addresses all these global issues and more. It fosters a greener, equitable, and inclusive world. The GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards (GRI Standards) are the first and most widely used standards for sustainability reporting. This course introduces learners to the practice of sustainability reporting and explores key concepts for reporting using the GRI Standards. It takes learners through the current sustainability challenges our world is facing and explains how these can be overcome through sustainable development.
Course Content
Part 1: Sustainability challenges
Part 2: Sustainability reporting
Part 3: GRI and the GRI Standards
Part 4: Self-assessment
Who is this course designed for?
This course is aimed at anyone who wishes to know more about sustainability, sustainability reporting, and how the GRI Standards can help organizations increase their transparency and communicate their sustainability contributions and impacts.
What will you achieve?
When you have completed this course, you will be able to:
Define sustainability through a holistic and multi-dimensional approach
Describe sustainability challenges and explain how reporting contributes to sustainable development
List the key elements of a sustainability report and the value and benefits of disclosure
Explain the concepts, features and structure of the GRI Standards
Pre-requisites
No specific prior knowledge is required to follow this course