Description

Amplify your sustainability journey

Customers, suppliers, employees and investors are increasingly interested in the economic, environmental and social impacts of organizations.

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is an independent, international organization providing a global common language to help businesses and organizations understand and communicate their sustainability impacts. Over 11,000 companies around the world use GRI standards for their sustainability reporting.

If you are getting started on your sustainability journey, this webcast will equip you with the knowledge you need.

Tune in to understand:

- Double materiality

- How to use the GRI standards to report material impacts on the economy, environment, and people.

Join experts from GRI as they explain their mission and the global impact that GRI has on sustainability reporting.

Target Audience

'- Accounting or finance professionals who want to understand more about double materiality, impact reporting and using the GRI standards for managing and reporting this information

- Accounting professionals who provide advisory services (including ESG matters) for clients

- Accounting professionals who provide assurance services that may include sustainability information or data

- Accounting and finance professionals driving sustainable strategic and operational decisions

Course Objectives

- Recognize the Mission, history and global impact of GRI.

Identify the concepts of impact reporting and Double materiality.

Recall the approach to developing the GRI standards.

Identify GRI’s modular system and Distinguish the three series of reporting standards.

Recall the Benefits of using GRI AS a framework and standards for reporting sustainability information.

Subjects

Mission and global impact of GRI

Double materiality and impact reporting

approach to standards development

Structure of the standards

Introduction to GRI Academy