Sustainability Reporting with the GRI Standards
Complete your Certificate in Corporate Citizenship Practice online with our reduced pricing options. See below for more details.
Master the most widely used sustainability reporting method.
Are you creating your first sustainability report and don’t know where to begin? Are you currently reporting but aren’t sure your report is up to par? As a certified Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) training partner, the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship can provide you with a comprehensive foundation in the GRI Reporting Standards and reporting process focused on social, environmental, economic, and governance dimensions of business.
In this course, you will learn:
- The fundamentals of the five-part GRI reporting process: prepare, connect, define, monitor, and report.
- How to identify the activities and decisions to be made during the reporting process to help your company focus on relevant issues.
- What nonfinancial materiality is and why it matters for reporting.
- The difference between an aspect and an indicator and how best to focus your report to meet the needs of your audiences.
- How to use GRI principles to create a strategic, focused, credible, and user-friendly report.
Course Structure:
Start and finish on your schedule: Courses take 15-17 hours, including video content and exercises.
Who should take this course:
Professionals involved with any facet of the reporting process; individuals who provide quantitative and/or qualitative data, engage with stakeholders, or communicate the company’s economic, social, or environmental impacts; and professionals interested in learning to evaluate reports of their supply chain partners or customers to maximize alignment of disclosures.
Professional credentials earned:
Participants will earn 5 certificate units toward either a Certificate in Corporate Citizenship Practice or a Certificate in Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability Reporting,16 Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits. This is an elective course for a Certificate in Corporate Citizenship Practice and a required course for a Certificate in Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability Reporting.
Tuition
Member: $1350.00
Non-Member: $1550.00
This pricing model excludes our Brand and Reputation, CDP Reporting, Integrated Reporting, and Supply Chain courses. If you would like to take these courses as part of the multi-course option, please contact us at ccc@bc.edu.