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Workshop

GRI G4 Certified Training Course

for Event Organizers

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Trainer

Katalin Urbán, GRI Trainer

Language

English

Schedule

29 - 30 September 2016
9am - 6pm

Location

Hosted by
Alternate Consulting

The Global Reporting Initiative GRI is the most widely used framework for sustainability reporting.

It helps companies to implement corporate social responsibility into their daily business and to report transparently on the social, economic and environmental performance of their organisation.

In 2012 the new GRI G4 framework was launched with a clear focus on materiality. Starting from 1 January 2016 the old framework is no longer valid.

Benefits

  • Solid understanding of the reporting process according to the most widely used sustainability framework
  • Ability to manage and prepare a sustainability report for a small or medium-sized event
  • Official certificate signed by GRI upon successful completion of the GRI G4 workshop

Target group

The workshop does not require specific qualifications. It addresses:

  • Project managers or consultants implementing the social responsibility guidance
  • Persons responsible for a social responsibility program conformity in
    an organisation
  • Members of the social responsibility team
  • Expert advisors in social responsibility
  • Auditors

Requirements

Participants should have:

  • Basic understanding of sustainability reporting
  • Keen interest in sustainability related issues
  • Online access or a printed copy of the GRI G4 guidelines and relevant sector disclosures.

Materials

  • Detailed programme of the workshop
  • GRI Certified Training Course – Course Manual
  • Pathways: The GRI sustainability reporting cycle: A handbook for small and not-so-small organizations

Basic documents

The participants should have for the workshop a printed or online copy of:

  • G4 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines – Reporting Principles and Standard Disclosures (Part 1)
  • G4 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines – Implementation Manual (Part 2)
  • Example: Sector Disclosures for Event Organizers
  • Sustainability Reports

Programme

DAY 1

Welcome

Introduction. Sustainability reporting and GRI Guidelines

  • Sustainability reporting and GRI
  • GRI’s G4 Guidelines
  • Introduction to the GRI reporting process

Prepare. Plan your reporting process

  • Imagine your GRI sustainability report
  • Develop an action plan
  • Hold a kick-off meeting

Lunch break

Connect. Engage with your stakeholders

  • Why engage with stakeholders
  • Identify and prioritise stakeholders
  • Dialogue with stakeholders

Discussion

End of day 1

DAY 2

Recap of day 1

Define. Defining your material aspects and boundaries (Part 1)

  • Identification
  • Prioritisation
  • Validation

Monitor. Build your report

  • Check internal systems and gather information
  • Discuss and set performance targets
  • Follow-up

Lunch break

Report. Check and Communicate

  • Write and finalise the report
  • Communicate
  • Prepare for the next cycle
  • Reporting evaluation exercise

GRI Support Suite

  • Preparation
  • Alignment
  • Communication
  • Analysis

Discussion

End of workshop

  • 495

  • Price: 675 CHF

    675

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