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Reporting under Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) & SASB

Reporting under Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) & SASB

1 Weeks
Professional Level
Certificate Included
Course Content

Available Events

Available Events
CityDatePriceStatus
IstanbulTurkey
October 4, 2026
€3,900
Confirmed date
Kuala LumpurMalaysia
October 12, 2026
€4,400
Confirmed date
AmsterdamNetherlands
October 21, 2026
€4,600
Confirmed date
GenevaSwitzerland
October 22, 2026
€4,600
Confirmed date
SingaporeSingapore
November 6, 2026
€4,800
Confirmed date
DubaiUnited Arab Emirates
November 13, 2026
€3,900
Confirmed date

Course Information

Duration

1 Weeks

Category

ESG & CLIMATE CHANGE

Level

Professional Level

Certificate

Included

INTRODUCTION

Sustainability reporting has become a critical responsibility for organizations operating in increasingly transparent and accountable markets. Investors, regulators, employees, customers, and communities expect reliable information about environmental, social, governance, and economic performance. The Global Reporting Initiative provides a comprehensive framework for reporting organizational impacts on the economy, environment, and society. SASB standards focus on financially material sustainability information relevant to investors and capital markets. Understanding the relationship between these approaches enables organizations to meet diverse stakeholder information needs effectively. High-quality reporting requires clear governance, defined reporting boundaries, reliable data systems, and consistent disclosure processes. Organizations must also identify material topics and explain how sustainability risks and opportunities affect performance and long-term value. This course provides participants with practical knowledge for planning, developing, reviewing, and improving sustainability reports. It supports professionals seeking to enhance disclosure credibility, reporting efficiency, stakeholder confidence, and strategic decision-making.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Participants will achieve the following objectives by this course:

  • Explain the purpose, structure, and application of major sustainability reporting frameworks.
  • Distinguish impact materiality from financial materiality in organizational reporting.
  • Identify material sustainability topics through structured stakeholder and risk assessments.
  • Apply reporting principles when defining content, quality, boundaries, and disclosure scope.
  • Select appropriate sector-specific metrics and sustainability performance indicators.
  • Develop reliable processes for collecting, validating, consolidating, and documenting reporting data.
  • Align sustainability disclosures with strategy, governance, risk management, and organizational performance.
  • Map disclosure requirements across complementary sustainability reporting frameworks.
  • Strengthen internal controls, management review, and external assurance readiness.
  • Prepare clear, balanced, transparent, and decision-useful sustainability reports.

TARGET AUDIENCE

This program targets a professional audience seeking to improve knowledge and skills:

  • Sustainability managers responsible for preparing corporate sustainability reports and coordinating disclosure processes.
  • Environmental, social, and governance professionals managing performance indicators, data, and stakeholder communication.
  • Finance and accounting professionals supporting sustainability metrics, financial materiality, and investor disclosures.
  • Risk managers assessing sustainability risks, opportunities, controls, and long-term business impacts.
  • Internal auditors reviewing reporting governance, data accuracy, evidence, and control effectiveness.
  • Investor relations professionals communicating sustainability performance to shareholders, analysts, and capital markets.
  • Compliance and legal professionals monitoring reporting requirements, policies, and regulatory developments.
  • Corporate communication specialists developing transparent, consistent, and stakeholder-focused sustainability narratives.
  • Executives and board members overseeing sustainability strategy, accountability, governance, and disclosure quality.

COURSE OUTLINE

Day 1: Foundations of Sustainability Reporting

  • Understanding the purpose of sustainability reporting.
  • Exploring global reporting trends and stakeholder expectations.
  • Identifying economic, environmental, social, and governance disclosures.
  • Comparing voluntary and mandatory reporting requirements.
  • Understanding reporting principles and information quality.
  • Defining reporting scope, boundaries, and organizational coverage.
  • Connecting sustainability reporting with corporate strategy.
  • Reviewing governance responsibilities for reporting oversight.

Day 2: Global Reporting Initiative Framework

  • Understanding universal, sector, and topic standards.
  • Applying reporting principles for content and quality.
  • Identifying organizational impacts and material topics.
  • Conducting stakeholder engagement for reporting purposes.
  • Preparing disclosures on governance and management approaches.
  • Selecting relevant topic-specific disclosures and indicators.
  • Documenting reporting omissions and explanatory information.
  • Developing a compliant content index.

Day 3: SASB Standards and Financial Materiality

  • Understanding investor-focused sustainability disclosures.
  • Identifying financially material sustainability issues.
  • Selecting relevant industry and sector standards.
  • Applying industry-specific metrics and technical protocols.
  • Linking sustainability factors with financial performance.
  • Evaluating risks, opportunities, and enterprise value effects.
  • Preparing investor-relevant qualitative and quantitative disclosures.
  • Integrating metrics into financial and annual reporting.

Day 4: Data Management, Controls and Assurance

  • Designing efficient sustainability data collection processes.
  • Assigning ownership for indicators and disclosures.
  • Establishing calculation methods and reporting methodologies.
  • Validating data accuracy, consistency, and completeness.
  • Creating evidence trails and supporting documentation.
  • Strengthening internal reporting controls and approvals.
  • Identifying gaps affecting external assurance readiness.
  • Managing restatements, estimates, and reporting limitations.

Day 5: Report Development and Integrated Disclosure

  • Planning the sustainability reporting project lifecycle.
  • Structuring reports for stakeholder accessibility.
  • Writing balanced and evidence-based disclosure narratives.
  • Mapping complementary reporting requirements efficiently.
  • Aligning disclosures with risk and strategy reporting.
  • Designing clear tables, charts, and performance summaries.
  • Conducting management review and quality assurance.
  • Preparing a practical sustainability reporting roadmap.

COURSE DURATION

Duration: 1 Weeks

This professional training course is delivered over five consecutive days and combines expert instruction, framework analysis, practical workshops, reporting exercises, materiality assessments, data mapping activities, disclosure reviews, case studies, and report development simulations to provide participants with a comprehensive and applicable learning experience.

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

The course is delivered by an internationally certified expert with extensive practical and consulting experience in sustainability reporting, environmental and social governance, corporate disclosure, materiality assessment, sustainability metrics, data management, assurance readiness, investor communication, and organizational performance reporting across public and private sector institutions.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

The program suits sustainability, finance, risk, audit, compliance, investor relations, and corporate reporting professionals.

CONCLUSION

This course provides a comprehensive framework for developing high-quality sustainability disclosures using globally recognized reporting approaches. Participants gain practical skills in materiality assessment, data management, disclosure preparation, and reporting governance. The program strengthens the connection between sustainability performance, stakeholder impacts, financial relevance, and long-term organizational value. It enables professionals to improve reporting credibility, consistency, transparency, and assurance readiness. Organizations represented by participants will benefit from stronger accountability, investor confidence, strategic insight, and sustainable performance management.

Reporting under Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) & SASB

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