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GRI Certified Practitioner Program (EN/FR)

The Global Reporting Initiative provides an internationally recognized framework for structuring sustainability reporting. Integrate the GRI standards into your reporting strategy with this GRI-certified training program, designed for professionals wishing to understand, master and deepen their understanding of the principles, methods and practices of extra-financial performance management.

About the program

The modules, which cover the fundamentals of GRI reporting, will deepen your knowledge and skills in using the GRI standards. In addition, they will enable you to improve your sustainability reporting credentials, and therefore the level of your sustainability reporting.

Objectives

The program provides anyone working in sustainability reporting with a learning path that covers the basics of GRI reporting:
- Introduction to sustainability reporting, the GRI standards and the correspondence with other major normative requirements (SDG, UNGC, ISO 26000, AA1000, Integrated Reporting, CDP, etc.)
- Stakeholder engagement
- Materiality analysis

Content

MODULE 1 : INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING AND GRI STANDARDS 2021
Discovery of the foundations and concepts of sustainable development and introduction to the GRI standards to discover the correlations with other important standards: SDG, UN Global Compact (UNGC), ISO26000, AA1000AP, CDP, Integrated Report, European CSRD regulation or other standards.
MODULE 2 : REPORTING PROCESS IN LINE WITH GRI STANDARDS 2021
Provides the essential tools for writing a sustainability report, in order to capture the contextual information of an organization and its sustainability reporting practices.
MODULE 3 : MATERIAL TOPICS AND MATERIALITY ASSESSMENT
Identification of material topics and their scope in order to prioritize the content to be included in the report according to sectoral requirements.
MODULE 4 : DEEPENING OF THE REPORTING PROCESS IN LINE WITH THE GRI STANDARDS 2021
Exploration of the methodological specifications for a GRI 2021 compliant report and tips for efficient communication of information to stakeholders.
MODULE 5 : PRACTICAL EXERCISES
Analysis of a sustainability report, in accordance with the requirements of the GRI standards, to put the acquired theory into practice. This module builds on the knowledge gained through the recommendations and comments of the expert trainer and feedback from other participants.

Target

  • CSR Manager
  • CSR committee members
  • Sustainable development Project Manager

Experts and trainers

All of our trainers are GRI certified trainers. They have pedagogical expertise in sustainability reporting, CSR, transparency, ethics and knowledge of the regional CSR context.

Partners

Forethix is recognized as GRI Certified Training Partner World and member of the GRI community since 2011.

  • DATES
    03/06/2025
    02/09/2025
    02/12/2025
    03/03/2026
    02/06/2026
    01/09/2026
    01/12/2026
  • SCHEDULE
    Delivered in morning or full-day sessions
  • DURATION
    2 days
  • LANGUAGE
    English or French
  • FORMAT
    Webinar (inter-company)
  • NUMBER OF
    PARTICIPANTS

    20 participants maximum
  • REGISTRATION
    DEADLINE

    J-5 days
  • PRICE
    1,250 euros excluding VAT

European Official training organization under number: N°10042568/1

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