SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING USING THE GRI

  
Participants will receive an internationally recognised certificate from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) on successful completion of the course.

The prevalence of sustainability reporting is growing and much of it is converging around the use of the GRI's reporting process and G3 Guidelines. This two-day course offers practical examples, presentations, interactive discussion and actual evaluation of published sustainability reports to provide insight into the GRI's reporting framework. Further, it puts sustainability in context with an overview of international and local developments and best practice.

Topics covered:

• Introduction to sustainability reporting
• Corporate citizenship
• Global standards and trends
• The status of reporting in South Africa
• Benefits and challenges of sustainability reporting
• The GRI and G3 Guidelines
• The steps involved in the GRI reporting process
• Stakeholder engagement and issues
• How to apply the GRI's materiality and reporting principles
• Overview of categories, aspects and indicators
• Defining report content and boundaries
• Application levels
• Evaluating sustainability reports 
• External assurance of sustainability reports

At the course, participants will receive a copy of the GRI's Pathways text book and various GRI and other handouts.

Who should attend?

• Persons involved in sustainability reporting
• Representatives from organisations preparing a sustainability report for the first time
• Representatives from organisations that already have sustainability reports, but want to better understand the GRI framework
• Accountants involved in financial and non-financial reporting
• Persons involved in non-financial reporting
• Consultants with an interest in sustainability reporting
• SAICA members looking for new areas of consulting

About the Presenter: Reana Rossouw

Reana Rossouw is an alumnus of the University of Stellenbosch Business School. She has more than 20 years of experience in practical business management at senior executive level. In 2008, Reana won the South African Council for Business Women - Business Women of the Year award in the Micro-Business Category. She was appointed a director of the Western Cape Investment and Trade Promotion Agency (WESGRO) in April 2006. Reana is the founding director of Next Generation Consultants. Reana is a regular speaker at national and international conferences and is regarded as one of South Africa's leading experts in social investment, socio-economic development, corporate responsibility, sustainability and sustainability reporting, and has published extensively in this area.

Dates and Venues:

Investment:

R7 979 (Including 14% VAT) - CAs(SA), AGAs, AATs and Trainee Accountants
R9 689 (Including 14% VAT) - Non-members of SAICA