GRI Certification - Special Business Transparency Program in DC Feb 25th & 26th With The Public Sector in Focus

Special Focus on Public Sector Reporting, GRI G4 Certification, Six Months Coaching Sessions & Access to Comprehensive Research on Public Sector Materiality & Reporting Activities
Feb 10, 2014 4:20 PM ET

February 10, 2014 /3BL Media/ - REGISTER NOW FOR THE GRI BUSINESS TRANSPARENCY PROGRAM IN WASHINGTON DC, FEBRUARY 25TH & 26TH - PUBLIC SECTOR IN FOCUS 
Special Focus on Public Sector Reporting, GRI G4 Certification, Six Months Coaching Sessions & Access to Comprehensive Research on Public Sector Materiality & Reporting Activities

QUESTION: WHAT DOES THIS PROGRAM INCLUDE?

1) GRI G4 Certified Training (16 hours) exposing the best practice techniques for sustainability reporting using the globally-accepted GRI G4 Framework for Sustainability Reporting.

2) Specialized focus on the Public Sector and specific material issues to public sector reporters.

3) Public Sector industry leaders from organizations such as the World Bank discussing their experiences and lessons learned on their Sustainability journeys.

4) Access to 6 months of ongoing support via a series of virtual coaching workshops, covering topics such as:

-          Stakeholder Engagement – Keystone to Materiality Determination

-          Public Sector Update on Regulation, Impacts, Drivers, Requirements

-          Issues Management – The Foundation of Corporate Sustainability

-          CDP – Updates, Foundational Concepts

-          Peer Benchmarking – Public Sector Examples & Why It’s Important

-          Third Party Recognition – SRI Indexes, Reputational Lists, Ratings & Rankings

 

5) Valuable sector-specific research results from Governance & Accountability, the GRI’s exclusive data partner in the United States, United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.   Drawn from the results of The G&A Institute’s new research (“Sustainability – What Matters?”) on a universe of about 1500 global organizations and their disclosures on all 84 GRI performance indicators. (Reporters' views on what's hot/what's not for their reporting!)

6) Company listing on Global Reporting Initiative’s global website for completing the BTP Program.

 

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF DEVELOPING QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL & GOVERNANCE DISCLOSURE?  WHAT WILL I GAIN INTERNALLY / EXTERNALLY?The goal of this program is to harmonize and elevate efforts by first educating and informing groups about the most-widely-accepted sustainability reporting framework, provide starting points on public sector materiality resulting from focused benchmarking, discussion and guidance so that groups walk away with a clear roadmap for moving forward in their sustainability journey.  This special GRI Business Transparency Program (BTP) training provides additional value with ongoing support for organizations as they report for the first time, or enhance their ongoing reporting process.

Internal Benefits

External Benefits

·         Improve management systems and processes

·         Develop & enhance vision and strategy

·         Attract and retain employees

·         Encourage innovation

·         Reduce the costs of compliance with regulations, contracts and licenses

·         Achieve competitive advantage

·         Enhance reputation

·         Increase customer loyalty

·         Optimize risk management

·         Attract finance and investment

·         Protect License to operate

·         Access to new markets

 

Naturally, the next question is: 
WHAT IS THIS GOING TO COST -- AND WHAT DO I GET EXACTLY? HERE IS WHY THE BUSINESS TRANSPARENCY PROGRAM IS SO VALUABLE TO YOU

Your Benefit

BTP Program (All Inclusive)

Standard Rates

2 Day GRI Certification Training
(In BTP Program additional value including 6 months coaching and public sector research included in the price as detailed below)
 

Corporate Participants
$1700

Corporation
$1500 per person

Non-Corporate Participants
$1250

Non-Profit & Government
$1100

Students
$750

Bundle (team of 3 persons)
$4500

Bundle (team of 3 persons)
$3,300

6 Virtual Coaching Workshops

-          included

Priced for per person/ per session access
$190

Bundle (access to all 6 sessions)
$1000

Premium Research
(Global Public Sector Materiality Benchmarking  Results on 84 GRI Performance Indicators)
 

-          included

Access to unique information for each sector - all 84 performance indicators
$500

GRI G4 Certificate
(issued upon completion of the two-day training)

-          included

-          included

GRI Business Transparency Program - Global GRI Website Recognition
(for completing the full 6 month program)

-          included

-          not available

 

GRI Business Transparency Program (BTP) Total

Individually Purchased
Totals

TOTAL COST
(For all options above which are included in the BTP Program)

Corporate Participants
Only $1700

Corporate Participants
$3000

 

Non-Corporate Participants
Only $1250
 

Non-Corporate Participants
$2600

 

Bundle (team of 3 persons)
Only $4500
 

Bundle (team of 3 persons)
$6,800

 

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ONLINE NOW

 

MEET GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY INSTITUTE [G&A]

G&A was chosen by GRI to be the exclusive GRI Data Partner for the United States of America, The United Kingdom, and The Republic of Ireland. This means that we are responsible for finding, analyzing, and sharing important details of every sustainability report from every organization headquartered in these three countries. Our data feeds into multiple important endpoints used by various stakeholders (investors, NGOs, data providers, media, clients etc), we communicate and announce every report via our communications channels, and the details are combined with the other global data partners in the GRI reporting database.

This year the G&A Institute researchers analyzed over 1,500 reports for their disclosure levels on all 84 GRI G3.1 performance indicators.  With this comprehensive data set, for the first time ever, we can combine the materiality processes of over 1,500 reporters and give you a comprehensive overview into which GRI indicators are found to be most material for your sector.

Contact
Web www.ga-institute.com| E-mail info@ga-institute.com | Office 646.430.8230

 

MEET ISOS GROUP [ISOS]

ISOS Group is a leading sustainability consultancy company with big project experience that blends a passion for corporate social responsibility reporting with educating the next generation of sustainability professionals. ISOS is a GRI Certified Training Partner in the U.S. in which capacity we have individually trained the highest number of sustainability professionals in the world. 

Our approach to GRI training uses proven methods tested with previous clients, knowledge in the field and the best standard for sustainability reporting, the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) G4 Framework. Our team of GRI Certified practitioners has unmatched experience working with a wide range of businesses, which allows us to share best practices and valuable insights across all sectors. We specialize in GRI and CDP sustainability reporting, external assurance of CSR reports and verification of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate data, which gives us a holistic understanding of reporting, and assurance.

ISOS Group is a Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Certified Training Partner and a Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Silver Consultancy Partner in the U.S.

Contact
Web isosgroup.com/ | E-mail: info@isosgroup.com | Office: 619.246.1122

 

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