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March 2011 - GRI Sustainability Reporting, Verification & Assurance, CDP Reporting

News on GRI Sustainability Reporting, Verification & Assurance, CDP Reporting

23 Mar

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Global Reporting Initiative to launch the G3.1 Guidelines

March 23, 2011 | By |

GRI will launch the updated G3.1 Guidelines on 23 March 2011.

G3.1 is an update and completion of the G3 Guidelines. It will also be a reference for the development of the next generation of GRI’s Guidelines, G4.

G3.1 features up to date guidance on issues that are critical in today’s society – human rights, gender and community. When the G3 Guidelines were first approved, GRI’s governance bodies recommended that GRI improve its guidance on these issues. As a result, G3.1 completes this generation of Guidelines, and provides the most comprehensive reporting guidance available today.

GRI is also launching the new Technical Protocol – Applying the Report Content Principles. The Protocol addresses one of the key challenges that organizations face in preparing reports – deciding which issues are material for assessing their sustainability performance. The Protocol will enable organizations to produce relevant reports more easily, and can be used with the G3 and G3.1 Guidelines.

Organizations are entitled to use the G3 or G3.1 Guidelines. Both versions remain valid until the end of the two year transition period for the Guidelines’ next generation, G4, due to be launched in 2013. This is partly in recognition of the organizational costs involved in transitioning, and means that reporting organizations will still be able to qualify for an Application Level A using G3 throughout this period.

While G3-based reporting remains valid, GRI recommends that reporters use G3.1, the most comprehensive reporting guidance available today. G3.1 enables organizations to be transparent about a wider range of sustainability issues. New reporters should begin their reporting journey by following G3.1.

For more information about G3.1, the development of G4 or for any other questions, please contact Nikki McKean-Wood.

Source: Global Reporting Initiative

Note: ISOS Group, a GRI Certified Sustainability Reporting Trainer for North America is currently offering GRI Sustainability Reporting certification courses. To find out more about our courses please refer to our calendar.

22 Mar

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Beyond SSPPs: GRI Sustainability Reporting for Federal Agencies

March 22, 2011 | By |

Join us to hear from the nation’s federal agency sustainability leaders and learn how they use the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) framework for sustainability reporting to enhance and expand their existing Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan (SSPP) efforts.

Date: Tuesday, March 22, 1:30 PM PST

Format: Moderated panel discussion with audience participation

Audience: Chief Sustainability Officers and federal agency staff responsible for developing Strategic Sustainability Performance Plans (SSPPs); government contractors, sustainability service providers, sustainability reporters, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) stakeholders and U.S. Executive Order 13514 stakeholders, environmental policy analysts.

Hosts: Concept Green and ISOS Group

Registration link: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/126238944

Participants will gain an overview of GRI reporting standards, explore the linkages (and gaps) between SSPPs and GRI reporting, and hear first-hand from the federal agency early adopters of the GRI reporting framework.

Representatives from the U.S. Army, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences will share how they use the GRI reporting standards to report their social, economic and environmental performance to their stakeholders.

Register now to ensure a space in the webinar. The event is complimentary, but space is limited to the first 100 registrants.

Speakers:
Matthew Holtry, Center for Sustainability, Noblis
John Fittipaldi, Senior Fellow, Army Environmental Policy Institute
Kathleen Judd, Senior Research Scientist, Greenhouse Gas Management and Sustainability, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Trisha Castranio, Sustainability Coordinator, National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences
Nancy Mancilla, CEO and Co-Founder, ISOS Group
Carrie McChesney, CEO and Founder, Concept Green

About ISOS Group: ISOS Group is an innovative sustainability consultancy firm providing sustainability assessments, GRI sustainability reporting certifications, guidance throughout the reporting process and external assurance of reports in addition to an array of supporting services. ISOS Group is a GRI Certified Trainer for North America and is currently offering GRI Sustainability Reporting certification courses. To find out more about our courses please refer to our CALENDAR.

About Concept Green: Concept Green is sustainability consulting firm that specializes in sustainabiilty reporting, program development and performance measures for large organizations. Concept Green is certified by the Woman’s Business Enterprise National Council as a Woman-Owned Business and is proud to serve as an ISOS Group Collaborating Partner in executing GRI Certified Trainings in the Southwestern region of the U.S. www.conceptgreen.net.

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