ISOS Group, LLC and Alliant International University’s Marshall Goldsmith School of Management (MGSM) in San Diego, California have partnered to conduct a Sustainability Reporting Course based on the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) standard methodology, the most widely recognized standard in the world today! The course is aimed at providing participants with the tools needed to fully assess the sustainability of various activities and to reduce the negative impacts of day-to-day operations. ISOS Group is a GRI Organizational Stakeholder and a GRI certified training partner in the USA.
Who Will Benefit From This Course?
Successful businesses of the future depend on a new type of professional prepared to accelerate economic growth while minimizing social and environmental risks. Therefore, this two-day course is designed to encourage participation among a diverse group of professionals looking to enhance their skills sets, such as for-profit and non-profit managers in charge of sustainability activities. The tools presented to participants can even benefit graduate students interested in developing their capacity to apply other sustainability-driven components learned in the classroom to the outside world.
What Can One Expect From the Course?
Through presentations and interactive learning, participants should be able to firmly grasp GRI’s sustainability reporting methodology and devise a process adequate to their individual needs. Instructors will provide participants with a hands-on instruction by utilizing GRI’s third generation (G3) sustainability reporting framework, other GRI reporting publications, sustainability reports from internationally recognized corporations headquartered in California as case studies, and trends specific to the region.
Upon completion, participants will receive certificates directly from GRI for their demonstrated knowledge of:
- GRI, the GRI Framework, and supporting documents
- Synergies between the UN Global Compact and sustainability reporting
- Reporting concept, planning, and the reporting process
- Benefits and challenges of reporting
- Stakeholder identification, role, prioritization, and engagement
- The GRI materiality principle and indicator selection
- Connecting reporting content and monitoring with policies and goals
- Quality assurance and application levels
- Communicating Results
What Else Is Included?
Registration includes instruction, GRI certification upon completion, meals, refreshments, learning materials, GRI publication entitled “The GRI sustainability reporting cycle: A handbook for small and not-so-small organizations”, and a bonus short-course on The Basics of Sustainability Accounting led by renowned sustainability pioneer, David A. Bainbridge.
How Can One Go About Registering?
To register, call ISOS Group at (+1) 702 430 8985 or click the links below to register online using your credit card or Pay Pal account.
Seating is limited, so register now! Special rates apply to Early Birds who sign up before January 20th.
February 20-21, 2010
San Diego, CA
Marshall Goldsmith School of Management, Alliant University
July 29-30, 2010
Berkeley, CA
Berkeley Faculty Club, UC Berkeley
October 2-3, 2010
San Diego, CA
Marshall Goldsmith School of Management, Alliant University
Any further questions should be directed to the Course Coordinator, Nancy Mancilla
This course is a collaboration of ISOS Group and Alliant’s Marshall Goldsmith School of Management. For more information about Alliant’s Marshall Goldsmith School of Management, please refer to: http://mgsm.alliant.edu
