GRI Certified Sustainability Professional / GRI certified training

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Format

Courses on the GRI Standards followed by an online exam.

Sections

GRI Universal Standards
Materiality and reporting process
Topic and sector standards

Over the years

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Official source: https://www.globalreporting.org/

Subjects this exam draws on

Sustainability Reporting & ESG Disclosure13 questions

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1. Which two organisations co-founded the Global Reporting Initiative in 1997?

Ceres and the Tellus Institute
The World Bank and the IMF acting jointly for global markets
The IFRS Foundation and the Financial Stability Board
The OECD and the International Labour Organization

Answer and working

A. Ceres and the Tellus Institute

GRI was founded in 1997 by Ceres (formed in 1989 after the Exxon Valdez spill) and the Tellus Institute, with UNEP support. The IFRS Foundation created the ISSB in 2021; the FSB created the TCFD; the others did not found GRI.

Sustainability Reporting & ESG Disclosure · Purpose and history of sustainability reporting

2. From when did the revised GRI Universal Standards 2021 take effect for reports?

Reports published on or after 1 January 2016
Reports published on or after 1 January 2030
Reports for the year 2000 onwards, retrospectively
Reports published on or after 1 January 2023

Answer and working

D. Reports published on or after 1 January 2023

The 2021 Universal Standards were effective for reporting published on or after 1 January 2023. 2016 was when the first GRI Standards replaced G4; the other dates are invented.

Sustainability Reporting & ESG Disclosure · GRI Standards: universal, sector and topic standards

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