Integrated Reporting: Connecting Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Metrics to Overall Performance
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Is your company thinking of unifying your sustainability and business performance disclosure into one report? Not sure where to begin? Are you hoping to leverage an integrated report as a management tool that will help guide your company toward greater collaboration and better decision-making? If so, take this course and learn:
- The evolution of the Integrated Reporting movement, as well as the benefits and limitations of adopting this approach.
- How to employ integrated thinking about the fundamental concepts of value creation, the capitals, and the value creation process.
- The guiding principles, content elements, and overall presentation of an integrated report.
- Conditions required for successful implementation of Integrated Reporting, as well as possible barriers and how they may be overcome.
- Various mechanisms that can enhance the credibility of and trust in your Integrated Report.
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COURSE STRUCTURE
Start and finish on your schedule: Courses take 15-17 hours, including video content and exercises.
Module 1: Introduction and Context
- Overview of the Integrated Reporting Framework, the creation of the Value Reporting Foundation, and trends in corporate citizenship reporting
- Activity: Identify trends in reporting requirements in the United States
Module 2: The Benefits of Integrated Reporting
- Describe the benefits and challenges of Integrated Reporting, including advice for new adopters of the framework
- Activity: Read about the impact of Integrated Reporting
Module 3: Value Creation
- Define value creation in Integrated Reporting and dive deep into this concept using company examples
- Activity: Read the Value Reporting Foundation background paper on value creation
Module 4: The Capitals
- Identify the six capitals in the Integrated Reporting framework and define and apply them to corporate citizenship reporting
- Activity: Read more about the capitals, choose the important capitals, and create a value creation process for your company
Module 5: Achieving Integrated Thinking
- Learn about integrated thinking and how to overcome barriers to implanting integrated thinking at your company
- Activity: Read more about integrated thinking, evaluate the application of integrated thinking, and analyze a company’s Integrated Report
Module 6: The Guiding Principles
- Interpret the seven guiding principles in Integrated Reporting and review company examples for utilization of the guiding principles
- Activity: Read about preparing an Integrated Report and analyze a company’s application of the guiding principles
Module 7: The Content Elements
- Learn key concepts—including governance, risks and opportunities, strategy and resource allocation, and outlook—and how they work together in an Integrated Report
- Activity: Evaluate reports in relation to the content elements
Module 8: The Integrated Report
- Compare and contrast examples of Integrated Reporting from different industries
- Activity: Read about how to prepare your first integrated report
Module 9: Annual Preparation
- Explain how to effectively manage, change, and breakdown barriers to successfully implement Integrated Reporting each reporting cycle
- Activity: Review your learning, read about report assurance, and draft a presentation for senior management on Integrated Reporting
This course is recommended for:
Corporate citizenship, CSR, ESG, and sustainability professionals seeking to explore or implement Integrated Reporting at any level.
Suggested prior knowledge and skills:
Completion of a Center course including GRI Standards for Reporting or Corporate Citizenship Strategy. Possesses a familiarity with employer’s business and citizenship strategy and an understanding of the company’s existing reporting processes and procedures. Prior GRI experience will greatly accelerate learning.
Professional credentials earned:
4 certificate units toward either a Certificate in Corporate Citizenship Practice or a Certificate in Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability Reporting. This is an elective course for a Certificate in Corporate Citizenship Practice and a required course for a Certificate in Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability Reporting.
Tuition
» Member: $1,350.00
» Non-Member: $1,550.00
Please note that rates for this course are slighter lower than those of a typical course because it involves fewer learning modules. Additional discounts may be available when you enroll in multiple courses at once, either idependently or as part of a Summit (in-person learning experience) registration. If you are considering take multiple courses, connect with our team to better understand your options.