GRI Certified Standards Training Course

Our time-saving, 4-in-1 GRI Certified Sustainability Professional Course covers all the modules required for the GRI Certified Professional Exam:

  • Reporting with GRI Standards 2021 (includes Introduction to Sustainability Reporting and the GRI Standards)

  • Integrating the SDGs into Sustainability Reporting

  • Reporting on Human Rights with GRI Standards 2021 Update

What is included?

  • In addition to the 3 GRI training modules above, you also get access to the KERAMIDA team for months afterward!

  • All participants receive: on-call support, study guides, exercises, and knowledge checks

  • 25% discount toward the GRI Certification Exam

Request a Training for your Team.

Submit a request for a private training session for your team of 4+ people.


Course Details

Build the knowledge and skills you need to create a report using the latest 2021 GRI Standards and learn ways to improve the quality of your sustainability reporting. Our experts have created an engaging, effective, and time-saving 4-in-1 GRI Certified Sustainability Professional Course, taught by GRI-Certified trainers, that can be completed in just four, 4-hour online sessions.

KERAMIDA’s GRI Certified Sustainability Professional Course covers all modules required for the GRI Certified Professional Exam:

  • Reporting with GRI Standards 2021 (includes Introduction to Sustainability Reporting and the GRI Standards)

  • Integrating the SDGs into Sustainability Reporting

  • Reporting on Human Rights with GRI Standards 2021 Update

Suggested 4-Day Online Training Schedule

Day 1: 12pm – 4pm EST
Day 2: 12pm – 4pm EST
Day 3: 12pm – 4pm EST
Day 4: 12pm – 4pm EST

Who is this course for?

This course is aimed at a wide range of participants, from sustainability managers, ESG specialists, and reporters to C-suite executives and students in the field of sustainability and CSR reporting. There are no specific knowledge prerequisites for the course!

To schedule a private training date for your team of 4+ people, request a training date.


GRI Professional Certification Program

Online Synchronous Training: KERAMIDA’s 16-hour, 4-in-1 full GRI Certified Sustainability Professional Course includes the following three modules taught over four daily 4-hour sessions:

  • Reporting with GRI Standards 2021 (includes Introduction to Sustainability Reporting and the GRI Standards)

  • Integrating the SDGs into Sustainability Reporting

  • Reporting on Human Rights with GRI Standards 2021 Update

Course materials are copyright-protected by Stitching Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and KERAMIDA Inc.

GRI Training Certificate

By completing the full course, participants will be prompted to take a post-training survey. Once this is submitted, participants will receive a certificate of completion for the Reporting with GRI Standards 2021 Update course, the Integrating the SDGs into Sustainability Reporting course, and the Reporting on Human Rights with GRI Standards 2021 Update course.

GRI Professional Certification Exam

Completing this course will also prepare students to take the GRI Certification Exam to qualify to become a GRI Certified Sustainability Professional. If any participants wish to sit for the exam, they will have access to purchase the exam through the GRI Academy.

GRI-Approved Trainers

KERAMIDA is a GRI Certified Training Partner. Our GRI Training Course is taught through live virtual sessions by our GRI Certified Sustainability Professionals. Our experts have sustainability reporting expertise in a wide range of industries and can answer your sector-specific and company-specific questions, and provide training that fits the needs of learners with any level of sustainability reporting experience.


KERAMIDA’s GRI-Certified Trainers

Emilee O’Neill
Vice President, Reporting Services & Livable Cities
KERAMIDA Inc.

Certifications:

  • GRI Certified Sustainability Professional

  • TCFD Knowledge Hub

  • Cornell PM Certified

Anastasia Kyrmanidou, Ph.D.
Senior Manager, Sustainability
KERAMIDA Inc.

Certifications:

  • GRI Certified Sustainability Professional

  • TCFD Knowledge Hub

 

Participant Feedback

I really enjoyed the benchmarking activities (putting what we were learning to practice) and the knowledge checks.
I think you did a great job at presenting the materials and answering all of the questions that we had.
— Julie Warne, Marketing Analyst, Plastipak Packaging
I love your approach for the GRI Training. Great customer service, thank you for seeking out and prioritizing my needs for the training.
— GRI Certified Training Course Participant
Encourage people to take this course as a starting point to preparing their first GRI report. It would have saved me a lot of time and confusion had I started with this course. The course was so helpful!
— Major U.S. Food Manufacturer
The class was very useful and informational. I’m happy that I attended and I think it will help me and my team as we assess our next level sustainability reporting.
— Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Analyst, Major Pharmaceutical Firm
I learned so much in the training and have raved about it to everyone, from my boss, to my co-workers to my family.
— State Agency Pension Fund Client
Course was extremely well taught. Nice overview of the GRI framework, great focus on the salient issues, and very thoughtful/interactive exercises to help apply what we learned.
— Pharmaceutical Company
The course instructor has a strong command of the subject matter and was great at facilitating feedback from participants in a friendly and supportive manner.
— Major Boston Law Firm
Great instructor, left feeling much more prepared to develop my first GRI report.
— GRI Certified Standards Course Participant
The feedback on training has been wonderful – everyone learned so much and feels more confident counseling our clients.
— Global Communications Agency
The training was very engaging and educational. I go to a lot of training and most of them could be very dry. The interaction kept everything fresh and dynamic.
— Water Control Equipment Company
Very informative and helpful. You have a wonderful team.
— Partner at Major DC Law Firm
Overall, really, really, really loved the course... I have already recommended it to some peers!
— Power Industry Company
The training was excellent. The trainer is friendly, knowledgeable, and professional.
— GRI Certified Standards Course Participant