2024 MSCPA Annual Convention: Details

An Introduction to Impact Reporting with the GRI Standards

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Tuesday, April 30, 2024 @ 8:00am 9:00am
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Description

Amplify your sustainability journey (bold)

Customers, suppliers, employees and investors are increasingly interested in the economic, environmental and social impacts of organizations.

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is an independent, international organization providing a global common language to help businesses and organizations understand and communicate their sustainability impacts. Over 11,000 companies around the world use GRI standards for their sustainability reporting.

If you are getting started on your sustainability journey, this webcast will equip you with the knowledge you need.

Tune in to understand:

Double materiality How to use the GRI standards to report material impacts on the economy, environment, and people.

Join experts from GRI as they explain their mission and the global impact that GRI has on sustainability reporting.

Prerequisites

none

Objectives

  • Recognize the mission, history and global impact of GRI.
  • Identify the concepts of impact reporting and double materiality.
  • Recall the approach to developing the GRI standards.
  • Identify GRI's modular system and distinguish the three series of reporting standards.
  • Recall the benefits of using GRI as a framework and standards for reporting sustainability information.

Credits

Category Amount
Accounting&Auditing 1.00