How to Prepare a Best Practice Sustainability Report Brochure

2010 Workshop Booking Form

About the Global Reporting Initiative

About the GRI Certified Trainers Program (80MB MP4 Video)





Endorsed by CPA Australia.
CPA Australia recognises its relationship with ACCSR and supports ACCSR's GRI Accreditation.


"Enlightening, fast-paced, fun and thorough. Met all my needs and provided a great networking opportunity."

Justin van der Zalm, Compliance and Sustainability Advisor, Loy Yang Power


"A fantastic two days. I now have the tools and knowledge to confidently address the challenges associated with delivering a balanced sustainability report."

Peter Grant, Team Leader, Procurement, Environment and Governance Section, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FAHCSIA)


"ACCSR help to make clear the processed behind sustainability reporting that you might not think of yourself."

Lara Long, Management Accountant, Social Security Appeals Tribunal


"I found this GRI workshop inspiring and motivating and very relevant to my new role."

Michael Nugroho, Manager Strategic Planning, PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia


"ACCSR provided a comprehensive and practical approach to working with the GRI framework. Many useful tips and examples were presented."

Marnie Keith, National Manager – Clients and Markets, Clayton Utz


"The learnings from the GRI workshop have been very useful for my planning and preparation of our 09/10 Sustainability Report."

Michael Roberts, Manager Sustainability, Credit Union of Australia (CUA)


"This workshop provided me with tool kits, case studies, practical information in order for me to prepare, plan, engage and report."

Lauren Haas, Manager Sustainable Property Investment, Brookfield Multiplex


"A very professional, well articulated training course. Excellent presentations, great class participation and constant monitoring of participants’ knowledge."

Libby Staggs, Libby Staggs environmental Consultancy
How to Prepare a Best Practice Sustainability Report

2011 Dates Coming Soon!

This two-day workshop is certified by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the world’s leading framework for sustainability reporting. You will learn the essentials of sustainability reporting so that you can prepare your own sustainability report at a global best practice standard.

This two-day workshop will introduce you to the elements of a good sustainability report using the GRI’s five-step process: prepare, connect, define, monitor and report.

You will learn how to:

  • Develop a best-practice GRI sustainability report
  • Identify and engaging with your stakeholders as part of the reporting process
  • Identify material issues for the report
  • Innovative ways to prepare and communicate your sustainability report

This workshop is suitable for new and experienced reporters, and ideal for teams who are involved in collecting or preparing data. ACCSR has helped produce some of Australia’s leading sustainability reports since 2005. Benefit from our experience and become a leader in sustainability reporting. A Certificate of Completion will be issued by the GRI.


Participants at ACCSR’s GRI-Certified Training Program in Melbourne in September 2010, led by ACCSR’s senior consultant and GRI Trainer, Sara Bice (front-left).

Learning objectives:

Part 1: Conceptual introduction and preparation of a GRI reporting process
You will be able to:

  • Explain in what a sustainability report is.
  • Identify the main potential benefits and challenges of the process involved in producing a report.
  • Give examples of links between everyday organisational activities and their economic, social and environmental impacts based on their own current experience and context.
  • Recognise some “self-assessment tools” for initial evaluation of such impacts.
  • Identify the Global Compact Principles and relate them to the GRI reporting process.
  • List the steps to plan and present a reporting process.

Part 2: Dialogue with stakeholders and credibility of the reporting process
You will be able to:

  • Explain how they would decide which are the priority stakeholders in their context.
  • Justify why stakeholders’ input is critical for the success of the reporting process.
  • Explain the difference between a GRI category, GRI aspect and a GRI indicator.
  • Explain the GRI materiality principle and the result of its application.
  • Explain and give examples of the GRI G3 reporting principles.

Part 3: Defining the content of the report and monitoring
You will be able to:

  • Show how an organisation should report on material indicators which are not ready to be reported on.
  • Explain the difference between self-declared GRI report levels and assurance on report information.

Part 4: Preparing final reporting and communicating
You will be able to:

  • Identify the obligatory components of a GRI G3 report.
  • Identify the five key steps in the development of a GRI reporting process.
  • Justify the internal and external value of reporting.
  • Give examples of GRI reports where the Global Compact Principles were considered in the reporting process.
  • Explain what a high quality sustainability report entails.


Working in teams at the GRI Training Program in Sydney (June 2010), this group is envisioning how sustainability reporting may look in future – and it’s an app!


At our GRI Training Program in Sydney (June 2010), teams presented their analysis of the role of sustainability reporting in driving sustainability performance.

Participants comments on the value of the workshop...
"How to write a GRI report from start to finish. I now have practical skills to apply immediately. The exercises were useful to apply to our organisation’s current activities."

"The team activities following presentation of four aspects of sustainability reporting."

"Group work and discussions."

"The materiality process – the area I was most interested in and found this part of the course well explained.""“The detailed look at the GRI.”

“The worksheets and planning for our own report."

"All questions addressed."

"The whole workshop was relevant to my specific needs."

"Using actual examples, real case studies."

"Leeora was able to explain items thoroughly, and it was very valuable to have the opportunity to apply new learnings to my own company."

"Very interactive, a good mix of theory and exercises."

"The action plan gave me a real sense of how to prepare and develop the reporting process."

"Understanding the value of a sustainability report, the drivers for sustainability and why an organisation would produce a report."

"Getting clarity on why and how an organisation reports is a fundamental take away from this program – thank you Sara and Leeora!"

"Materiality and prioritising stakeholders."

"The practicality of the content and the excellent facilitation."

"I liked the group exercises and case studies."

Previous participants in our Reporting Workshops say...
"Leeora has given me an incredibly valuable insight into CSR reporting. I have to do more development with ACCSR in the future."
Jan Sparks, HR & Sustainability Co-ordinator, HESTA Super

"I have gained a great knowledge about CSR reporting and communication and will use it in my consulting practices with my clients."
Satu Raunola, Director, Finnesse Communications