Certified Training
Partner program
(CTP)

2024

About GRI

2• GRI is an independent, international organization providing
the global common language for corporate transparency.
• We help businesses and organizations understandand communicate their sustainability impacts.

Who we are• We deliver the GRI Standards, the world’s most widelyadopted sustainability reporting framework – which is freely
provided as a public good.
• GRI is a not-for-profit organization and activities are fundedthrough services we deliver and by governmental and otherfunders that support our work.

Our focus areas12

Create and maintainworld-class sustainability
disclosure standards​

Drive global adoption ofthe GRI Standards​

34

Improve the quality ofreporting

Support full
public access tosustainability disclosuresMore than two decades of setting the standards

78%of the largest 250
companies in the world
reporting on sustainability
use GRI

Our impact

11,000+Companies publish a
GRI report

248

500

policies in 85 countries
and regions reference or
require the GRI Standards

organizations from 68
countries active in theGRI Community

975,000

More than training partners across
57 countries offer GRICertified Training Courses

unique downloads of theGRI Standards in 2022, a
45% rise on previous year

100

Where we are
A secretariat based in Amsterdam and Brussels, with six regional networks providing apresence around the world

Global headquarters
Regional hub
Local presence

The GRI Standards

8

GRI’s approach
Civil Society

The GRI Standards represent global bestpractice for reporting sustainability
performance – enhancing the comparability
and quality of information.

Business Enterprises

Investment Institutions

We operate through a robust multistakeholder approach, ensuring
participation and expertise of diversestakeholders in the development of the GRIStandards.

Labor Organizations

Mediating Institutions

The GRI Standards• The GRI Standards are a modular
system comprising three seriesof standards: the revised Universal
Standards, the new Sector Standards,
and the adapted Topic Standards• The new Sector Standards increase
the quality, completeness, andconsistency of reporting by organizations
within sectors• There are now 32 Topic Standards.
An organization selects the Topic
Standards that correspond to the material
topics it has determined for reporting.
• The updated GRI Standards are
made freely available to anyorganization. Currently available in
English, translations also available (forinstance Spanish, Chinese, Japanese).

The Universal Standards

The Universal Standards, which apply to all reporting organizations, consist of the following:• GRI 1: Foundation 2021
• GRI 2: General Disclosures 2021
• GRI 3: Material Topics 2021
They are the first and only reporting standards to fully reflect the due diligence expectations forsustainability impacts - including on human rights, as set out in intergovernmental instruments by theUN and OECD.
The 2021 revision of the Universal Standards come into effect for reporting from 1 January 2023 –with early adoption encouraged.

Certified Training Partner(CTP) Program

12How to improve quality and drive global adoption?

Individuals

CertifiedTrainingPartner

CertifiedSustainability
ProfessionalProgram

GRIAcademy

GRI Professional Certification Program: route A vs route B

Mastery of Transparent Tax Reporting
Waste Management Impact Reporting
Reporting on the Impact of Occupational
health and Safety

Unveiling GRI Sector Standards In-Depth
Insights and Real-world Applications
Transparency for Tomorrow: Decoding theSustainability Reporting Landscape

Unlocking the ESRS for GRI Reporters
Reporting with GRI 13: Agriculture,
Aquaculture and Fishing Sectors 2022
External Assurance for Sustainability
Reporting: A Comprehensive Guide

14

Why become a Certified Training Partner?

Dedicated
support

Deliver GRI
certified training

Promotional
material

Promotion on
GRI website

2021

Training materials
2021 Standards

Competitive
advantageCTP certification process &fees

16

CTP certification process
Academycourse
fees

Key
Step to be done by CTP
Step to be done by GRI
Payment by CTP

PrepareTrainers

ApplySign TLA

Localizetraining
materials

Certification fee

Annuallicensefee

Set up onAcademy

Delivertraining

Participants fee

17CTP fees (non-profit organizations)18

Frequently Asked Questions

19

FAQs
What are the CTP selection criteria?
• The alignment of their vision and mission to GRI's vision and mission• Current training activities / experience• Current CSR activities / experience• Target audience / market analysis - is the program sustainable for them basedon market projections
What are the CTP membership conditions?
• 2 courses conducted in the 1st year and 50 participants trained per year in thenext years• The Training License covers one geographic region or the world• All nominated trainers must be GRI’s Sustainability Professionals and maintainthe certification to deliver training (they have 50% discount on Academycourses)
20

FAQs
How long does it take to become a CTP?
• The entire certification process can take from three to six months, onaverage, depending on many factors, such as resources that the CTP candedicate to TLA signing timelines, material development, quality of casestudies, timely fee payments, and other factors.
What are the fees?
• Please check “Pricing Policy” document for details.

21

FAQs
• Which courses can the CTPs conduct?
• Once fully certified, all training partners gain the license to teach theflagship GRI Certified Standards training course - "Reporting with GRIStandards 2021 Update." This course is predominantly developed by GRI,
with CTPs contributing by creating four case studies. This process iscovered by the fees per pricing policy (refer to the website for details).
GRI doesn't endorse an organization's own courses.
• Additionally, CTPs can license GRI’s off-the-shelf courses, such as"Reporting on Human Rights with GRI Standards 2021 Update" and"Integrating SDGs into Sustainability Reporting," as well as the CEUcourses. This is subject to additional fees. Please contact the Training
Partner team for more information.
22

FAQs
• Can we convert the course(s) into e-learning?
• Following certification, CTPs have the license to deliver GRI-certified
training course(s) either in-person or remotely through platforms like
Zoom or Teams, provided the instructor is present during the session.
• It is not permitted to convert or offer the GRI-certified training course(s) inthe asynchronous e-learning format.

23

THANK YOU
www.globalreporting.org

global-reporting-initiative-gri@GlobalReportingInitiative@GRI_Secretariat