Demonstrate your sustainability reporting know-how
Become a GRI Certified Sustainability Professional
Gain a competitive edge by showing your expertise and earning a trusted recognition insustainability reporting through this professional certification issued directly by GRI, the world’s
leading standard setter for sustainability disclosure.
The GRI Professional Certification Program offers globally applicable and recognized professional
development for individuals operating in the sustainability field, with a focus on enhancing
knowledge, expertise and skills required to applying the GRI Standards and improving the qualityof sustainability reporting.

Five reasons to enroll:Choose your own learning route

1. Enhance your knowledge and skills needed touse the GRI Standards.

Route A: Online and self-paced learning: all fourcourses covering the fundamentals of GRI reporting
and the final exam are easily accessible 24/7
through the GRI Academy – GRI’s own learning
platform. Get started whenever suits you best!

2. Get professional recognition by a trusted source.
3. Improve the quality of your sustainability
reporting.
4. Upskill and gain a competitive edge in yourcareer.
5. Strengthen your sustainability reportingcredentials.

“Having completed a MSc in Environmental
Sustainability in 2019, I wanted to develop
my sustainability knowledge further.
The Professional Certification Program
helped me deepen my understanding ofsustainability and it significantly broadened
my perspectives. The holistic approach set by
the GRI Standards allows one to truly capture
an organization’s contribution to sustainability
and the wider society.”
Alan Reynolds, Head of Regulation andEnergy at Panda PowerThe online courses offer interactive, narrated
learning with intermediate checkpoints to monitor
progress and help you stay on track.
GRI Academy Route B: Blended learning: opt for the GRI
Standards Certified Training Course, our trainerfacilitated online or in-person classroom course,delivered by one of our trusted Certified Training
Partners (CTPs) in 48 countries. Follow with thecourses of ‘Reporting on Human Rights with GRI
Standards 2021 Update’ and ‘Integrating SDGs Into
Sustainability reporting’ through our CTPs or online,
and complete your certification with the final online
exam.
Enjoy a highly interactive setting with guidancefrom your trainer, plus local and context-specificmaterials and opportunities to broaden yourperspectives through knowledge sharing with otherparticipants.
Certified Training Partners Flexible training,covering thefundamentals of GRI
reporting, leading to acertification exam

Professional
Certification
ProgramPowered by
GRI ACADEMY

Two routes
to certification

ROUTE ASELF-PACED ONLINE

1Introduction tosustainability
reporting and the
GRI Standards

Reporting withthe GRI
Standards

2

Reporting on
Human Rights
with the GRI
Standards

3

4

CERTIFICATION
EXAM

Integrating theSDGs intosustainability
reporting

GRI Certified
Sustainability
Professional

ROUTE BBLENDED LEARNING12=GRI Standards
Certified Training
CoursePERIODICCEUs*

BENEFITS
Scheduling
flexibility

GRI Academy

Available
24/7

Whereveryou arePeer topeer

Networking
opportunities

Interactiveplatform

BENEFITSGRI Certified
Training Partner

Local
Context

Gain deeper
knowledge

Access totrainer*Continuing Education Units

Courses and pricing
Route A: Online and self-paced learning

Route B: Blended learning

Learning
hours*

Price6h

€ 300

3.5h

€ 300

3.5h

€ 2003h€ 200

Certification Exam1h€ 250

TOTAL17h€ 1,250

1. Introduction to sustainability
reporting and the GRI Standards2. Reporting with the GRI Standards
3. Reporting on Human Rights with theGRI Standards
4. Integrating the SDGs into sustainability
reportingIf you opt for the blended learning route, you canchoose a CTP that offers the GRI Standards
Certified Training Course. Courses 3 and 4 canbe either completed through a CTP or online - alldetails are available in the CTP course directory.
The certification exam can only be taken online
at the GRI Academy.

Certified Training Partners 

Note: GRI Community members get a 25% discount*Learning hours presented are an estimation and may varyContinuous professional development and annual certification renewal
To support your continuous professional development and help you stay up-to-date with the latest trends,
news and developments in sustainability reporting and the GRI Standards, we will be releasing new
courses on a continuous basis.
GRI certified sustainability professionals are required to complete a minimum of eight hours of continuing
educational units (CEUs) within 2 years to stay updated and maintain their status. Some CEUs will bemade mandatory, others are free to pick and choose.
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