Insight Associates has announced a 2 day GRI Certified workshop on G4 Sustainability Reporting Framework in Chennai on 4-5 February 2015. Insight Associates is one of the exclusive Training Partners in India, Certified by GRI (www.globalreporting.org) since 2009 and an Organization Stakeholder since 2007. the detailed brochure and Registration Form can be downloaded from this link: http://www.insightassociate.com/swEvents.html for further details, please feel to write to us at insight.associates@gmail.com or call on us at 9824054696

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Insight Associates announces
Date : 5-6th February, 2015
Location : Chennai
Venue : To be notified to participants by end of January
Contact : Sheela Mistry
Mobile : +91 9824054696
Email : Insight.associates@gmail.com
GRI is the world’s most widely accepted framework for communicating Sustainability performance with
stakeholders. (www.globalreporting.org)
Global Reporting Initiative Certified Training Course
on
G4 Reporting Framework

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Key Takeaways
 Conceptual understanding of CR and Sustainability.
 “How” and “why” of sustainable development
 Understanding about five stages of GRI Reporting Framework.
 Insight into Sustainability Reporting Frameworks and their
significance to business.
 Experiential learning of CR report analysis (Reports will be shared
in advance as preparatory material).
Backdrop
While In current times, the issues of Sustainability and Business
Responsibility occupied a center stage of board room discussion
across the world, communicating sustainability performance also
has become an integral function of organizations.
Till recently, the concept of sustainable development and
reporting was on its infancy in India, The regulatory measures viz…
National Voluntary Guidelines-NVG, Security and Exchange Board
of India –SEBI Business Responsibility Reporting-BRR guidelines,
CSR mandate for specific industries, provisions of new Companies
Bill, etc. are laying a path for making sustainable develop and
reporting a mainstream activity for organizations.
Number of organizations, communicating their sustainability
impacts is ever increasing world across. Global Reporting Initiative-
GRI Reporting Framework is the most comprehensive framework
for measuring and communicating sustainability performance of
the organization, regardless of sector, size, location and
ownership. GRI Framework is the most recognized and widely
accepted guidelines for communicating such impacts.
GRI, in its endeavor to make sustainability reporting a mainstream
activity globally, provides guidance and support to organizations
and continuously updates the Reporting Framework. Presently, the
GRI G3.1 is the most updated version of Reporting Framework. The
4
th
Generation of guidelines was launched on May 22, 2013
during the GRI Global Conference 2013, held in Amsterdam, the
Netherlands.
We, Gujarat based Insight Associates is one of the exclusive
Training Partners in India, Certified by GRI to disseminate GRI
Certified workshops with a view to support organizations to
embrace GRI framework to communicate their sustainability
impacts to its various set of stakeholders.
Objectives of the GRI G4 workshop
1. The objective of this GRI certified training programme is to
disseminate knowledge on sustainability reporting
throughout India and to support organizations, intending to
declare their sustainability footprints, using GRI Guidelines.
2. To emphasize on "how-to" include a balanced reporting
methodology for nonfinancial reporting of social issues,
environmental performance and business accomplishments,
with a focus on the central theme of G4 framework – “what
matters and where it matters”.
Who should participate?
 Organizations that are looking forward to produce or improve
upon a Sustainability Report
 Companies that are seeking to enhance their corporate
communications and investor relations programmes.
 Companies that need to understand the details of Sustainability
Reporting Guidelines
 Practitioners who are interested in sustainability and CR.
 Consultants, Investors, NGOs, Regulatory Agencies Students
and any individual with an interest in sustainability reporting.
 Experienced Reporting organizations and interested individual
Sustainability Reporting:
GRI Certified Training on GRI G4 Framework

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Learning Goals: GRI G4 Framework
The workshop is for two days. The learning goals and obligatory
contents according to GRI procedure will be as under:
Part I
Sustainability Scenario – National and Global
 GRI and GRI Framework
 Introduction to GRI Reporting Process
 Benefits & Challenges
Part II
 Brief overview of G3.1 (the most updated guidelines)
 Main features of G4
 Why G4
 G4 Objectives
Part III
 Identifying, prioritizing and engaging with stakeholders
 Why and how to engage with stakeholders
 Case examples with participant centric exercise
 Reporting regulations and framework – national and Global
Part IV
 Materiality and Boundary
 The Central theme of G4 – What matters and where it matters? And
identifying and selecting material topics to be reported on
 In accordance criteria
o Core
o Comprehensive
Part V
 New inclusions in G4
o Supply Chain integration
o Governance
o Ethics and Integrity
o Anti-Corruption
o GHG Emissions and Energy
o Generic and aspect specific disclosures
 GRI Document family
o Reporting Principles and Standard Disclosures
o Implementation Manual
o Linkage documents
Part VI
 Harmonization with other Frameworks
o OECD guidelines
o 10 principles of UNGC
o UN Principles on Business and Human Rights
 Content Index Template
 Developing and Writing the report, Verifying & finalizing the report
 Launching the report.
 Linkage with
o The Companies Act 2013
o NVG-SEE
o SEBI-BRR
Trainer’s Profile
Ms. Sheela Mistry:
Founder,CEO - GRI Certified Trainer
Founder and CEO of Insight Associates®, Sheela, possesses an
industry experience of around two decades. In 1999, she took a
plunge into consulting and founded Insight Associates®, providing
HR and Management integrated services – Capacity Building and
consulting. Over a period of time, Insight Associates® carved its
niche and built credibility among clients ranging from PSUs, Gujarat
State Govt., MNCs, SMEs, SSIs to academic institutions across the
country.
Her passion for Sustainability - the new frontier of Management,
turned her into a Sustainability professional in 2007. After putting
in almost 2 years of rigorous study and coaching under Global
Reporting Initiative, HQ, Insight Associates got accredited as their
one of the exclusive Training partners in India in 2009.
Sheela has undergone “Train the Trainer” program on multiple
occasions, offered by GRI, HQ. Sheela has, so far conducted
several GRI-Certified programmes single handed and has also
fetched recognition by GRI as “Leaders in providing GRI Courses”.
The aim of Insight Associates is to help organizations to learn,
strategize, integrate and communicate their sustainability
performance to their diverse set of stakeholders, using GRI
Reporting Framework for greater leverage.
(www.insightassociate.com)
Registration Fees:
Rs. 18,600.00 inclusive of taxes
Discount:
 10% discount for nomination of a group of 5 or
more participants.
 10% discount for NGO representative(s) and
students
Fees Covers:
- GRI Certified Course Manual – printed copy
- Reporting Principles and Standard Disclosures
(digital format)
- Implementation Manual (Digital format)
- Other resource material (Digital format)
- Lunch and refreshment
- Certificate from GRI, HQ Amsterdam

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About Insight Associates®
Established in 1999, Insight Associates® believes that capacity building works as Pivotal tool to enhance the inherent talents of employees, to
help them correctly perceive an organization's philosophy, mission and values.
Insight Associates® is Certified by Global Reporting Initiative - GRI (www.globalreporting.org) as one of their exclusive Training Partners in India.
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is a non-profit organization that works towards a sustainable global economy by providing
sustainability reporting guidance. It has pioneered and developed a comprehensive Sustainability Reporting Framework that
enables organizations to measure and report their economic, environmental, social and governance performance – the four key
areas of sustainability.
Insight Associates® work as Value Creating Agents and capacity enhancers in the organization's sustainability reporting journey. The purpose of
our work is to strengthen the sustainability agenda of organizations that aim to achieve inclusive and holistic growth in order to create
intergenerational values. Insight Associates
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helps these companies to put these values into action and communicate them.
Insight Associates® also offers HR and Management integrated services nationally and internationally and support organizations to hone the
innate talents of employees - one of the mightiest ways to harness this enormous energy and use it for the sustainable growth for the
organizations. (www.insightassociate.com)
For Registration and further information, please contact:
Ms. Sheela Mistry
Founder, CEO
Ph.: +91 9824054696
Email: insight.associates@gmail.com