Insight Associates is one of the exclusive Training Partners in India, Certified by GRI since 2009 and is an Organization Stakeholder to GRI since 2007. (www.insightassociate.com). Insight Associates is organizing a two day GRI Certified Training on G4 Reporting Guidelines on Sustainability Reporting at Bangalore on July 30-31 2014. The certified course will cover diverse aspects of sustainability reporting including leading practices, interactive case studies, discussions and challenges related to sustainability reporting. The detailed Brochure and Registration Form can be downloaded from this link: http://www.insightassociate.com/swEvents.html Please send in your nominations now and reserve your seats. for more details, please contact Sheela at +91 9824054696, Rakesh at +91 8197301593 and Ajay at +91 9810144822

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Insight Associates announces
Date : July 30-31, 2014
Location : Bangalore
Venue : Venue details will be informed a week before the programme
Contact : Rakesh Yadav +91 8197301593
: Sheela Mistry +91 9824054696
Email : Insight.associates@gmail.com
gritraining.insight@gmail.com
GRI is the world’s most widely accepted framework for communicating TBL Performance status 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, irrespective 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
generation of Reporting Framework. The 4th
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 are 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.The course contains the "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”
Sustainability Reporting:
GRI Certified Training on GRI G4 Framework
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
Fees Cover:
 GRI Course Manual – hard copy
 GRI Certified presentation slides (hard copy)
 Reporting Principles and Standard Disclosures (digital
format)
 Implementation Manual (Digital format)
 Lunch and refreshment
 Certificate from GRI
Registration Fees:
 Rs. 23,500.00 (inclusive of taxes)
Discount:
 10% discount for nomination of a group of 5 or more participants.
 10% discount for NGO representative(s) and students

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Learning Goals: GRI G4 Framework
The workshop will be covered in 2 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
o In accordance criteria: Core and Comprehensive
Trainers Profile
Ms. Sheela Mistry:
Founder,CEO - GRI Certified Trainer
Founder and CEO of Insight Associates®, Sheela, possesses an
industry experience of a decade. She thenplunged as an HR trainer
and consultant and in 1998 founded Insight Associates®. Over a
period of time, Insight Associates® built credibility among clients
ranging from PSUs, Gujarat State Govt., MNCs, SMEs, SSIs and
academic institutions across the country.
Her passion for Sustainability, the new frontier of Management,
turned her into a Sustainability professional. In April 2009, Global
Reporting Initiative (GRI) Certified Insight Associates® as one of
their Training Partners in India.
Sheela is trained as a trainer by GRI, HQ, The Netherlands and she
has conducted several GRI-Certified programmes so far. helps
organizations to learn, strategize, integrate and communicate their
sustainability performance to their diverse set of stakeholders,
using GRI Reporting Framework for greater leverage and has been
recognized by GRI as “Leaders in provided GRI Training Courses”
(www.insightassociate.com)
Part V
 New inclusions in G4
o Supply Chain
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
 Transiting from G3.1 to G4
 Developing and Writing the report, Verifying & finalizing the report
 Launching the report.
For Registration, please contact:
Mr. Rakesh Yadav
Associate Consultant and Nominated GRI Trainer
SMS/Call.: +91 8197301593
Email: insight.associates@gmail.com
gritraining.insight@gmail.com
Key Contact:
Ms. Sheela Mistry
Founder, CEO
Ph.: +91 9824054696
Email: insight.associates@gmail.com
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)