🌍 GRI Sustainability & ESG Reporting (Exam-Prep)

An independent, free exam-preparation course over the publicly published GRI Standards (GRI 1, 2 and 3, the Sector and Topic Standards) and the wider ESG reporting landscape — the impact lens, double materiality, stakeholder engagement, disclosures, assurance and the ESRS/CSRD, ISSB (IFRS S1-S2) and SASB frameworks. Visual lessons, original self-check questions and a 10-question final exam (80% to pass). This is awareness and preparation only over the public syllabus; it is not the official GRI course and is not affiliated with or endorsed by GRI. The course is organized into 8 modules, ending with a final exam (pass mark 80%). It is independent, free exam-preparation training — not an official or accredited review course.

What you'll learn

• Module 1 — Why Sustainability Reporting & the GRI Impact Lens
• Module 2 — GRI Standards Architecture: Universal, Sector & Topic
• Module 3 — Material Topics, GRI 3 Process & Double Materiality
• Module 4 — GRI 2 General Disclosures: Governance, Strategy & Due Diligence
• Module 5 — Stakeholder Engagement & GRI 1 Reporting Principles
• Module 6 — Topic Standards: Environmental, Social & Economic Metrics
• Module 7 — Disclosures, Content Index, Claims & Assurance
• Module 8 — The Wider Landscape: ESRS/CSRD, ISSB, SASB & Ethics

Learning objectives

• Understand that this is independent GRI exam-prep over the public GRI Standards, not the official GRI course, and is not affiliated with or endorsed by GRI
• Explain why organisations report on sustainability and what the GRI impact lens emphasises (effects on the economy, environment and people, including human rights)
• Navigate the GRI Standards architecture — Universal (GRI 1, 2, 3), Sector and Topic Standards — and how they fit together
• Run the GRI 3 four-step materiality process and distinguish impact materiality from financial materiality (double materiality)
• Engage stakeholders and apply the GRI 1 reporting principles that protect data quality and credibility
• Prepare disclosures, choose between in-accordance and with-reference claims, understand the GRI content index and assurance (limited vs reasonable)
• Report on governance, strategy and management of impacts under GRI 2, including due diligence and human-rights expectations
• Place GRI within the wider landscape — ESRS/CSRD, ISSB/IFRS S1-S2 and SASB — and sit a 10-question final exam (80% to pass) built from original questions