Welcome to our two-day training on GRI Standards sustainability reporting. The training is certified by the Global Reporting Initiative and provided by PwC Finland’s experienced trainers. After completing the training, you will receive a certificate of completion issued by GRI. The training refers to the updated GRI Standards (2021), which must be used for all GRI reports published from the year 2022 and onwards.
Training info
Date and time
4-5.6.2025 at 8:30-16:30
Location
Itämerentori 2, Helsinki
Cost
1450 € + VAT 25,5%
Price including breakfast, lunch, coffee/tea and snacks during both days.
Our certified GRI Standards training focuses on how to succeed in sustainability reporting by using GRI Standards and anticipating the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and related European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) cogenerated by EFRAG with the help of GRI. This training will help your organisation in conducting a materiality assessment, developing sustainability disclosures in line with globally applied sustainability standards. We will address different ways to use the report as a part of communication to different stakeholders including the regulatory needs of financial market participants regarding ESG data.. During the course we will describe how reporting can be used to foster sustainability, build trust and support value creation.
This training focuses on the sustainability reporting process, materiality assessment, understanding stakeholder expectations and measuring the results. The training is largely about developing participants’ competence and ability to run complex projects such as producing a sustainability report and develop skills and competencies to analyse ESG-data from sustainability reports. The training includes interactive exercises, sharing best practices and discussions based on participants’ prerequisites and challenges.
The training will be conducted in English or Finnish, depending on the participants.
Please note that this training is only organised in the classroom, and there is no possibility to complete the course remotely.
Training certified by GRI
This training is certified by the GRI, which is a leading corporate sustainability reporting standard setter and the most widely used reporting framework in the world.
After completing the training, the participant receives a certificate issued by GRI. PwC Finland is a GRI Certified Training Partner, which means that our training corresponds to GRI’s quality requirements. This training is organised by PwC Finland.
Who is the training for?
This training is aimed at those who work with corporate reporting, sustainability disclosures, data assurance and sustainability management and communications, and who want to learn more about sustainability reporting, regardless of sector or industry, or prepare the implementation of the EU corporate sustainability reporting standards.
No previous knowledge on sustainability reporting is needed, but it’s good to have some understanding of how companies and organisations work with sustainability impacts, risks and opportunities.
Objectives of the training
The goal of this training is to develop the participants’ ability to lead or be involved in the sustainability reporting process, to provide a good overall understanding of what is required for reporting in accordance with GRI Standards, and how sustainability reporting can be used to develop the organisation’s work with sustainability.
Agenda
Day 1
08.30-09.00
Welcome and breakfast
09.00-10.00
Introduction
Practical information
Learning objectives
10.00-11.00
Overview of the GRI Standards
Terminology
Sustainability reporting
Introduction to the GRI standards
Structure and how to use GRI standards
11.00-12.30
GRI Standards
Foundation
General Disclosures
Material topics
Sector Standards
Topics Standards
12.30-13.30
Lunch
13.30-16.00
Reporting process using the GRI Standards
Applying in accordance requirements
Applying reporting principles
16.00-16.30
Summary
16.30
End of day 1
Day 2
08.30-09.00
Welcome
09.00-12.30
Reporting process using the GRI Standards continues
Determining material topics
Reporting general disclosures
Reporting material topics
12.30-13.30
Lunch
13.30-16.00
Reporting process using the GRI Standards continues
Compiling data
Presenting information
GRI content index
16.00-16.30
Summary and what’s next
16.30
End of day 2
Trainers
Mikael Niskala
Partner, Sustainability Services Leader, PwC Finland
Mikael Niskala is a sustainability professional specialised in sustainability accounting, assurance, and reporting. He works as Partner and ESG & Sustainability Service Leader at PwC Finland.
He has more than 25 years’ experience of GRI Standards, sustainability disclosures and reporting practice. Mikael has in-depth knowledge of global sustainability reporting frameworks and standards (GRI, SASB, TCFD) and their implementation in corporate practice.
He is a nominated trainer for the GRI Certified Training Program since 2010. Mikael was a member of EFRAG Project Task Force on European Sustainability Reporting Standard. In addition to his practical work experience with companies, Mikael has also worked for academia and contributed to sustainability reporting textbooks, articles, and lectures. Mikael has experience in the development of sustainability contents for financial reporting standards.
Tomi Pajunen
Senior Manager, Sustainability Reporting and Assurance Services, PwC Finland
Tomi is a sustainability professional specialised in climate and environmental issues as well as data, processes and systems used for broader sustainability reporting. He works as Senior Manager in Sustainability Reporting and Assurance at PwC Finland. He has more than 20 years of practical experience from working with Nordic and Global ESG and sustainability leaders with focus on science and data based solutions and services for efficient management, measurement and reporting.
He has been a nominated trainer for the GRI Certified Training Program since 2010. Tomi has also previously led the development of GRI-certified software solution used for performance measurement and reporting.
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Anna Toiviainen
Senior Associate, Sustainability Reporting and Assurance Services, PwC Finland
Anna Toiviainen is a sustainability professional specialised in sustainability assurance and reporting. Anna works as Senior Associate at PwC Finland.
With a background in financial accounting, Anna has been working with sustainability reporting since 2020. In addition to GRI based sustainability reporting, she has experience with new European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) through performing several double materiality and gap assessments.
Anna is a nominated trainer for the GRI Certified Training Program.
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Experiences from previous participants
8.9/10 overall training experience
"I am very satisfied with the course overall. Especially Mikael Niskala's insights on the future development of GRI versus ESRS were highly appreciated."
"Context to the development of sustainability reporting was extremely helpful to understand the current state and the structure of the GRI Standards."
"The whole training was very good!"
"The discussions on practical case studies and working in teams as participants had various levels of knowledge and experience with GRI. This was invaluable and not possible through an online program."
"Best part of the training was how the trainers were able to answer all the possible specific questions which showed that the trainers were professionals in this subject. All in all, the training was very informative and conducted nicely."
"The training and the trainers were very good. And the food was delicious."
Changes and cancellation policy
The cancellation of participation without costs is possible 10 days before the training event.
If the cancellation is notified 9-6 days before the training event, we will charge 150 € + VAT as cancellation costs.
We charge 50% of the participation fee for cancellations made at least 5 business days before the training event.
For cancellations made after this or in case of no show, we will charge the entire participation fee. In cases of sudden illness or an obstacle, which could not be reported before the training, we will refund the participation fee against a medical certificate.
PwC reserves the right to cancel the course no later than 1 week (7 days) before the training if there are not enough people registered by the end of the deadline.
For more information or cancelling your registration please contact sari.vehniainen@pwc.com.
