About this webinar

Many companies today are trapped in a “reporting trap” investing vast resources into compiling visually stunning GRI based Sustainability Reports that prove fragile when subjected to auditor verification. Often, the presented narrative lacks a robust technical foundation, leaving the company’s credibility questionable in the eyes of investors and regulators.

Credible sustainability reporting requires a foundation of technical data validated through standardized methodologies. This material will examine how ISO standards, particularly those addressing environmental impacts serve as the primary supporting framework for GRI reporting. Key standards include ISO 14001 and ISO 50001 for Environmental and Energy Management Systems, ISO 14046 for Water Footprint Assessment, ISO 17298 for Biodiversity, ISO 14064 for GHG Emissions Quantification, and the ISO 59000 series for Circular Economy and Waste Management practices. By integrating these standards, organizations ensure that every figure and narrative in their GRI disclosures has a verifiable technical basis. The main focus of this discussion covers strategies for mapping performance metrics to ISO requirements, integrating management systems into the reporting workflow, and building a reporting system that meets third-party verification expectations. This session aims to simplify the complexity of standard integration, enabling organizations to produce sustainability performance disclosures that are accurate, minimize information gaps, and possess high validity.