PRESS RELEASE: New Certifications Recognize Quality of FBRH UK’s Training Program
FBRH GRI Certified Sustainability Professional
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Prospective GRI Certified Sustainability Professionals now have access to a preparation pathway that is both ISEP approved and CPD certified.
September 7, 2022 – FBRH Consultants, Ltd has received this month approval from the Institute of Environmental Management (ISEP) as well as certification from Continuous Professional Development UK (CPD UK) of its program to prepare professionals to take the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) exam and earn the status GRI Certified Sustainability Professional.
FBRH’s unique program begins with GRI-certified content and adds extensive supplemental exercises, activities to embed learning, and support materials including exclusive templates, case studies and plans for immediate sustainability action to ensure participants not only earn the status – but feel ready to begin reporting immediately.
The GRI sustainability reporting standards are the most popular in the world, with 80% of the world’s largest 250 companies using them for their reports. Most importantly, they are the world’s only complete set of standards that uniquely address all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and are the recommended framework for reporting by the UN Global Compact.
Having the right skill set to address the EU Directive for non-financial reporting (CSRD)
GRI is the co-constructor of the EU’s CSRD, the directive for non-financial reporting which will require 55,000 companies to report. With FBRH expert training and guidance, participants who are preparing to become GRI Certified Sustainability professionals can confidently address not only EU directives but also stock exchange ESG rules & regulations and the SDGs.
Sustainability action is about identifying, measuring, managing and changing
Sustainability reporting is an essential tool for businesses to identify their most important impacts and then proceed to create strategy and measure, manage & change. Simon Pitsillides, founder of FBRH said that
“In our world today with a population of more than 7 billion people it has become essential that we embed a culture of sustainability in the majority of businesses worldwide. Our complicated world requires that we are all part of a system that is aware of all negative impacts (environmental, social and economic) and takes action to mitigate these before they become problems, like climate change.”
The main benefits of the FBRH “Full Preparation for the GRI Certified Sustainability Professional Exam” path are:
✓ Designed for busy professionals
✓ 5 days of real time remote learning with multiple scheduling options (classroom options are available for the FBRH GRI Certified reporting course).
✓ Carefully crafted to provide maximum learning value and get professionals reporting ASAP.
✓ FBRH templates, plans for immediate sustainability action and quick reference guides
✓ FBRH mock exam included to ensure maximum preparation for the GRI exam
✓ Available worldwide. FBRH is a GRI Certified Global Training Partner and has delivered training to participants from 6 continents with our engaging realtime remote learning. In-person courses are routinely offered at the London School of Economics and in other global venues by arrangement with corporate clients.
The main benefits of the GRI Certified Sustainability Professional status are:
✓ Improve skills of sustainability professionals: and subsequently the quality of sustainability disclosures and reporting
✓ Provide acknowledgement: way for sustainability professionals to demonstrate knowledge, capability, and competence. All GRI Certified Sustainability Professionals have their names published on the GRI website.
✓ Create credibility and marketability: it is a form of quality assurance for sustainability professionals, improving their marketability
✓ Maintain and upskill knowledge: continuing education will keep sustainability professionals up to date
About FBRH
FBRH Consultants were founded in 2001 and are experts on the GRI Standards and the sustainability reporting process. They are a United Kingdom Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP) certified training partner and a CPD UK Provider.
Notes to editors:
Media contact: Melina Kourri (Client Relations), melina.kourri@fbrh.co.uk
Key facts about FBRH
● Founded in 2001 and based in London.
● FBRH is the acronym of the definition of the word trust:
FBRH = Firm Belief in Reliability and Honesty.
● Experts in GRI Standards Reporting and Certified Training:
o United Kingdom based Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Certified Training Partner.
o Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP) Training Partner.
o Member of CPD UK.
● Expert provider of Sustainability Advisory Services and report assurance
● Trained and/or provided services to some of the biggest companies in the world.
● 150+ reviews provide key insights on the learning value participants gain through certified training.
● Provider of the only GRI Standards Certified Course recognised by both ISEP and CPD.
more information at the link www.fbrh.co.uk
Key facts about the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
● No1 Pioneer of sustainability reporting (since 1997).
● Three hundred- and sixty-degrees sustainability action. With the GRI Standards companies and organisations can address all their important impacts, no matter what they are. The GRI Standards are a flexible, all-round, methodical approach used by some of the world’s most successful companies to take action on Environmental, Economic and Social impacts.
● Globally, only the GRI Standards provide a complete set of standards that uniquely addresses all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Sustainability reporters worldwide do not need to use any other sustainability framework for their report.
● 80% of the world’s largest 250 companies use the GRI Standards for sustainability reporting.
● GRI: Recommended by the UN Global Compact. Under the terms of a Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2010, the UN Global Compact adopts the GRI Standards as the recommended sustainability reporting framework for companies to communicate on progress made.
● GRI is the co-constructor of the CSRD, the EU directive for non financial reporting.
Key facts about the Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP)
● Is the largest professional body for environmental practitioners in the United Kingdom and worldwide, with more than 14,000 members in over 100 countries, working together to make businesses and organisations future-proof
● Approves training course providers to deliver environmental training
● Is in the process of applying for a Royal Charter. As a chartered body, ISEP would be formally recognised by the UK Government to develop and regulate the profession (corporate sustainability, environmental management, and impact assessment). If ISEP achieves a Royal Charter, it will become CISEP – the Chartered Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment.
● CPD – Continuing Professional Development is a mandatory requirement to maintain membership
● ISEP Training Partners: ISEP works with training partners to share environmental and sustainability training solutions
Key facts about CPD UK
Established in 1996, The CPD Certification Service is the largest and leading independent CPD accreditation
organisation working across all industry sectors. The CPD Certification Service evaluates further learning activities to the highest standards.
● Over 5000 CPD members which include Cambridge University, King’s College, London Stock Exchange, NHS England and the University of Oxford
● Hundreds of thousands of professionals recognise the CPD Certified symbol as the qualitative benchmark that not only reflects but also sets those standards.
● The CPD Certification Service supports the Continuing Professional Development policies of institutional and professional bodies on an increasingly international basis.
● CPD submissions are assessed and certified against the universally accepted structured checklist which The CPD Certification Service has developed over the past 25 years.
● The certification process takes an impartial and objective overview of structure and value to ensure full conformity to CPD guidelines.
78% of the world’s 250 largest companies report in accordance with the GRI Standards
SustainCase was primarily created to demonstrate, through case studies, the importance of dealing with a company’s most important impacts in a structured way, with use of the GRI Standards. To show how today’s best-run companies are achieving economic, social and environmental success – and how you can too.
Research by well-recognised institutions is clearly proving that responsible companies can look to the future with optimism.
7 GRI sustainability disclosures get you started
Any size business can start taking sustainability action
GRI, ISEP, CPD Certified Sustainability courses (2-5 days): Live Online or Classroom (venue: London School of Economics)
- Exclusive FBRH template to begin reporting from day one
- Identify your most important impacts on the Environment, Economy and People
- Formulate in group exercises your plan for action. Begin taking solid, focused, all-round sustainability action ASAP.
- Benchmarking methodology to set you on a path of continuous improvement