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Charting a Greener Path: Reporting on Biodiversity with the GRI Standards

Biodiversity underpins economies, societies, and supply chains, yet nature loss is accelerating. Organizations are expected to identify, manage, and disclose their biodiversity impacts and dependencies with rigor. In this course, you will learn how to use the GRI Standards—especially GRI 101: Biodiversity 2024—to report clear, decision‑useful information. We connect global expectations with practical steps you can apply in your context. You will leave ready to explain why nature matters for your organization and how to report it well.

Course Content

See how the GRI Standards work together and where biodiversity fits within the Universal, Topic, and Sector Standards. You will learn which disclosures to use and how “in accordance” reporting supports credible communication. The section equips you to navigate GRI 101: Biodiversity 2024 and link it to your reporting process.

Nature loss creates operational risk, legal exposure, and community impacts—and it also drives innovation in strategy and data. You will review current pressures and policy signals, and identify realistic opportunities to improve measurement, targets, and actions. Expect practical examples that translate global trends into steps you can take.

Every business depends on ecosystem services and affects nature across its value chain. In this section, you will map material impacts, risks, and opportunities and connect them to governance, strategy, and metrics. The result is a clear case for action that resonates with boards, investors, and stakeholders.

Turn analysis into disclosures. You will learn how to collect information, set boundaries, and report policies, actions, and results using GRI 101 with the wider GRI system. We also cover coherence with other instruments, so your reporting remains consistent across frameworks.

Who is this course designed for?

This course is aimed at a wide range of individuals, from professionals engaging in sustainability reporting, to other stakeholders interested in reporting on biodiversity as a sustainability issue, such as academics, investors, civil society and government representatives.

What will you achieve?

When you have completed this course, you will be able to:

Explain how to report in accordance with the GRI Standards
Explain the concept of biodiversity and its relevance for human society and the environment
Explain the relevance of biodiversity for business and the economy
Apply GRI 101 to manage biodiversity-related impacts and implement change

Pre-requisites

If you have not yet done so, we encourage you to read through and familiarize yourself with the GRI Standards before taking this course. Alternatively, you could also take the online course ‘Reporting with the GRI Standards 2021 Update’ available on the GRI Academy to build your knowledge of the Standards.

Charting a Greener Path: Reporting on Biodiversity with the GRI Standards
250.00 €
2 h 30 m
english
Certificate of completion
CEUs: 2
elearning
If you have not yet done so, we encourage you to read through and familiarize yourself with the GRI Standards before taking this course. Alternatively, you could also take the online course ‘Reporting with the GRI Standards 2021 Update’ available on the GRI Academy to build your knowledge of the Standards.