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SYNOPSIS
Sustainability reporting is part of an organisation's risk management process and overall communications strategy and understanding materiality is key to producing an engaging and usable report. Organisations must also remember that reports are not only externally focused documents, but are also tools to provide useful inputs into business planning, analysis and management strategy, when integrated into the corporate culture.

ACCA Singapore, Singapore Compact for CSR and Singapore Environment Institute are jointly organising the 'Advanced Sustainability Reporting Workshop' for reporters who are already reporting, but wish to improve upon their reporting processes and assess the implications of the latest developments in reporting.

This workshop is suitable for regular reporters. There is also another introductory workshop 'Introduction to Sustainability Reporting Workshop', available for those who are new to Sustainability Reporting.

WORKSHOP BENEFITS
The workshop will equip potential reporters to understand/address the following areas:

• Reaching the right people - redefining your target audience

• Key stakeholder identification and mapping

• Emerging best practice in CSR reporting and communication - bridging the gap between credible CSR and engaging public relations

• Simplifying the reporting process - aligning CSR reporting within the organisation

• Using GRI as a framework and not a straight jacket

• Upgrading your Global Reporting Initiative (GRI-G3) compliant report - moving from Level C to Level B report and from a Level B to a Level A report

• Best practice from alternative guidelines for CSR management

• Assessing materiality - what are the important issues for your organisation

• Stakeholder engagement - external expectations and potential approaches

• Verification - expectations, pitfalls to avoid and likely costs

• Critically evaluate other sustainability reports

• Why some institutional investors are requesting sustainability disclosures before making investments decisions

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Companies that are already including sustainability reporting in their corporate communications and wish to improve performance

• Companies that are engaging in CSR and wish to move their reporting initiatives forward

• EHS Managers and Specialists

• Corporate Communications Managers

• Those preparing company annual reports and other external communications materials

• Those involved in promoting CSR

• Anyone who is interested to find out more about the topic

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Carrie Johnson is a specialist in Sustainability Reporting. She has been working in the environmental and CSR field for over 16 years and focuses on guiding companies through the reporting process. Carrie's clients include City Developments Ltd, Keppel Land, Singtel, Power Seraya, Singapore Polytechnic, ISK, Singapore Zoo, NatSteel, Shell, Petronas, Amerada Hess, Railtrack, TXU Europe, British Telecom, AEA Technology and Smith & Nephew. Carrie is also a Senior Lecturer at NUS (Adjunct) teaching the environmental management and assessment and business and the environment modules as NUS's Masters in Environmental Management (MEM Programme). Carrie holds an MSc from Imperial College London in Environmental Management (awarded with Distinction), and a BA from Cambridge University in Geography.

Graham Owens has seven years experience working in CSR and SRI/ESG consulting and research in Asia, advising a number of MNCs and regional companies on CSR reporting, strategy, investor relations and communications. Clients have included ACCA, Aviva, Tanjong Plc, Bursa Malaysia, Chevron, Polycom, NTUC Fairprice, Shangri-La (Malaysia), SIA Engineering Company, Petra Foods, STX PanOcean, Salamander Energy and Asia Pacific Breweries. He was instrumental in the research and development of the Business Times Corporate Transparency Index and produced a regional CTI index which was published in CFO Asia in 2008. Graham currently teaches Corporate Governance at the Singapore Association of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators. Graham holds an MBA from Nottingham University Business School and a Post-graduate Diploma in Management from Kingston University Business School.