Sustainability & Climate Reporting
GRI Sustainability Professional Certification Training
Work toward a globally recognised credential in sustainability reporting, and help your organisation minimise greenwashing risk in its corporate disclosures. Sit for GRI's Sustainability Professional examination and become a GRI Certified Sustainability Professional, equipped to implement the GRI Standards, build stakeholder trust, and lift the quality of your organisation's ESG disclosures.
Programme duration
16 hrs
Delivery mode
Online or In-Person
Certificate issued by
GRI & TEMBUSU
GRI modules covered
4
Next Public Cohort
Dates
17, 18, 19 & 24 Nov 2026
Time
09:00 – 13:00 (SGT)
Format
Online / In-Person
Duration
16 hrs total
SGD 1,088 SGD 1,280 per pax
Group rate: SGD 999 / pax for 3+ pax (single checkout). Excludes 9% GST.
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WHY GLOBALLY RECOGNISED CERTIFICATION MATTERS
As scrutiny of corporate sustainability claims intensifies, reporting fluency is fast becoming the clearest defence against greenwashing risk, not a differentiator.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
What you'll walk away able to do
This programme prepares you to sit for GRI's Sustainability Professional examination, giving you the structured, in-depth grounding needed to work toward the GRI Certified Sustainability Professional credential, the framework best placed to serve a diverse range of stakeholders and complement other reporting standards for more comprehensive corporate disclosure.
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From Reading Standards to Leading Reports
Understand and apply the GRI Standards, including their structure, key concepts, and reporting principles, so you can move from interpreting the framework to authoring reports against it.
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Turn Stakeholder Engagements into Meaningful Conversations
Manage the sustainability reporting process end to end: conducting stakeholder engagement through a clear materiality assessment lens, understanding what matters most to each stakeholder group, and presenting data that builds credibility and trust.
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Make Compliance Part of the Culture
Enhance your knowledge of key sustainability topics, including human rights and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, so reporting becomes embedded practice that minimises greenwashing risk, not a once-a-year exercise.
YOUR LEARNING PATHWAY
Four modules, one exam, one credential
This programme covers all four modules required to sit the GRI Sustainability Professional Exam (2025 syllabus), the framework best equipped to serve the widest range of stakeholders and to complement other reporting standards for more comprehensive corporate disclosure.
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Decoding the Reporting Landscape
Cut through a crowded standards landscape and learn to apply a materiality lens that reveals what truly matters, and to whom.
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Reporting with the GRI Standards
Master the world's most widely adopted reporting framework and build the fundamentals that mark you as a globally recognised sustainability professional.
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Human Rights Reporting
Tackle human rights, the social dimension regulators and investors scrutinise hardest, and build disclosures that hold up under pressure.
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Navigating GRI Sector Standards
Move beyond generic reporting to pinpoint exactly what your industry must disclose, with sector-specific fluency that sets you apart.
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OUTCOME
Sit the GRI Sustainability Professional Exam
Join the Directory of GRI Certified Sustainability Professionals, the community of practitioners that regulators, investors, and other critical stakeholders already trust.
COURSE OUTLINE
What's covered, topic by topic
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This 4-topic outline together satisfies all 4 modules of the GRI Sustainability Professional Exam (2025), delivered as a single, integrated programme rather than four separate courses.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Built for the people who protect their organisation's credibility in sustainability reporting
Corporate Reporters
You own the annual sustainability report. Build it on a framework stakeholders and regulators already trust.
Internal Sustainability Auditors
Verify disclosures against the same GRI Standards your organisation reports against, with confidence.
Sustainability Consultants
You advise clients on ESG disclosure. Walk in with a recognised GRI credential to back that advice up.
ABOUT TEMBUSU ACADEMY
Practitioner-led, not textbook-led
TEMBUSU Academy is the education division of TEMBUSU Asia Consulting, a leading environmental and sustainability consulting company. Our programmes are crafted and delivered by highly experienced environmental and sustainability professionals, grounded in real-world knowledge and practical application.
Our Pedagogy
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Interactive formats: discussions, group activities, practical exercises
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Case studies drawn from decades of consulting experience across sectors
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Direct engagement with trainers and peer-to-peer learning
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Custom corporate programmes tailored to your organisation's needs
COURSE TRAINER(S)
Learn from people who've done the work
LEAD TRAINER
Chris SNG
Chris holds a B.Eng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore and Continuing Education for Professionals in Sustainability with the Singapore Management University Academy. Chris was part of the Carbon Management team at the UN Global Compact Network Singapore (GCNS) where he was involved in carbon accounting training for companies and research on emerging trends in global sustainability initiatives such as environmental and carbon legislation, carbon pricing, and reporting standards. With close to over 15 years of experiences across the Oil & Gas and the Aviation industry and as a Senior Consultant at TAC, Chris supports businesses in realizing their ambition towards a more sustainable future by providing advisory to better alignment their corporate reporting with both international and local reporting standards such as ISSB, GRI, TCFD, SASB, UN SDGs and the development of their decarbonization roadmap.
CO-TRAINER
Alfred CHAN
Alfred holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management and Digital Innovation from University of London (LSE) with Second Class Honours (Upper Division). Bringing 3 years of experience across the Education, Technology, and Finance sectors, with a primary focus on Education, Alfred has cultivated key skills in instructional design, curriculum development, training delivery, project management, and stakeholder engagement. In his current role as Training and Development Manager at TEMBUSU Asia Consulting, Alfred is focused on developing TEMBUSU Academy. The academy aims to equip professionals across Asia with the essential knowledge and skills to navigate the evolving landscape of sustainability reporting, including expertise in GRI standards, ISSB (IFRS S1 & S2), and the broader SDGs framework.
SCHEDULE & FEES
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Please note:
Refunds are not allowed; participants may defer to the next available course date. Course fee excludes any bank charges for overseas fund transfers. In the event minimum enrolment is not met, TEMBUSU Asia Consulting reserves the right to adjust scheduling; participants will be notified with alternative options where possible.
FOR TEAMS & ORGANISATIONS
Train your whole sustainability function at once
Customised training programmes directly addressing your organisation's reporting challenges, delivered by the same practitioners, using case studies relevant to your industry, and designed to help your team build stakeholder trust while complementing GRI with the other reporting standards your business already uses.
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Interactive sessions that foster collaboration within your team
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Practical case studies relevant to your industry and context
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Learning aligned to your organisation's sustainability objectives
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Cost-optimised for training multiple employees simultaneously
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