Registrations open for Australian GRI Conference on Sustainability and Integrated Reporting

Registrations are now open for the Australian GRI Conference on Sustainability and Integrated Reporting - the first regional conference of GRI.

Melbourne, March 26-28, 2012.

www.australiangriconference.org

The Australian GRI Conference on Sustainability and Integrated Reporting  will attract executives, directors and senior managers in sustainability, accounting, finance, policy and public affairs. In particular, the Conference will focus on the needs of report writers and the users of sustainable information, as well as those interested in understanding how sustainability information can be used in corporate strategy and risk management.

Keynote speakers include:

• Mervyn E King SC, (Chairman of the International Integrated Reporting Committee and Chairman, King Committee on Corporate Governace)
• The Hon. David Bradbury MP, (Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury)
• Jane Diplock AO, (Former Chairman of the Executive Committee, International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Former Chairman of the Securities Commission, New Zealand)
• Ian Ball (Chief Executive Officer, IFAC)
• Ernst Ligteringen, (Chief Executive, Global Reporting Initiative), and
• Dr Simon Longstaff, (Executive Director, St James Ethics Centre)

Also GRI certified training partners Net Balance Foundation and National Centre for Sustainability will be delivering a Master Class on Assurance at the 2012 GRI Conference on Sustainability and Integrated Reporting:

“Your story, my story and the truth: how to get the most out of assurance”.

Do you believe your own company’s hype? What are your stakeholders telling you? Can you really trust the information in your organisation’s report?  Only third party assurance can tell you.

This Assurance Master Class will cover:

1. Setting objectives and choosing assurance standards.
2. Linking assurance objectives to the GRI Guidelines.
3. Building the business case internally for assurance – tips for what works.
4. Group exercises – assessing adherence to assurance principles using case study examples.
5. Overcoming organisational barriers to assurance.
6. Leveraging recommendations to drive reporting improvements.

Early bird closing of registration 31 January 2012.