Module 2: Understanding Non-financial information reporting (NFIR)
Module Objectives: This module provides information on the legal background and reporting requirements, the key concepts and reporting frameworks of NFIR.
Module 3: Role of Workers' Representatives in CSR and NFIR
Module Objectives: This module illustrates contacts points with NFIR and possible practical value of NFIR by identifying relevant content for WRs and showing best practice examples.
Module 4: Analysis methods and tools
Module Objectives: This module introduces to analysis methods of NFIR by giving an overview of a set of methods and applying the CENOFIA analysis tool.
Module 8: Identifying challenges in the analysis process
Module Objectives: This module provides an overview of the challenges most likely encountered during the analysis work and enables the participants to question reporting methodologies and processes.
Module 9: Application of key concepts in NFIR
Module Objectives: This module builds up on Module 2 and Module 4 by providing in-depth information on NFIR key concepts and carrying out different assessment exercises.
10.3 Social report writing exercise
Unit 10.3 serves as an introduction into writing an objective and critical social report by carrying out a writing assignment.
STEP 1: “Exercise Unit 10.3_Writing assignment I”
- Take the NFIR from your company OR research the GRI Sustainability Disclosure Database (http://database.globalreporting.org/) and choose one NFIR that you want to analyze.
- Pick one reporting aspect from that NFIR, conduct an analysis and formulate your analysis results into a written passage.
- You can write on the Materiality process, Stakeholder engagement processes, completeness of GRI Indicators or one single KPI that you found especially interesting.
- Try to complete the task in 1 hour and 30 minutes.
- Learners can formulate their social report part either on paper or in a digital document using their laptops.
- By the end of the assignment learners are expected to have written results.