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We offer live and distance training on all aspects of organizational sustainability.

GRI Certified Training for Sustainability Reporting

Concept Green is a Collaborating Partner of the ISOS Group, one of three Official Training Partners of the Global Reporting Initiative in the US. Through this partnership with the ISOS Group, Concept Green co-hosts regular GRI Certified Sustainability Reporting Training courses throughout the Rocky Mountain and Southwestern regions of the US.

Note: GRI Certified Training Course registrations are managed from the ISOS Group website. Click a link to register with ISOS Group, then click your back button to return to Concept Green. 

Two-day GRI Certified Training Course in Boulder, Colorado on May 24-25, 2012 at Naropa University downtown campus. Click here to learn more and to take advantage of the early bird registration!

Special thanks to Alliance for Sustainable Colorado (outreach partner) and Miguel Pena (Naropa Environmental Leadership Program graduate student) for help in promoting the Boulder course. 

These two-day courses cover the Global Reporting Initiative framework for sustainability reporting from soup to nuts. Through group exercises, lectures, group critiques and individual homework assignments. Our GRI Certified Trainers keep the course lively and engaging, while demystifying the GRI reporting process for sustainability professionals, watch groups and sustainability students.

Previous courses we've co-hosted with ISOS Group: 

• Austin, Texas, November 2011 at UT Austin
• Fort Worth, Texas, September 2011 at UT Arlington, Fort Worth campus
• Denver, Colorado, July 2011 at the Denver Museum of Science and Nature
• Dallas, Texas, April 2011 at UT Arlington, Dallas campus
• Albuquerque, New Mexico December 2010, Hotel Andaluz

Organizational Sustainability Webinars

We provide a full complement of sustainability webinars for specific areas of organizational sustainability. Special topics include:

• Green purchasing
• Institutional recycling and asset recovery
• Employee “Green” teams
• Energy efficiency and conservation
• Environmental governance and strategic sustainability planning,
• Sustainability recognition programs
• Climate action planning
• Making the business case for “Green”

Other topics are available as-needed. To learn more, contact us.

Custom On-Site Training

We also create customized training modules for clients. Whether you are aiming to have employees develop mastery of a discipline, or are just looking to inform key personnel about sustainability issues, we can develop training that meets your organization's needs. Contact us to learn more about our custom training services.