Certified ESG Reporting Full StackComplete Programme

Every LRA curriculum is reviewed monthly. We re-read it against the standard or regulation it teaches — ESRS and EFRAG guidance, IFRS S1 & S2, GRI and the jurisdictional rules each course covers — and revise the material whenever something has actually moved. A month in which the standard didn't move is a month in which the course doesn't change; the review still happens.

The date of the most recent review is shown on this page — in the header and under the course outline. It's a record rather than a badge: it moves only when a review has been done, and it is removed rather than quietly carried forward if one lapses.

Because every route runs inside the Study Studio, a revision reaches everyone with active access — there's no superseded edition to be stuck on.

Full Stack is not a deep-dive into a single standard. It covers the end-to-end reporting craft — the practitioner skills you need to deliver a credible sustainability report from scoping through publication. Its 12 modules cover:

• Frameworks together: GRI in depth, TCFD, UN Global Compact, UN SDGs — covered together in one curriculum.
• Practitioner skills most courses skip: materiality assessment, benchmarking techniques, content mapping, data collection, audit readiness, drafting (ESG copywriting craft) and visual design of the report — including the use of AI.
• Plus the two official programmes from the standard setters themselves — official GRI Standards Certified Training and official ISSB (IFRS S1 & S2) Disclosure Training — and the ESRS course, at no extra cost, with learning access to four more LRA courses.

The single-standard courses (ESRS, IFRS S1 / S2, Assurance, Materiality, GRI) go deeper into one specific standard or process. Full Stack goes broader across the whole reporting craft.

Two reasons:

• Many organisations still report under TCFD on its own terms — either as their primary climate-disclosure framework or while transitioning to IFRS S2. The 38-lesson TCFD module covers the four recommendation pillars (governance, strategy, risk management, metrics & targets), scenario analysis, and the practitioner moves under TCFD as a standalone framework.
• The IFRS S2 module in the bonus courses covers IFRS S2's incorporation of TCFD with a single comparison lesson. The Full Stack TCFD module is the standalone framework treatment — different audience, different depth, different use case.

in progress The final deliverables list is being confirmed and will be published here soon. The course package is expected to include peer-benchmarking templates, content-mapping checklists, data-collection registers, drafting style guides, design layout references, and the artefacts from the ESRS course, the official GRI Standards Certified Training and the official ISSB (IFRS S1 & S2) Disclosure Training.

Until then, email lra@reporting.academy and we'll send the current package contents for your enrolment route.

On Guided Flex, most learners complete the Full Stack core curriculum over 3–5 months at roughly 4–6 hours per week. Adding the ESRS course and the two official programmes on top extends this to 5–7 months of focused study. Studio access runs for 12 months.

On 1:1 Expert Mentorship, the same depth is typically reached faster because 5 × 1.5h mentor sessions accelerate the applied work on your own draft report. Applied Practice expands that to 10 × 1.5h with line-by-line draft review. The mentor engagement window is six months from purchase.

If your only goal is mastering a single standard, the individual standalone courses — ESRS, IFRS S1 / S2, Assurance, Materiality — are the more focused choice and cost less.

Full Stack is for professionals who need the complete reporter skillset — multiple frameworks, plus benchmarking, drafting, design — and who value the four-credential bundle.

No. Every LRA route starts with the fundamentals and moves into practitioner-depth application — calibrated to the role, sector and reporting context you enter at onboarding. The AI Tutor in the Study Studio adapts its explanations to your level: a graduate analyst and a head of sustainability working through the same course see the same standards but different framing.

If anything is unclear, you reach the Assistance Desk through the platform; on 1:1 Expert Mentorship and Live Cohort routes you can raise it directly with your mentor.

Four separate verifiable credentials:

• Certified ESG Reporting Full Stack diploma (the 12-module flagship programme)
• Official GRI Standards Certified credential — issued by GRI itself after the live 2-day training (included at no extra cost)
• Official ISSB (IFRS S1 & S2) Disclosure Training certificate — issued on completing the official requirements, under LRA's IFRS Foundation ISSB Training Partner licence (included at no extra cost)
• Certified ESRS (CSRD) Sustainability Reporting credential (from the bonus standalone course)

Each certificate carries its own credential ID, QR code and permanent verification link at verify.reporting.academy. The Full Stack, ESRS, IFRS S1 / S2 and GRI credentials count toward the LRA International Diploma in Sustainability Reporting.

Plus learning access to the IFRS S1 & S2 Applied, Assurance, Materiality Assessment and AI for ESG Reporting courses for the full 12-month Studio access. Browse the materials, learn the standards without commitment; any time later you can upgrade any of these four to the full course format for £100 (per course, + VAT where applicable), complete it and earn its certificate.

How routing works: ESRS opens at the same route as your Full Stack purchase — Mentorship Full Stack → Mentorship-tier ESRS, Guided Flex Full Stack → Guided Flex ESRS, and so on. GRI Certified Training is always delivered in its standard live two-day format (online via Zoom or onsite at Canary Wharf, London).

Plus the official ISSB Disclosure Training. LRA holds official IFRS Foundation ISSB Training Partner status, and the official ISSB (IFRS S1 & S2) Disclosure Training — online — is included with every Full Stack route at no additional cost. It opens in your Study Studio cabinet right after payment.

The official course sits alongside LRA's deeper practical programme — not in place of it. Any official attendance, assessment or completion requirements must still be completed before the corresponding official recognition is issued.

Yes — included at no extra cost with every Full Stack route. Every Full Stack enrolment now bundles the live 2-day GRI Standards Certified Training delivered by Dr. Kurinko (a GRI and ISSB-IFRS S1 & S2 Certified Global Trainer), so graduates earn the official GRI Standards Certified credential issued by GRI itself on top of the Full Stack diploma, the ESRS credential and the official ISSB Disclosure Training certificate.

Four credentials from one enrolment. Standalone price elsewhere: £499 online / £1,200 on-site — included with every Full Stack route at no extra cost. See the full GRI course page →

No academic-style multiple-choice exam. Across every route, assessment is built around applied disclosure work: you draft, structure and defend disclosures the way you'd produce them in a real reporting environment.

• On Guided Flex, the Studio runs AI-checked feedback on your drafts — flagging missing data, weak logic and thin evidence — and the Mistake Coach groups gaps by topic.
• On 1:1 Expert Mentorship, Live Cohort and Corporate Programme, a senior LRA mentor, faculty or corporate trainer reviews your drafts line by line on top of the AI feedback layer.

GRI Standards Certified Training follows the GRI partner format — see the GRI course page.

One core certificate per course, identical across every route — issued by London Reporting Academy and publicly verifiable. Route recognition lines are additive entries on the same certificate, not separate tiered credentials:

• Guided Flex — clean core certificate.
• Live Cohort — Cohort recognition line added once live sessions complete.
• 1:1 Expert Mentorship — Mentorship recognition line added once private sessions complete.
• Corporate Programme — Corporate recognition line added on programme completion.

Your verification link shows the core certificate plus any recognition lines.

Yes — on 1:1 Expert Mentorship. The fixed Full Stack core builds complete-reporter capability and leads to the Full Stack diploma plus the official GRI Standards Certified credential, the official ISSB (IFRS S1 & S2) Disclosure Training certificate and the ESRS / CSRD certificate. After the mentor kickoff, relevant additional framework blocks, examples and materials — such as TNFD, stakeholder engagement or nature-, water- and biodiversity-related disclosure work — can be incorporated into your mentor plan within the mentor time purchased.

That tailored work is a mentored extension, not a separate TNFD course or certificate. Choose Applied Practice when you need to apply it to live organisation or client materials; team customisation belongs in Corporate Programme.

1:1 Expert Mentorship — Applied Practice is the premium-most Full Stack route. It includes 10 × 1.5h mentor sessions dedicated to deeper applied guidance and line-by-line review of your draft sustainability report.

Choose Applied Practice if you are leading an actual reporting cycle right now — annual report, sustainability statement, first CSRD submission, first SB 253 inventory — and you want your draft pressure-tested with a senior practitioner before publication. The ESRS course, both official programmes (GRI and ISSB), learning access to four more LRA courses and 12 months Studio access are included on all 1:1 routes; Applied Practice adds more mentor time, line-by-line review of your own documents under a strict NDA and career support.

Dr. Ross Kurinko or a senior LRA mentor, subject to mentor availability. The mentor kickoff session (a separate scheduled call before regular sessions begin) captures your reporting context and is used to assign the best-fit mentor for your route.

Full Stack 1:1 Expert Mentorship includes 5 sessions × 1.5 hours on the standard route, or 10 sessions on Applied Practice with deeper draft review. Your mentor engagement starts and finishes within six months of purchase. Studio access continues for the full 12-month term in parallel.

Yes — the LRA Alumni Club. When you complete Full Stack on an engaged format (Live Cohort, 1:1 Expert Mentorship or Applied Practice — including the mentor-only California, Middle East and U.S. routes) you become a member of the LRA Alumni Club for life — no expiry from the day you graduate.

What's inside the Club: 30% off any future LRA course in any format (including the 5 new courses launching by end of 2026 and every LRA course after that); the annual LRA Alumni Summit (London + online); quarterly peer benchmarking calls with Dr. Kurinko under NDA; monthly office hours; an alumni-only Slack channel; early access to new courses and a vote on what we cover next; member-only briefings on emerging regulations; and the LRA job board / talent network.

Guided Flex doesn't unlock the Club — that's deliberate. The Club is reserved for learners who chose an engaged format (live time, mentorship or applied work), and we keep it that way to maintain the quality and signal of the network.

Yes. Format upgrades from Guided Flex to 1:1 Expert Mentorship are available on an individual basis — your Studio progress and Learning Profile carry over, so you keep the work you've already done and layer mentor sessions on top.

Email lra@reporting.academy to review options for your enrolment.

Private sessions move you from theory to your own reporting context. Depending on your goals and the mentor kickoff (a separate scheduled call before regular sessions begin), they typically include:

• clarifications on standards, regulations and disclosure requirements
• line-by-line review of your programme and course disclosure drafts and assignments
• discussion of real-life reporting examples and best practice
• personalised assignments and feedback
• additional materials, templates and resources
• support with developing an ESG reporting roadmap
• advice on data collection, validation and stakeholder communication
• adaptation of the curriculum to your specific industry, region or learning objectives

Sessions are normally held online so learners across time zones can join. For London-based learners, in-person 1:1 sessions at our Canary Wharf, London office can be arranged by prior agreement, subject to mentor and room availability.

You get immediate Studio access plus a dual onboarding sequence:

• Studio onboarding — the same flow as Guided Flex. Your Learning Profile (role, sector, jurisdiction, reporting context, preferred output language) feeds the AI Tutor.
• Mentor kickoff — a separate scheduled call with Dr. Ross Kurinko or a senior LRA mentor (subject to mentor availability) before regular sessions begin. The mentor captures your real objectives, current draft work and organisational challenges, and tailors the rest of the route around them.

After kickoff you receive a scheduling link to book sessions at times that work for you. You can begin and complete your mentor engagement within six months of purchase.

Standard Studio access is 12 months — usually comfortable, since the materials are concise and applied rather than padded.

If life intervenes, contact lra@reporting.academy: a further 12-month extension is available for 25% of the original fee.

Yes. The Study Studio and AI Tutor read and reason in eight languages — Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Spanish.

Your output language is set in your Learning Profile, so explanations, drafts and feedback come back in your preferred language. Standards quotations and regulatory text are preserved in their official versions; everything else adapts.

Yes — two discounts on the standard course fee:

• Self-funded individuals — if you're paying personally rather than through a company or organisation, you can request a 20% discount. Email lra@reporting.academy before you enrol.
• Groups — when three or more people from the same organisation enrol on the same course, the group qualifies for 20% off, regardless of who settles the invoice.

The two don't stack — the maximum on any enrolment is 20%. Three self-funded colleagues enrolling together get 20%, not 40%.

This is a simple headcount discount on a standard course — not the Corporate Programme. The Corporate Programme is a bespoke engagement: tailored materials, a dedicated trainer and scoped delivery. A group discount just means several people from one organisation taking the same standard course. See the Corporate Programme →

Yes — and it's interest-free, with no charge for spreading the cost. As a rule of thumb, fees up to £1,000 are split into two payments, and larger fees step up on the same basis — broadly one further instalment for each additional £1,000 or so. We'll confirm the exact split for your course and fee — email lra@reporting.academy and we'll set up your plan.

Your first payment confirms your enrolment and opens your Study Studio access straight away. Each subsequent instalment is normally due one month after the previous due date, according to the payment schedule agreed with you.

Instalment plans follow the same cancellation rules, pro-rata to the amount paid — see the refund question below.

14-day cancellation right. If you haven't yet entered the Study Studio, you can cancel within 14 days of purchase for a full refund (UK consumer statutory right under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013). Email lra@reporting.academy.

Once you enter the Studio, that statutory right ends — at checkout you give explicit consent to immediate digital access. After that, refunds are at LRA's discretion, considered on individual circumstances.

• 1:1 Expert Mentorship — your mentor engagement starts and finishes within 6 months of purchase. If LRA can't assign a senior mentor and schedule your kickoff within roughly four weeks, the mentorship component is pro-rata refunded (Studio access stays for its full 12-month term). Sessions not commenced within the 6-month window lapse; extensions by written agreement only.
• Live Cohort — if a cohort doesn't run, the cohort layer is fully refunded or rolled to the next intake (Autumn / Spring). Studio access stays.
• Instalment plans — same rules, pro-rata to the amount paid.
• Corporate Programme — governed by your enrolment agreement.

Postponements (extending Studio access rather than refunding) can usually be arranged — contact us before opening a refund case.

Full terms: Terms of Use §8. Governed by the laws of England and Wales.

Yes — there are three ways in.

1 · Through your employer (apprenticeship-led). If your team genuinely needs ESG reporting capability — a finance or sustainability function, a listed or private company, or a consultancy — ask your employer to:

1. Search ST0934 (Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability Practitioner) on the GOV.UK Find apprenticeship training service.
2. Shortlist 3–5 approved training providers.
3. Ask each: "Can you deliver ST0934 with a specialist ESG Disclosure / Sustainability Reporting pathway, using London Reporting Academy as a delivery partner?"

The provider gets in touch with us and enrols you — they handle the apprenticeship administration and all programme logistics, and London Reporting Academy delivers the specialist teaching.

2 · Apprenticeship funding & an official Level 4 pathway (employer-led). If your organisation already wants to use apprenticeship funding and the official Level 4 standard, we work with approved apprenticeship providers as a specialist ESG Disclosure delivery partner — get in touch and we'll connect you.

3 · Direct / self-funded. Individuals and companies who'd rather train directly, without apprenticeship funding, can start straight away — the routes and pricing above apply.