Certified IFRS S1 & S2 (ISSB) Sustainability Reporting Course

Both. The course covers IFRS S1 (General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-related Financial Information) and IFRS S2 (Climate-related Disclosures) end-to-end across five modules:

• Module 01 — Overview of sustainability reporting: business context, current frameworks landscape, global trends.
• Module 02 — Introduction to IFRS S1 and IFRS S2: IFRS Foundation / ISSB background, objectives, an overview of both standards, relationship with other frameworks (briefly), effective dates.
• Module 03 — Understanding IFRS S1: key concepts, general requirements, disclosure requirements, other important considerations.
• Module 04 — Understanding IFRS S2: scope of reporting, disclosure requirements, industry-based metrics (SASB-derived), comparison of IFRS S2 with TCFD recommendations.
• Module 05 — Implementation strategy: self-assessment, internal governance structures, data collection and management, aligning sustainability and financial reporting teams, continuous improvement, and a final applied homework.

Delivered across 5 modules / 38 lessons (20 CPD hours / 28 academic hours), with 5 graded module tests and a final implementation homework.

Yes. The course content is reviewed on a rolling basis and incorporates the latest ISSB technical guidance, IFRS Foundation educational material, and the live state of jurisdictional adoption — including UK Sustainability Disclosure Standards (SDS), Canada (CSSB), Singapore, Brazil (CVM 193), Hong Kong, Japan and others as they progress.

Last full content refresh: May 2026. Where standards or adoption timelines change between refresh cycles, the Studio's expert support desk and the Mistake Coach surface the relevant updates in the affected modules.

No. The course starts from sustainability-related financial reporting fundamentals — what the ISSB global baseline actually requires — and builds toward applied disclosure work. Module 01 (Foundations) and Module 02 set the regulatory and conceptual frame before any standard-by-standard work begins.

Practitioners with existing IFRS, TCFD or sustainability-reporting familiarity can move quickly through the early modules and spend their time on draft work in the Studio. The AI Tutor adapts depth and pace to the experience level you set in your Learning Profile.

in progress The full deliverables list is being finalised for the May 2026 refresh and will be published here shortly. Indicatively, the course package includes IFRS S1 / S2 disclosure-requirement checklists, worked disclosure examples from real reports across multiple sectors, an IFRS S2 ↔ TCFD comparison reference, and industry-based (SASB-derived) metric references for the sector you select in your Learning Profile.

For an up-to-date list of what's in your enrolment, email lra@reporting.academy — we'll send the current package contents.

On Guided Flex, most learners reach report-leading capability over 6–10 weeks of focused study at roughly 4–6 hours per week. The course is 20 CPD / 28 academic hours of material, and the final implementation homework plus your own applied work on top take the additional time.

On 1:1 Expert Mentorship, the same depth is typically reached faster because mentor sessions accelerate the applied work on your own draft, against your own organisation's data, sector and reporting context.

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.

Your mentor engagement starts and finishes within six months of purchase. Studio access continues for the full 12-month term in parallel.

Yes — as a bundle-only add-on at +£350 + VAT. The GRI Standards Certified Training is delivered by a GRI Certified Global Trainer using official GRI materials and is available only when added to this IFRS S1 / S2 course at enrolment (standalone prices are £700 online / £1,200 on-site). Use the bundle cards in the Fees section to enrol with the bundle already applied.

After completing the GRI training, you receive a separate certificate issued by GRI (not by LRA) — a valuable CV addition and one step on the GRI Certified Sustainability Professional pathway.

IFRS S1 / S2 are the ISSB global baseline for investor-focused, sustainability-related financial disclosures. The course covers how they sit with the other major frameworks:

• TCFD: IFRS S2 incorporates the TCFD recommendations. Module 04 includes a dedicated lesson — Comparison of IFRS S2 with TCFD recommendations — covering the differences and continuity points.
• SASB: IFRS S1 / S2 use SASB-derived industry-based metrics. Module 04 includes a dedicated lesson on Industry-based metrics disclosure, calibrated to the sector you set in your Learning Profile.
• ESRS, GRI and other frameworks: positioned briefly in Module 02 — Relationship with other frameworks. For full ESRS / GRI mastery, see the dedicated ESRS and GRI courses.

Yes — the LRA Alumni Club. When you complete this course on an engaged format (Live Cohort, 1:1 Expert Mentorship, Applied Practice or Deep Review — 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. See the full Alumni Club section on the Full Stack programme page.

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).

1:1 Expert Mentorship — Applied Practice is an upgrade of the 1:1 Expert Mentorship route. It adds a consulting layer on your real working documents — climate scenario analysis, GHG inventory (Scope 1/2/3), TCFD alignment matrix, sustainability-related financial risk register, reporting entity scoping. Mentor + practitioner-consultant in one engagement.

This work happens outside the Studio platform — via email, file-share and Zoom under explicit NDA. The Studio learning environment stays standard (same content, same AI Tutor); your documents are not uploaded to the platform — we work them as files. Across 10 × 1.5h sessions, the mentor reviews your documents before each call and works with you on improvements during. You receive an improved climate scenario analysis, a refined financial materiality framework and IFRS-aligned risk register on the way out.

Choose Applied Practice if you are leading an active reporting cycle right now and want senior-practitioner judgement applied to your real materials — not just the standard.

Take the Full Stack programme if this is your first reporting cycle — your company is doing CSRD, climate or sustainability reporting for the first time. Even if IFRS S1 / S2 looks like a "narrow" framework on paper, a first-time reporter needs more mentor time, broader context and the full reporter foundation. A single standalone course will leave gaps you'll only spot under deadline.

Also take Full Stack if you're new to sustainability reporting in general, or you're tackling a multi-framework programme (EU + global + jurisdictional) and want one enrolment that holds it all together — with four certificates and read-mode access to the Assurance and Materiality Assessment courses.

Take this standalone course if you've already delivered at least one reporting cycle and now want to add IFRS S1 & S2 (ISSB) on top of an existing standard you already use. You know the territory — you just want the focused practitioner mentorship on this specific standard.

Or take this standalone course if you have a functional background (finance, audit, risk, strategy, IR) and want to layer this reporting profile on top of it — e.g. a finance or treasury professional adding sustainability disclosure to your existing IFRS financial-reporting workflow. Your functional anchor gives you the structure a standalone course assumes.

Full Stack starts higher (from £999 Guided Flex, up to £3,495 Deep Review) than this standalone course (from £499 Guided Flex, up to £2,995 Applied Practice) but includes four certificates — Full Stack diploma + ESRS + IFRS S1/S2 + official GRI Standards Certified — plus read-mode access to the Assurance and Materiality Assessment courses. See the Full Stack programme page for the full picture. Either way, completing on a Live Cohort, 1:1, Applied Practice or Deep Review route makes you a member of the LRA Alumni Club — 30% off any future LRA course — for life (Guided Flex routes don't unlock Club membership).