Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco) recently organised a three-day intensive training course on sustainability reporting using Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) framework.

The aim of the course was to enable the company staff to measure, report and improve its environmental, social and corporate governance performance using the widely acclaimed reporting framework by GRI, reported the Gulf Daily News, our sister publication.

The course was attended by Bapco chairman and acting chief executive Adel Khalil Al Moayyed, deputy chief executive for refining and marketing Ebrahim Talib and a number of general managers.

"Participating delegates came from a diverse cross-section of the company representing departments such as occupational health, environment, finance, information technology, security, human resources and public relations, among others," remarked Bapco general manager for HR and administration Ghassan Ali Al Muhanna.

"Systematic sustainability reporting will help organisations to accurately measure the impact it causes or experiences, set goals and manage change," said Al Muhanna. "It is the key platform for communicating sustainability performance and impact," he added.-TradeArabia News Service