How to Apply for ACSAP, CSAP or Lead CSAP:

  1. Please request an application pack and review the information contained in the Criteria for CSAP Programme.
  2. Complete the appropriate application form for the desired grade. Ensure that CSAP and Lead CSAP applications are signed by two witnesses, and enclose all the necessary supporting evidence.
  3. Send in your completed application form electronically along with all the relevant documentation and required evidence – at least 2 weeks before the relevant application period.
  4. There are four application periods per year. January 1st, March 1st, June 1st, October 1st
  5. Ensure that your initial application fee is paid at the time of application.
  6. AccountAbility will then perform an administration check and send the application for a technical review. Following a successful evaluation based on the findings of the two technical reviews, the AccountAbility certification manager will  make an offer of certification to the candidate.
  7. Certification is awarded to the candidate after payment of the annual fee and AA membership fee.


Practitioner Grades:

Grade
Training 
Experience 
Personal Statement
Telephone Interview

Associate Practitioner

(ACSAP)

5-day training

None Required

Brief

Not required

Practitioner

(CSAP)

5-day training

1 year of relevant experience,

or 3 years (if you do not have recognised training)

1000 words mandatory

Discretionary

LEAD Practitioner

(CLSAP)

5-day training

3 years of relevant experience

or 4 years (if you do not have recognised training)

1000 words mandatory

Mandatory

 

Note that a wide range of evidence is acceptable to meet the competence requirements. You should refer to the Sustainability Assurance Competency Framework for details of evidence accepted.

AccountAbility is a professional institute providing practitioners with access to current information, thinking and guidance. AA membership is crucial for practitioner development and a requirement for certification to any grade.

Application Fees:

Fee Description

Fee (in £’s)

Pay on Application: 

 

     Initial Application Fee (All grades) (1)

£104

Annual Fee (Once Certification is Offered):

  

     Associate Sustainability Assurance Practitioner (ACSAP)  (2)

£124

     Certified Sustainability Assurance Practioner (CSAP)  (2)

£179

     Certified Lead Sustainability Assurance Practitioner (Lead CSAP)  (2)

£194

Other:

  

     CSAP/Lead CSAP Telephone Interview

£106

     Practitioner Regrade Fee (1)

£146

     AccountAbility Individual Practitioner Membership

£120

Notes:

(1) Fees are not refundable

(2) Initial Annual Certification Fees are invoiced on first offer of certification and should not be paid with the application fee. Annual Certification Fees are thereafter payable on a rolling annual basis, i.e. if your Initial Annual Certification Fee was raised on 01 June 2011 your next Annual Certification Fee will be due on 01 June 2012.