Sustainability reporting: meet the regulations and communicate your results, without duplicating the effort
“Sustainability reporting” can mean two very different things: a regulatory obligation you have to meet, or a voluntary communication of your results (a sustainability report). Many companies do not know which of the two they need, nor which reference framework their reporting should be based on. Let us start there.
Challenge
Produce your sustainability reporting without it turning into a never-ending project
The ecosystem of sustainability standards keeps growing: CSRD and its ESRS for the companies under obligation, VSME as a simplified voluntary standard designed for SMEs, or GRI and SASB when the reporting is required by a client, an investor or a parent group. Which framework to use is rarely obvious, and the real risk is that the process drags on indefinitely and ends up serving no purpose.
Our approach
We do not start from the standard, we start from your situation: size, sector, markets and who is asking you for the reporting. From there we choose the right framework — CSRD/ESRS, VSME, GRI, SASB or another framework specific to your sector — and we build the same ESG data base that underpins it, so that it also serves you if the standard changes.
What we do
- Diagnosis of which standard or standards apply to you or are worth adopting (CSRD/ESRS, VSME, GRI, SASB or another sector framework).
- Double materiality analysis as a common foundation, whatever the final standard.
- Structuring of the content in line with the chosen framework.
- Support with data collection and the final drafting.
- Preparation for external assurance, when the standard requires it.
What you get
A sustainability report compliant with the standard that applies to you, with traceability for auditing and a data base you can reuse in future reporting years or if the regulations change.
Who it’s for
Companies required to report by regulation, and also those reporting voluntarily because clients, investors or lenders ask for it — whatever the case, the starting point is the same.