At a glance
- Client
- A global retailerName withheld for confidentiality
- Industry
- Retail
- Service
- Sustainability
- Scope
- ESG data platform, framework mapping and reporting automation
The challenge
The retailer reported against five different ESG frameworks for around thirty investor relationships. Each report was assembled by hand from emails and spreadsheets, often with slightly different numbers.
The sustainability team spent most of the year collecting data instead of improving performance.
Our approach
Map the frameworks
We mapped every required metric across the frameworks to find overlaps.
Collect data once
Energy, waste, supply chain and people data flow into one platform from source systems.
Add controls
Ownership, approvals and audit trails make every number traceable.
Automate outputs
Reports for each framework are generated from the same approved data.
The solution
ESG data is now collected once, checked once and reused across every framework. Investor reports are consistent and produced in a fraction of the time.
The sustainability team uses its time to act on the data rather than gather it.
Results
- Five frameworks served from one data source
- Consistent numbers across all investor reports
- Audit trail for every metric
- Reporting effort cut sharply
Technology used
- ESG data platform
- GRI / SASB / TCFD mapping
- Data integration
- Workflow approvals
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