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Engineering
FinReg's EnSiGn is designed to guide you through the complexities of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), providing clarity and consistency on the complex data and reporting requirements.
Engineered by a cross-industry team of ESG, Governance, and Assurance experts, EnSiGn is tightly aligned with the Disclosure Requirements of the CSRD and related ESRS standards, providing a focused and structured approach for your team to identify, record and evidence compliance, drafting a comprehensive report, and preparing you for the mandatory external assurance process.
Double Materiality
With its clearly structured double materiality assessment process, interactive dashboards, and customisable reporting templates, EnSiGn supports the full journey from planning to reporting on sustainability-related policies, actions, targets and metrics, while highlighting opportunities to reduce sustainability-related financial risks and remediate business impacts on people and the environment.
Expert-Driven Innovation for CSRD Compliance
Subject Matter Expertise
EnSiGn's development is anchored in a collaborative effort between our team and Subject Matter Experts, merging insights from ESG, Governance, and Assurance specialists, who bring a critical perspective to building EnSiGn's alignment with reporting standards.
Design & Innovation
We worked with Solution Design experts to translate the complex ESRS disclosure requirements into EnSiGn's user-friendly, structured workflow, prioritising alignment to the standards and streamlining the data recording and reporting processes. The Design Thinking approach leads to an intuitive solution that meets the expectations of compliance, audit, and reporting professionals.
User-Centric Development
The design of EnSiGn has been enhanced by extensive feedback from specialist sustainability business partners, ensuring the solution goes beyond the theory and rigidity of the standards to be relevant and useable in real-world applications.
Navigating CSRD and ESRS with Clarity
In the evolving landscape of corporate sustainability, understanding the intricacies of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) is crucial. These legislative frameworks are not merely compliance requirements; they represent a significant shift towards transparency and accountability for sustainability matters in the corporate world.
The Role of CSRD in Corporate Reporting
The CSRD expands the scope of sustainability reporting beyond traditional financial metrics. It encompasses a broader range of companies and demands detailed disclosure on how businesses impact people and the planet. This directive signifies a pivotal change in how corporations approach sustainability, embedding it deeply into their operational and strategic frameworks.
Implications of ESRS for Businesses
The ESRS complements the CSRD by providing a set of standards for sustainability reporting. These standards guide businesses in disclosing relevant information, including their approach to managing significant environmental, social and governance issues. The ESRS fosters comparability and consistency in reporting, enabling stakeholders to assess and compare corporate sustainability performances effectively.
Driving Sustainable Development
​By aligning with CSRD and ESRS, companies not only adhere to regulatory requirements but also contribute to the broader goals of sustainable development. These frameworks encourage businesses to evaluate their impact on critical global issues like climate change, resource depletion, and social inequality, and take proactive measures for improvement.
Empowering Stakeholder Engagement
Transparency in sustainability reporting empowers stakeholders. It allows them to make informed decisions, hold companies accountable, and engage constructively in driving sustainable business practices. This increased stakeholder engagement is vital for building trust and fostering long-term relationships.
A New Era of Sustainability Transparency
The CSRD and ESRS set the stage for a more sustainable future by making available to stakeholders detailed information on material sustainability matters. They aim to provide stakeholders, including investors and the public, with clear, comparable, and reliable information on companies' environmental, social and governance impacts, risks and opportunities. This transparency is essential for driving the objectives of the European Commission to transform the EU into a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy, ensuring:
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no net emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050;
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economic growth decoupled from resource use;
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and no person and no place left behind.
EnSiGn
Your route to compliance with the CSRD+ESRS Reporting Requirements
Discover EnSiGn, the cutting-edge solution specifically designed to navigate the intricate landscape of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). Engineered with precision and focus, EnSiGn leads the way in the bewildering sea of ESG reporting tools, offering an unparalleled solution of clarity, compliance, and innovation.
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Integrated Reference Material
EnSiGn has a carefully designed interface that aligns precisely with the CSRD and ESRS requirements, and every Datapoint has built-in links directly to the relevant passage in the reporting standards, serving both as a robust compliance record and an educational guide. The software simplifies the complex requirements into actionable and understandable questions, guiding you through every step of your reporting journey.
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Interactive Dashboard Monitoring
Visualise your sustainability journey with EnSiGn’s dynamic dashboards.
The real-time graphics offer insights into your sustainability impacts, risks and opportunities, and progress towards a compliant report.
The pre-configured dashboards are designed to highlight key metrics in the journey, and can be customised to focus on the data most relevant for your leadership team, regulators, auditors or other stakeholders.
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Simplified Double Materiality
At the core of EnSiGn is a structured and simplified double materiality assessment module, which guides you to identify relevant sustainability matters for further assessment, and to omit matters that are not material, with appropriate evidence to support these key judgements. This feature helps to ensure that your reporting is not only compliant but also strategically focused on sustainability matters of greatest significance to your stakeholders and business operations.
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Customisable Reporting Templates
EnSiGn recognises that one size does not fit all in sustainability reporting. Our pre-configured templates:
Draft Sustainability Report; and Sustainability Audit Pack; are designed to meet your key reporting needs.
Customised templates can be tailored to your reporting needs by drawing on the data already captured in EnSiGn. These reports are automatically generated in human-readable file format and ready for machine-readable iXBRL tagged format, as required by the CSRD.
Designed for Precision and Excellence in ESG Reporting
EnSiGn is more than just another ESG reporting tool; it is a commitment to excellence in sustainability reporting. Embrace the future of CSRD+ESRS compliance with a solution that is carefully designed for clarity, consistency, verifiability and auditability.
Welcome to a new era of sustainability reporting with EnSiGn.