Sustainability Reporting
At Essential ESG, we’ve been on the tools when it comes to sustainability reporting since long before AI became a buzzword; meaning we know what great looks like and what can get you into trouble.
That’s why we’ve built an AI-native sustainability reporting platform that de-risks sustainability and climate reporting by creating audit-ready sustainability and climate risk reports, without compromising on content quality.
Benefits
Client retention and attraction
Your most valuable clients trust you, but they need to produce a sustainability report as part of their financial statements under new mandatory Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards. Our AI-native platform helps you expand your services and keeps your clients from seeking the critical support they need elsewhere.
Transform complex ESG data into clear reports and visuals
Replace siloed, slow, incomplete spreadsheets with clear, compelling visuals that tell your client’s ESG story to all stakeholders. Generate regulatory reports, presentations, and bid/tender inputs with benchmark comparisons and powerful proof points. Complete this in several weeks, instead of several months.
Align and collaborate on data collection
Manage all of your client’s sustainability data and reporting on one centralised platform with our efficient workflow management system and user-friendly UI, allowing cross-functional collaboration between teams.
Stay compliant as regulations change
The platform is continuously updated to reflect regulatory changes across all relevant ESG frameworks, keeping your client’s business compliant so your team and theirs can focus on core business and financial sustainability.
How it works
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Client gap assessment
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Spend just 15 minutes completing our ESG gap analysis tool
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Generate a report that shows exactly where your client’s strengths, gaps, and opportunities lay, with plan-on-a-page action plan.
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Set up client profile
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Input key information including ABN and ANZSIC code.
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Upload key client documentation including org structure, asset register, and other information.
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Work through each module
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Your teams work through each module, guided every step of the way by the platform with an option to seek targeted expertise from our team when needed.
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All modules are mapped to the relevant AASB S1/S2 requirements.
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Create report and supporting collateral
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Agentic AI crafts the first draft of the report, providing expert input and guidance as needed to ensure accuracy and avoid greenwashing.
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Final client-branded report approved by client and lodged with ASIC.
Platform features
Nine modules. One complete ESG compliance platform.
Every module is purpose-built for a specific AASB S1/S2 disclosure obligation. Nothing generic, nothing adapted from a global template. Built by Australian sustainability professionals for Australian reporting requirements.
Location & industry specific intelligence
Just add your client’s org structure, operational sites and other key documentation, and the AI does the work. The system automatically pre-populates relevant material ESG topics against their business model, value chain, operational locations, and assets (tangible and non-tangible)
Emissions calculation
Through document uploads and smart APIs, the system calculates carbon emissions in real-time using the most relevant methodologies for your client. Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions data entry and edits are timestamped and traceable for ease of audit.
Climate risk mapping
Physical and transition risks are mapped based on industry, location and business model using a range of global and regional climate pathways and timeframes. Every risk specific to your client’s business.
Climate scenario analysis
Using leading climate system (biophysical) models, a range of mandatory and sensitivity testing scenarios are run against your client’s current and future business model. Financial impact determinations are made across key line items including revenue, assets and capital expenditure are completed.
Targets & tracking
Use pre-set or create unique ESG and climate targets with a baseline year, target year and methodology. Track progress with month/month and year/year comparisons, trajectory charts and traffic light status.
Governance statements
Full board and management governance statements. Structured fields with contextual guidance and a tailored Directors’ declaration.
Disclosure drafting
Agentic AI generates formal, Board and regulator ready disclosure language across all applicable ASRS pillars from the results created. The client reviews and approves every word. No blank page, no starting from scratch, full visibility and full ownership.
Assurance sign-off
Aligned to ASSA 5010 and AUSB, mapping of limited assurance requirements against each disclosure is automated. Generate a readiness report to share with the external auditor before the engagement begins.
Board & client-ready reports
Professionally designed, fully branded report with your client’s logo and Directors Declaration, ready for ASIC lodgement.
Why Essential ESG?
AI-native versus AI-powered – what’s the difference?
AI-powered is when AI-tools are added into legacy systems and processes; they typically only speed things up by 10%-15%. AI-native is a system and process framework built around bespoke AI tools, from the ground up. This reduces the time to completion by up to 70% and at a significantly lower overhead, while ensuring every single piece of the reporting journey is traceable and simpler to audit.
We know what good looks like.
We’ve been working in ESG for over 20 years, so we’ve seen first hand how sustainability reporting frameworks and regulations have evolved (and understand why). Our depth of experience across not just reporting, but also ESG strategy, project management, and governance means we know what best practice looks like and where and how businesses can run into trouble.
Purpose-built ESG dataset
We don’t use generic mass market AI systems, we use specifically trained AI models and agents to do the heavy lifting and work at a pace that humans simply cannot. With human oversight to ensure outputs are to the standard our clients expect, the agents work using purpose-built databases and APIs to ensure the outputs are comprehensive, accurate, and defensible.
Fast setup, fractional cost
The Commonwealth Treasury estimates the average cost to comply with AASB S1/S2 in the first year ranges from $200,000 to $1M+, due to the high costs and long deliverable timeframes associated with traditional ESG consulting models. We strongly believe these are costs Group 2 & 3 entities should not need to bare - so Essential ESG helps them get compliant in weeks, not months—at a fraction of the traditional cost and time.
Security and privacy you can trust
Protecting your data is central to everything we do. Client data integrity and confidentiality is secured with our SOC2 and ISO 27001 certified system, adhering to strict compliance standards.