Build your ESG reporting platform.
Connect sustainability measures to periods, definitions and source evidence.
How to build your esg reporting platform
Describe the job
Connect sustainability measures to periods, definitions and source evidence.
Review the first version
Choose how the reporting coordinator records the metric and how the metric owner reviews the next step.
Refine the views
Ask First to adjust the fields and views for the people who will use the app.
Test before sharing
Walk through the process with a sample record and check who owns the next action.
An ESG reporting platform example
Two business units report energy data using different units.
ESG reporting platform example
- Record
- ESG reporting platform · 01
- Owner
- Reporting coordinator
Current stage · Reporting coordinator
Open the metric
Two business units report energy data using different units.
Read the full walkthrough
Open the metric
Two business units report energy data using different units.
- Record:
- ESG reporting platform · 01
- Owner:
- Reporting coordinator
Review the review decision
Require a reviewed common basis before combining the figures.
- Stage:
- Awaiting metric owner review
- Owner:
- Metric owner
Keep incompatible units separate
Keep incompatible units separate until a common reporting basis is reviewed.
- Next action:
- Keep incompatible units separate until a common reporting basis is reviewed.
- Owner:
- Sustainability reviewer
What to include in your esg reporting platform
Keep the metric in context
Keep metric, definition, period, boundary, source evidence and review decision together so the next person can understand the request or record.
When the next step needs a decision
Two business units report energy data using different units. Require a reviewed common basis before combining the figures.
Keep review decision visible
Keep incompatible units separate until a common reporting basis is reviewed.
Choose what each person needs
Give the reporting coordinator a working view and the metric owner a review view. Keep metric and definition attached to the decision as the work moves between them.
Questions about ESG reporting platform
Start with metric, definition, period, boundary, source evidence and review decision. Describe who enters the information and who reviews the next step.