GRI · SECR · TCFD · CSRD
SME-friendly · Corporate-ready
An ESG report is the document where you tell the world how your business is doing on the environment, your people and how you’re run. We help large corporates and SMEs alike – across all the major standards (GRI, SECR, TCFD, CSRD) – and we write it in language a normal human can read. Done with you, not at you. We start with your real data, not a template, and we leave you a system you can re-run yourself.
Disclosure cycles
Frameworks core
Audit time reduced
Assurance ready
The standards, in plain English
If you’ve looked into ESG reporting before, you’ve probably hit a wall of acronyms. Here’s what the main ones actually mean, who they apply to, and what they ask of you.
GRI
GRI is the global reporting standard – used by more companies than any other. Voluntary. Good for SMEs and large businesses alike. Covers what you’re doing on the environment, your people and how the business is run.
SECR
If you’re a large UK company, you’re probably already required to publish this each year alongside your accounts. It covers your energy use and your direct carbon emissions. We get the numbers right and write the narrative.
TCFD
Mandatory for premium-listed and large UK companies. It asks how climate change affects your business and what you’re doing about it. Covers governance, strategy, risk and how you’re measuring progress.
CSRD
The new EU rule that pulls a lot of UK groups into much more detailed reporting from 2025/26 onwards. We run a readiness review and write the first report. Don’t panic — we’ll tell you in the first call whether it applies to you.
SASB
Useful if you have US-listed customers or investors. We map SASB onto whatever else you’re already publishing so you’re not writing the same thing twice.
ISSB
The standard most likely to consolidate everything else over the next few years. We’re already running early-adopter pilots so your year-3 plan is ready for it.
Advisory · For SMEs
Most SMEs aren’t legally required to publish a full ESG report yet. But your bigger customers, your bank and your tender buyers are increasingly asking for the same information. Getting ahead of it pays back quickly – and a short, well-written ESG summary is much easier (and cheaper) than people expect.
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Larger customers – particularly in construction, manufacturing, public sector and FM – now ask suppliers for carbon, social-value and governance evidence. An ESG summary turns “we don’t have one” into “here’s ours.” That difference wins contracts.
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Banks and insurers are pricing climate risk into lending and premiums. A clear ESG report often unlocks better rates, longer terms or new lines you weren’t eligible for before.
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Big-customer reporting requirements roll downhill. If your largest customer is in CSRD scope, they’ll be asking you for data soon. Doing a short ESG summary now keeps you in the supply chain when the requests start landing.
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The exercise of measuring your carbon footprint nearly always finds 8–18% cost reduction in operations – energy, waste, logistics, procurement. The reporting pays for itself.
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Younger workforces ask about sustainability at interview. A credible ESG report is a recruitment tool – particularly in skilled trades and professional services.
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The threshold for mandatory reporting is dropping every year. Companies that started early have a much easier time when the rule lands than companies that scramble in the last quarter before it does.
How a cycle runs
We look at what you currently report (if anything), compare it to the standard that actually applies to you, and tell you in plain English what you’ve got, what’s missing, and what to prioritise. You leave with a costed plan.
‘Materiality’ just means: which sustainability issues actually matter for your business and your stakeholders. We agree those, then collect and check the underlying data. Some standards ask for ‘double materiality’ — we’ll tell you whether yours does.
We design the report itself — what gets measured, what gets written about, how the data tables look, and (where the standard requires it) how climate risks are described. The structure is yours to keep and re-run each year.
We write the report in plain English. No greenwashing. No corporate vapour. Just an honest account of what you’re doing, what you’re still working on, and what’s next. People can actually read it.
We sit alongside your auditors and answer their questions for you. Clients typically see auditor time on ESG sections drop by 30–50% after year one, and year two takes about half the effort of year one.
Pricing
Price depends on which standard applies to you, the data you already have, and how many sites or entities you need to cover. We send a simple one-page proposal after a 15-minute call. Year two costs noticeably less than year one because the system is yours — re-runnable, not a bespoke rebuild.
What you can expect
Common questions
It’s the document where your business reports on its environmental, social and governance performance – your carbon footprint, your people, the way you’re run. Big companies are now legally required to publish one. Smaller companies are increasingly being asked for the same information by their customers, banks and tender buyers.
All the main ones – GRI, SECR, TCFD, CSRD, SASB and the newer ISSB standards. Don’t worry if those acronyms mean nothing yet. In our first call we’ll tell you in plain English which one applies to your business and why.
More than people think. You probably won’t be legally required to publish a full ESG report yet, but your bigger customers, your bank and your tender buyers are increasingly asking for the same information. A short, well-written ESG summary often unlocks new contracts and better lending terms – and is a much cheaper place to start than waiting until it becomes mandatory.
We work alongside your auditors, whether that’s a Big Four firm or your usual accountants. Everything we deliver is written so an auditor can sign it off. Most clients see auditor time on the ESG sections drop by 30–50% after the first year, simply because the evidence is well organised.
Yes. CSRD is the EU directive that pulls a lot of UK groups into more detailed reporting from 2025/26 onwards. We run a readiness review, work out which bits of the standard apply to you, get the data in shape, and write the report. Our Welsh Government and FGCW work keeps us current as UK and EU rules diverge.
Around 4 to 6 weeks for the data and the write-up, plus another 2 to 4 for working with your auditors. Year two is roughly half that – because we leave you a system you can re-run, not a one-off PDF.
That’s the goal. The templates, data setup and write-up structure are yours to keep. Most clients run year two themselves with a half-day of advisory from us. Some keep us on; plenty don’t.
Book a 15-min walkthrough. We’ll show you a real reporting cycle, share what your framework actually requires, and give you a one-page price band within 24 hours.
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