Sustainability Consulting
Accountor's sustainability consulting is your key to achieving sustainable growth and meeting stakeholder expectations. Our experts ensure that ESG perspectives (environmental, social responsibility, and good governance) are seamlessly integrated into every aspect of your business, strengthening your competitive edge. Did you know that sustainability aspects are becoming increasingly significant in partnership and financing negotiations?
Our consultants can assist you with services such as:
→ ESG screening
→ Sustainability Reporting
→ Double Materiality Analysis
→ ESG Roadmap
→ Biodiversity and climate Initiatives
Who Benefits from Sustainability Consulting?
Sustainability consulting is designed for all companies looking to align their operations with current sustainability demands and improve long-term competitiveness. Our services are especially suited for organizations aiming to:
- Enhance their environmental and social responsibility
- Identify and manage sustainability-related risks
- Meet increasing customer and stakeholder sustainability expectations
- Strengthen their reputation and employer branding as a responsible business
Whether you're just starting your sustainability journey or are well along the way, we are here to support you. Together, we’ll find the solutions that best suit your business, enabling you to make a positive impact.
Our Sustainability Services
ESG Screening
Kick-start or further your sustainability efforts.
With an ESG screening, we assess your company’s current sustainability status and define the next steps. This process helps you identify key stakeholders and risks in your sustainability work while seeking the most promising sustainability opportunities.
Key outcomes include identifying your company’s most important ESG obligations and providing a practical list of actions. ESG screening prepares you to meet obligations and start integrating sustainability into your business.
Pricing starts at €2,900 (VAT excluded).
Sustainability Reporting
Receive clear and expert guidance on ESG reporting tailored to your company’s specific needs, regardless of industry or size. We help you comply with regulatory requirements, adopt best practices for sustainable development, and communicate your sustainability efforts effectively to stakeholders.
- Reporting System for SMEs: Our customized reporting tool simplifies sustainability management.
- CSRD Reporting & ESRS Standards: We guide you in preparing for CSRD at a level appropriate for your business.
- Compliance with Global Standards: We ensure your reports meet the requirements of standards such as GRI and EcoVadis.
Double Materiality Analysis
We assist in conducting a high-quality double materiality analysis (DMA), ensuring compliance with ESRS standards. With an expert support, your ESG reporting will be comprehensive and impactful, keeping you ahead in a rapidly evolving regulatory environment.
The DMA process is tailored to your business, with steps varying in scope and duration based on your needs. This phased approach ensures a robust foundation for ESG reporting.
ESG Roadmap
An ESG roadmap for strategic sustainability work.
An ESG roadmap is essential for businesses seeking to develop operations strategically toward more sustainable business. The roadmap outlines your current state and target levels, providing measurable goals and indicators to track progress. It helps you take concrete steps to benefit both the environment and people.
We help you create a tailored ESG roadmap, often involving stakeholders, setting key metrics (KPIs), and developing an actionable plan with clear objectives. The roadmap not only mitigates risks but also unlocks opportunities for growth and innovation!
Biodiversity
We support your business in adopting international frameworks like Science-Based Targets for Nature (SBTN) and biodiversity reporting aligned with TNFD, enabling you to lead in protecting biodiversity.
Together, we develop a biodiversity roadmap to guide your company in taking concrete actions to preserve biodiversity. Through ecological compensation, we ensure your business accounts for and mitigates its impact on nature while advancing sustainable development.
Three Key Benefits of Sustainability Work
Stand Out from Competitors
Manage Risks
Grow Your Business Sustainably
Today is a good day to start your sustainability journey. Get in touch!
Sustainability Consulting – Frequently Asked Questions
- Which companies are affected by the CSRD sustainability reporting directive?
- By 2024: Large, significant companies already reporting under the NFRD.
- By 2025: Companies or groups meeting at least two of the following criteria:
- Over 250 employees
- Over €50M turnover
- Over €25M total assets.
By 2026: Listed small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), with slightly reduced reporting requirements.
Even if the reporting obligation does not directly apply to all companies, supply chain reporting needs will extend the requirements to a broad range of businesses. For unlisted SMEs, a voluntary simplified standard (VSME) is available, helping them report key ESG metrics and address common stakeholder concerns with an appropriate scope.
- What is a sustainability report, and what should it include?
A sustainability report is a summary of an organization’s commitments to promoting long-term sustainable development—for the planet, people, and the company. Its purpose is to provide transparent and reliable information, influencing investor decisions, customer relationships, and talent attraction. A statutory sustainability report is typically included as part of the annual report.
Key components of a sustainability report:
- Description of the business model and value chain.
- Key sustainability themes, evaluated through impact and financial materiality.
- Actions, goals, and metrics (KPIs) demonstrating outcomes.
- Details on sustainability policies and governance documents.
The EU NFRD directive (since 2016) regulates the content of sustainability reports, and the new EU CSRD directive (effective January 2024) expands and standardizes reporting requirements. It also specifies how analyses should be conducted and what data must be reported.
- What are the benefits of double materiality analysis?
- Comprehensive risk assessment: Incorporating both financial and impact perspectives offers a more complete view of risks and opportunities, enabling better anticipation of challenges.
- Enhanced transparency: Double Materiality Analysis (DMA) boosts transparency by providing stakeholders with a clearer understanding of the company’s sustainability practices and true impacts.
- Regulatory compliance: Ensures alignment with EU reporting standards.
- Strategic advantage: Integrating sustainability into core business strategies through DMA builds trust among stakeholders and strengthens the company’s position with a more transparent evaluation.
- For which companies is biodiversity particularly important?
- Agriculture and food industries: Biodiversity is crucial due to impacts on genetic diversity, food chains, and heavy reliance on natural ecosystems.
- Energy and mining sectors: These industries must develop measures to protect biodiversity due to their significant environmental impacts.
- Construction and infrastructure projects: Such projects greatly affect biodiversity, requiring evaluation of ecosystem health during planning and compensatory measures for lost ecological value in projects.
