Why working with a provider

Reporting software is a promise, not just a tool.

When your sustainability report depends on a professional, GRI Standards-based platform with a named provider behind it, the quality of your disclosures stops depending on one busy spreadsheet owner.

The benefits

What working with a reporting-software provider gives you.

Built to the standard, not adapted to it

Disclosure fields follow GRI 1, GRI 2 and GRI 3 plus the Topic Standards that apply to you, so the content index is produced by the system instead of assembled by hand.

Updates when the standards change

Revisions to the Universal, Sector or Topic Standards reach your reporting platform as part of your service agreement. You are not rebuilding spreadsheets every time a standard is updated.

Accountable for the result

A provider working under a support agreement commits to response times, defect fixes and working software. A template downloaded from the internet comes with nobody to call when it breaks mid-reporting-cycle.

Evidence your assurance provider accepts

Named data owners, approvals, timestamps and change history give an assurance provider a traceable path from a reported figure back to its source.

Data security and access control

Role-based permissions, encrypted storage and routine backups keep sensitive workforce, supplier and incident data under control — with a clear record of who saw what.

Comparability year after year

Locked metric definitions and restatement handling mean this year's figures can be set next to last year's, which is what investors, lenders and customers actually compare.

Implementation, not just a login

Onboarding, data-source mapping, template configuration and training for your teams are part of the engagement, so capability stays in-house after we hand over.

Predictable commercial terms

Scope, users, support hours and renewal conditions are defined in the service agreement, so reporting costs are planned rather than discovered late in the cycle.

Side by side

Professional reporting software versus ad-hoc spreadsheets.

  • Standards updates

    Delivered with your support agreement

    Someone on your team tracks every revision

  • Evidence for assurance

    Approvals, logs and source links in one place

    Email chains and file versions

  • Data ownership

    Access control, backups, retention rules

    Shared drives and personal spreadsheets

  • Reporting timeline

    Workflows with owners and deadlines

    Copy-paste at the end of the year

  • Cost

    Defined service and support terms

    Unrecorded staff hours and rework

What the agreement covers

Everything in one agreement.

Software, configuration and the expertise to use it are agreed together, so nothing needed to publish a credible report sits outside the scope.

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  • GRI disclosure library configured for your sector and material topics
  • Materiality register with stakeholder input captured against each topic
  • Data collection assigned to named owners with validation rules
  • Approval workflow before any figure reaches the report draft
  • Content index and disclosures export in report-ready format
  • Evidence pack prepared for limited assurance
  • Training sessions and documentation for internal teams
  • Software updates covering changes to the GRI Standards

How the engagement works

Three steps, then it runs.

  1. Step 1

    Scope

    We agree the disclosures, users, sites and reporting periods your setup must cover.

  2. Step 2

    Configure

    The platform is set up around your material topics, data sources and approval chain.

  3. Step 3

    Support

    You get updates, helpdesk access and a review before each report is published.

Credentials

Our GRI certification and expert group details

Reference numbers and verification links, kept up to date.

Our aim is to become a GRI licensed software provider. That work is in progress and is not a credential we hold today. Anything we are formally entitled to display will be published on our credentials page with a reference you can verify — nothing more.

Start with your reporting gaps, not a product demo.

Tell us what you report on today and what your customers, lenders or regulators are asking for. We'll show you what a managed software setup would change for your team.

We deliver GRI Standards-based reporting and reporting software. Service, support and training terms are set out in our service agreement.