Reporting & Disclosure

Reporting & Disclosure

ERM helps organizations take control of their sustainability narrative as they respond to voluntary reporting and regulatory-driven disclosure expectations. We engage and co-create with a broad range of stakeholders, making the process a streamlined, forward-looking, value-creating opportunity, that elevates brand, strengthens relationships and informs action.

Engage stakeholders, create business value

Markets expect ESG strategies to be built for real impact, rather than marketing purposes. ESG performance targets and carbon metrics need to be central to the realities of business operations.

Sustainability reporting is shifting from voluntary to mandatory (e.g., CSRD/ESRS, California, IFRS/ISSB, SEC). These disclosures have common objectives: communicating ESG risks; outlining strategy; disclosing long- and short-term targets and progress; engaging stakeholders across the value chain; and strengthening ESG governance.

The proliferation of sustainability disclosures has created a complex landscape of demands for both quantitative and qualitative data. To unlock value from disclosure, organizations need to align data-gathering processes, embrace digitized solutions, and develop metrics that offer operational insight.

In making decisions on climate and sustainability, leaders must balance credibility, reputation and profitability. Issues such as ‘greenwashing’ and ‘greenhushing’ remain key concerns for organizations grappling with what data they should release into the public domain.

Drive action and build brand value by focusing on material issues and deeply understanding stakeholders’ needs.

Determine what is material

Best practice disclosures focus on the most material topics for the organization and its stakeholders. Our fit-for-purpose materiality processes leverage expertise from environmental and social scientists and engineers to provide clients with a valuable outside-in perspective.

Report with purpose and clarity

Sustainability reporting at ERM is founded on principles of transparency, ESG expertise and connectivity with/understanding of expectations from a broad range of stakeholders. We generate narratives (lead message, sentiment, pillars and proof points) that become the foundation for all sustainability communications, which are promoted and positioned through multi-channel communication strategies.

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Streamline and digitize disclosure

Credible, robust and assurance-ready reporting requires digital solutions to support the collection, aggregation, analysis and assurance of sustainability disclosure data. ERM informs and enhances the disclosure process with technical solutions and assurance services, which include documentation, data quality, governance and process controls.

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Amplify sustainability outcomes

It’s crucial to share sustainability report metrics and messaging with key stakeholders, such as employees, customers and investors. ERM assists clients with proactive outreach and associated disclosures to ESG ratings agencies, for example, the S&P Corporate Sustainability Assessment, Dow Jones Sustainability Index and Carbon Disclosure Project.

Our approach

Reporting and Disclosure: achieve more impactful outcomes with ERM

Materiality and double materiality

External report copywriting and development management

Visual design services

Sustainability branding, marketing and communications

Market and stakeholder analysis

Reporting frameworks (e.g. GRI, SASB, TCFD)

ESG rating and rankings (e.g. MSCI, Sustainalytics, ISS)

ESG investor communication portals and executive summaries

Regulatory reporting and preparedness (e.g. CSRD, SEC, IFRS/ISSB)

ESG data (controls design, implementation and assurance readiness)

Outcomes

Strengthen brand appeal

Achieve regulatory compliance

Boost commercial advantage

Secure stakeholder trust

Our partnerships

ERM has an ever-expanding ecosystem of partners across each key area of the sustainability value chain, enabling us to meet our clients’ evolving needs and scale our impact.

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ERM in numbers

Our experience and insights are cross-industry and on a global scale

23,000

projects worked on in FY23

8,000+

employees in 40+ countries globally

152

countries where we worked on projects in 2023

3,000+

clients across all industries

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