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ESG – Sustainable Solutions
with INSIRE

We offer customized technical solutions to implement your reporting efficiently and accurately. With our holistic approach, you're ideally equipped to achieve your sustainability goals and present your company in a future-oriented manner.
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Many companies are currently facing the challenge of implementing the strict and complex EU sustainability requirements. Under certain circumstances, companies are required to publish non-financial reporting in accordance with the CSRD or the EU Taxonomy.

Overview of the most common challenges companies face in ESG reporting

WE support you in effectively implementing and reporting these new obligations by offering customized project and software solutions.

Our focus

focuses on consulting and implementation of CSRD and the EU Taxonomy requirements. With our expertise in functional and technical implementation, we ensure that your company can efficiently capture, manage, and report ESG data.

Our Goal

Our goal is not only to support our customers in meeting legal ESG requirements, but also to offer innovative software solutions that enable sustainable transformation.

What sets US apart

WE are distinguished by a sound understanding of regulatory requirements, in particular the CSRD and the EU Taxonomy, as well as by comprehensive expertise in SAP systems and the implementation of corresponding software solutions.

Synergy effects between financial and non-financial reporting

Use of existing reports and identification of green shares
standardization of reporting processes
Synergies in the area of ​​master data
between ERP systems and ESG
Structure of the booking structures
e.g. in SAP CO for direct
Identification of OPEX, sales, etc. for EU taxonomy
Organization of the reporting system
for group companies and integration
ESG topics in the reporting process
Development of investment management, e.g. in SAP
for the direct identification of CAPEX for EU taxonomy
Illustration of the ESG data query
in existing solutions e.g. in SEM-BCS
KPI determination
Establish a connection between ESG and accounting data and relationships

Double materiality – the basis of modern ESG reporting

Double materiality

The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) defines mandatory ESG issueswhich must be assessed for their double materiality. The guidelines on materiality and information on which information must be disclosed are set out in the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) explained.

Taking double materiality into account

Consideration of the entire value chain

The involvement of stakeholders to identify

The inclusion of future integration of perspectives and interests

Our approach

3 Steps to CSRD Reporting

The  CSRD reporting involves three steps: First, data points analyzed, a value chain profile created and Stakeholder This is followed by a double materiality analysisfollowed by a GAP analysisIn the second phase, the results are transferred into tools and a reporting structure is set up. The final step integrates the process into everyday business, including project management, coordination and progress reports on implementation.

These modules are based on your individual needs and can be used flexibly and individually.

Module 1
Analysis & preparation of data points
  • Inventory analysis/value chain profile
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Double materiality analysis
  • Validation of the results
    (Identification of the key IROS)
  • GAP analysis
Module 2
Implementation reporting
  • Inventory analysis/value chain profile
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Double materiality analysis
  • Validation of the results
    (Identification of the key IROS)
  • GAP analysis
Module 3
Process integration
  • Inventory analysis/value chain profile
  • Stakeholder engagement

 

EU-Taxonomy

3 steps to fulfilling the EU Taxonomy reporting obligation

To fulfill the EU taxonomy reporting obligation The process takes place in three steps: First, the taxonomy-capable economic activities analyzed, classified and a conformity assessment carried out. The taxonomy-compliant shares an RevenueCapEx and OpEx In the second phase, the Results from Phase 1 provided, a tool was selected and developed, and interfaces to upstream and downstream systems were created to implement the EU taxonomy. The last step involves the process integration through the development of a standard process and its establishment in everyday business, supported by project management, coordination and controlling.

These modules are based on your individual needs and can be used flexibly and individually.

Module 1
Analysis & preparation of data points
  • Analysis and classification of taxonomy-eligible economic activities 
  • conformity assessment
  • Determination of the taxonomy-compliant shares of revenue, CapEx and OpEx
Module 2
Implementation reporting
  • Provision of results from Phase 1
  • Tool selection and structure
  • Interfaces to upstream and downstream systems
  • Implementation of the EU taxonomy
Module 3
Process integration
  • Development of a control process
  • Establishment in everyday business

Project management

In addition, we offer you professional project management upon request to support you not only with the professional and technical implementation but also with the organizational implementation.

  • Creation of the project structure, including project and schedule plans, definition of sub-projects and identification of relevant project participants.
  • Coordination of the project, such as coordinating appointments and providing a central contact person.
  • Project controlling, including the preparation of progress reports and the preparation of important decisions.

YOUR starting situation

We support you with your individual challenge

Initial situation 1

YOUR CHALLENGES:

“As part of the CSRD, we are obliged to report on our sustainability. We don’t yet have the skills, processes and structures to start the project.”

Initial situation 2

YOUR CHALLENGES:

"We already have an internal team of experts dedicated to sustainability reporting. We have started identifying our data sources."

Initial situation 3

YOUR CHALLENGES:

“We have already completed the specialist project and would now like to support and automate reporting using a tool.”

OUR SOLUTIONS:

We support you in building understanding and help you define processes, roles and structures.

OUR SOLUTIONS:

We support you in the preparation and analysis work. From collecting data at the source, involving stakeholders to identifying the value flows and analyzing the data points.

OUR SOLUTIONS:

We record your requirements for software and evaluate the potential solutions with you in view of your IT architecture and carry out the implementation.

The procedure for selecting software

The Importance of Making the Right Software Decision
Overview of our support services

comprehensive steering of software selection process

Ensuring a customer matching Procedure.

implementation of the inventory and installation of the catalog of criteria.

Definition of a suitable demo cases for manufacturer presentations.

Creation of one Summary of results with management summary (Letter of recommendation for the board).

coordination all meetings internally and with the manufacturers.

You will also benefit from:

Provision one of INSIRE's predefined catalog of criteria for the area of ​​ESG reporting.

Providing a suitable sample of a demo cases for the manufacturer presentation.

Contact from INSIRE to the relevant Contact persons the software manufacturer.

Use of one proven approach.

Software Selection Process

1. Development of a target image

2. Deriving the specific requirements

3. Software selection

  • Definition of the specific fields of action and   optimizations
  • conditions the IT (landscape)
  • rough concept draw up
  • Definition of the content-related and procedural requirements to the software
  • Department of Evaluation Criteria to one future ESG software
  • Creation of one Short List for the specific software selection
  • Company-specific  requirements for the showcases the software manufacturer defines
  • lens frame created for the presentation
  • Subjective and objective assessment the showcases
  • parallel assessment along more detailed Evaluation Criteria   (Questionnaire)

Scenario for integration: Design of a possible target architecture using SAP as an example

We are glad to be here for you
Your contact person

Yanni Huang

Manager ESG-Reporting
+49 (0) 201 – 830 17 807
Make your company future-proof
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FAQ – Frequently asked questions about ESG reporting

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