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Climate Change and Sustainability Reporting

See environmental and social impact alongside the risks and opportunities it creates.

FinAscend uses the ESG framework to help organisations better understand the impact of their business activities on the environment and society, together with the related risks and opportunities they face.

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The ESG framework

Sustainability reporting gives business activity a wider frame of reference.

A company’s activities can create effects beyond its financial statements. Climate change and sustainability reporting uses the ESG framework to create greater understanding of those effects on the environment and society.

The same view helps the organisation consider the risks and opportunities it faces in relation to those impacts.

A wider business view
Understand the impact of business activity, then consider the risks and opportunities connected to it.

The ESG reporting lens

Four perspectives that help the organisation understand its sustainability context.

FinAscend’s ESG reporting approach connects environmental and societal impact with the risks and opportunities faced by the organisation.

Environment

Environmental impact

Provide greater understanding of how the company’s business activities affect the environment.

Business activity → environmental context
Society

Societal impact

Consider the impact of business activities on society as part of the ESG reporting framework.

Business activity → social context
Risk

Risks the company faces

Assess the risks connected to the organisation’s environmental and societal context.

Impact understanding → risk awareness
Opportunity

Opportunities the company faces

Identify opportunities that emerge from a clearer understanding of sustainability-related impact and context.

Context and change → opportunity awareness

Impact and business context

The ESG view connects what the organisation affects with what may affect the organisation.

The reporting frame brings environmental and social impact into the same conversation as business risk and opportunity.

Impact outward. Risk and opportunity inward. One more complete view.
E

Environment

Impact of business activities on the environment

S

Society

Impact of business activities on society

R

Risk

Risks the company may face

O

Opportunity

Opportunities the company may identify

ESG frameworkUnderstand the whole context

A clearer sustainability context

Reporting can make the organisation’s wider impact, risks and opportunities easier to understand.

The ESG framework creates a structured view of the relationship between business activities, environmental and societal impact, and the organisation’s changing context.

Environmental understanding

A clearer view of the environmental effects connected to the company’s activities.

Social understanding

Greater awareness of how business activities may affect society.

Risk awareness

A structured way to consider the sustainability-related risks faced by the company.

Opportunity awareness

A clearer basis for identifying opportunities connected to the organisation’s sustainability context.

Sustainability reporting questions

A practical introduction to FinAscend’s ESG reporting scope.

Explore key questions about FinAscend’s approach to climate change and sustainability reporting.

FinAscend uses the ESG framework to support climate change and sustainability reporting.

It helps create more understanding of the impact of the company’s business activities on the environment and society.

Yes. The reporting considers the risks an organisation may face in relation to its environmental, social and wider sustainability context.

Yes. The service also considers the opportunities a company may face.

Start a conversation

Bring environmental impact, social context, risk and opportunity into a clearer view.

Connect with FinAscend to discuss climate change and sustainability reporting using the ESG framework.