Insights & Resources
Expert perspectives on ESG strategy, impact measurement, sustainability reporting, and EcoVadis — written for the organisations doing the work.
Most companies treat their first EcoVadis assessment as a rehearsal: submit, learn from the score, improve next year. HELLAGRO S.A. did it differently. One submission, one result: a Silver Medal, top 15 percent of companies rated worldwide.
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A customer asked for your EcoVadis rating and now you face the real question: prepare the submission yourself or bring in a specialist? The honest answer depends on three things.
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Both prove your work matters. One follows a strict valuation methodology and produces a financial ratio; the other tells the evidenced story of your outcomes. Choosing correctly depends on who is reading.
Read article →Ολοένα και περισσότερες ελληνικές επιχειρήσεις δέχονται το ίδιο email από μεγάλους πελάτες: ζητείται αξιολόγηση EcoVadis. Τι σημαίνει, πώς βαθμολογείται και πώς κερδίζεται ένα μετάλλιο από την πρώτη υποβολή.
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Corporate social responsibility in banking has moved from sponsorships and photo opportunities to structured community investment with measurable returns. Here is how leading banks build, run, and measure their programmes.
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Για κάθε ευρώ που επενδύεται σε έναν οργανισμό, πόση αξία επιστρέφει στην κοινωνία; Η μεθοδολογία SROI απαντά με έναν αριθμό που καταλαβαίνουν χρηματοδότες, διοικήσεις και το κοινό.
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Η έκθεση βιωσιμότητας δεν είναι πια υπόθεση μόνο των πολυεθνικών. Πελάτες, τράπεζες και διαγωνισμοί ζητούν από τις ελληνικές επιχειρήσεις τεκμηριωμένες απαντήσεις. Δείτε τι χρειάζεται και πώς ξεκινά μια αξιόπιστη πρώτη έκθεση.
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Deloitte, PwC, EY and KPMG dominate sustainability assurance for multinationals. Boutique advisors serve everyone else. Here is an honest guide to choosing between them.
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Twenty years of social auditing in fashion supply chains have produced limited improvement in worker conditions. The most credible brands are moving beyond compliance audits to living wage commitments, worker voice mechanisms, and responsible purchasing practices.
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For fashion brands and apparel manufacturers, EcoVadis scores are increasingly required by major retail clients and investors. Labour standards in production countries, chemical management, and supply chain due diligence are the defining assessment criteria.
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Heavy industry companies are assessed under EcoVadis's most demanding environmental criteria — high weightings for energy, emissions, and hazardous materials. Here is what drives scores up and what holds them back.
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A pharmaceutical company's double materiality assessment must grapple with issues unique to the sector — access to medicine as a material social impact, pharmaceutical pollution as an environmental issue, and clinical trial ethics as a governance matter.
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The double materiality assessment is the foundation of CSRD compliance for banks — and it is structurally more complex than for most other sectors. Financed activities, not just own operations, must be assessed for both financial and impact materiality.
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The food industry's NGO partnerships have evolved from surplus food donation to sophisticated supply chain livelihood programmes and nutrition access initiatives. Here is what effective food sector-NGO collaboration looks like.
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The most impactful tech-NGO partnerships are not grant-making relationships — they are collaborations that deploy the company's actual capabilities: data science, cloud infrastructure, and engineering talent in service of an NGO's mission.
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The most effective bank CSR programmes are not run by banks — they are run by specialist NGOs, funded and supported by the bank. Here is how to structure a bank-NGO partnership that delivers real social outcomes.
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Banks invest billions annually in community programmes — but few can demonstrate the return on that investment in terms that resonate with their boards and investors. SROI provides the methodology to make that case.
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Funders no longer fund activities — they fund outcomes. SROI gives NGOs a rigorous, internationally recognised methodology to quantify the social value they create and communicate it in the language of return on investment.
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Food and beverage companies occupy a unique position in the CSR landscape — they produce the most essential human need. The best CSR programmes in this sector address hunger, nutrition inequalities, and the livelihoods of the farmers who supply them.
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For healthcare organisations, CSR is not a separate department — it is embedded in the organisation's core social purpose. The most effective healthcare CSR programmes extend access, reduce health inequalities, and invest in the communities they serve.
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The automotive industry's shift to electrification creates a unique CSR imperative: supporting the workforce communities most affected by the transition while investing in road safety and supply chain social standards.
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The most effective CSR programs in tech are not peripheral activities — they deploy the company's actual capabilities: data science, cloud infrastructure, and engineering talent in service of social and environmental outcomes.
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The most effective bank CSR programs are not charitable gestures — they are structured investments in financial inclusion, community resilience, and social enterprise development that generate measurable returns for both society and the institution.
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Real estate is one of the highest-priority sectors for ESG regulators — responsible for 40 percent of EU energy consumption. CSRD, the EU Taxonomy, and SFDR create overlapping disclosure obligations that property companies and developers must navigate together.
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For pharmaceutical companies, ESG reporting is shaped by sector-specific issues that generic ESG frameworks do not fully address: access to medicine, clinical trial ethics, antimicrobial resistance, and pharmaceutical waste in waterways.
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For food and beverage businesses, the most material ESG risks sit upstream in agricultural supply chains — deforestation, water stress, smallholder labour conditions. CSRD demands disclosure on all of them. Here is what that means in practice.
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For automakers and suppliers, ESG reporting means tackling Scope 3 emissions that dwarf direct operations, supply chain due diligence across thousands of tier-one and tier-two suppliers, and transition plan disclosures for the shift to electrification.
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Financial institutions face unique ESG reporting complexity under CSRD — from financed emissions accounting to double materiality assessments that span entire loan portfolios. Here is what banks need to know.
Read article →The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive is the most significant shift in European sustainability regulation in a generation. Here is what every business needs to know.
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Sustainability reporting without a strategy is just paperwork. Strategy without reporting is invisible. Here is how the two connect — and why both are essential.
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SROI translates social and environmental outcomes into monetary values, giving funders, boards, and stakeholders a clear picture of the value being created. Here is how the methodology works.
Read article →Anecdotes and activity reports are no longer sufficient. Donors and institutional funders expect NGOs to demonstrate outcomes — not just outputs. Here is why structured impact measurement is now essential.
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A customer asked for your EcoVadis rating. Here is what it is, how it is scored, what the medals mean since the 2025 change, and how to prepare so the first submission is the good one.
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The ESG reporting landscape can feel bewildering. CSRD, ESRS, GRI — here is a clear explanation of each framework, how they interact, and what your organisation needs to know.
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