esgpulse

Returns which ESRS standards apply, reporting phase, double materiality guide, and key deadlines for CSRD compliance. The essential starting point for any EU sustainability reporting project.

Assesses economic activity eligibility and alignment under EU Taxonomy Regulation. Covers all 6 objectives, DNSH criteria, minimum social safeguards, and SFDR fund implications.

CSDDD obligations, high-risk country profiles, forced labor screening (EU regulation + UFLPA), sector-specific human rights risks, and supplier questionnaire templates.

ESRS data points checklist, GRI content index, TCFD structure, disclosure calendar, and common gap analysis. Covers CSRD, GRI, ISSB, TCFD, CDP, SEC.

Recommends which ESG frameworks apply (GRI, ISSB, CSRD, TCFD, CDP, SEC) and how to implement them in sequence. Explains interoperability and shared data points.

Scope 1/2/3 methodology, carbon market prices (EU ETS, California, voluntary), CBAM tariff implications, SBTi pathways, and net zero roadmap.

Industry-specific ESG materiality analysis using SASB standards: what's financially material, what investors weight, peer leaders, regulatory hotspots by jurisdiction.

Analyzes sustainability claims for greenwashing risk under EU Green Claims Directive, FTC Green Guides, and UK CMA. Claim-by-claim risk rating with compliant alternatives.

Synthesizes publicly available ESG data on named companies: CDP scores, SBTi status, Scope 1/2/3 from public reports, controversies, governance quality.

Explains MSCI, Sustainalytics, ISS, Bloomberg, CDP, S&P ESG rating methodologies, why scores diverge, and how to improve ratings. Does not reproduce proprietary scores.

General-purpose ethical-sourcing intelligence for any brand: certifications found, controversies/litigation, UK Modern Slavery Statement Registry status, and a transparency verdict.

Coffee-specific check: fair-trade/Rainforest Alliance certification, direct-trade and farm-gate price-transparency evidence, red flags, and better-sourced roaster alternatives (names only).

Chocolate/cocoa brand check: live child-labor litigation status (Coubaly et al. v. Nestle/Cargill/Mars/Hershey/Mondelez/Barry Callebaut/Olam), certification status, and EU Deforestation Regulation exposure.

Cosmetics/beauty cruelty-free cross-check: Leaping Bunny (independently verified) vs. PETA (self-attested) status, parent-company caveat, and China-market-sales caveat.

RMI conformant-smelter status for tin, tantalum, tungsten, gold, cobalt, lithium, and mica, plus Kimberley Process participant status for diamonds and country-risk context.

Fashion/apparel brand check across labor, environment, animal-welfare, and transparency aspects: UK Modern Slavery Registry status, EU Deforestation Regulation exposure, fur-free/Responsible Wool/Down Standard status, and Fashion Transparency Index / published-supplier-list evidence.

Certification check for seafood, palm oil, tea, timber, and cotton against Seafood Watch/MSC, RSPO, Ethical Tea Partnership, FSC, and Better Cotton, with sustainability rating context and red flags.