ESG? We take care of it.
Outsource Sustainability:
Your external Sustainability Officer
From a turnkey sustainability report to implementation.
You choose: an auditable sustainability report, an outsourced sustainability office, or AI-powered software. We help SMEs implement sustainability in a structured, compliant way with minimal internal effort. Clear processes, smart tools, and in-depth expertise: all from a single source.
Your sustainability compass
ESG.DNA GmbH
Solutions aimed at reducing complexity.
Sustainability makes companies more resilient and is therefore essential. Yet for many organizations, ESG remains complex. That’s why we have developed solutions that bring together regulatory requirements (VSME & ESRS), data logic, and processes, enabling ESG reporting to be implemented efficiently, clearly, and realistically.
Service
You provide the data we handle the entire reporting process in accordance with VSME and ESRS standards and produce an audit-ready report within a few months.
Your role: You will provide...
• Company data
• Assessment of material topics
• Review and approval of the report
Our role: We provide...
• Standardization of reporting according to VSME/ESRS
• Dual materiality analysis & CO2 accounting
• Preparation of data, KPIs & CO2 calculations
• Ensuring regulatory compliance
• Report branding & consistent presentation
• Complete documentation of all reporting content
Your advantages at a glance.
We make ESG manageable and feasible. With clear structures, understandable preparation, and the assumption of central process steps, we reduce complexity and organisational effort. This allows you to maintain an overview, achieve meaningful results more quickly, and efficiently advance your ESG issues.
This way, you maintain an overview, reach meaningful results faster, and efficiently advance your ESG topics.
excessive demands
We filter the most important issues for your company and provide clear guidance so that you know immediately what matters.
We make ESG reporting and management understandable and practical, without complicated regulation. Our goal is to simplify reporting standards in a targeted way for our clients.
We break down complex reporting steps (e.g., materiality analyses and CO₂ accounting) so that you can create meaningful reports in a short time—efficiently and stress-free.
Start your ESG self-assessment now.
Getting started with ESG can be this easy.
Improve your access to financing through transparent ESG data. With our ESG self-assessment, you can identify your ESG risks in just a few minutes, structured according to recognized KPIs in line with BaFin und EBA. BaFin und EBA.
No transparency on your ESG risks?
With the self-assessment, you receive a well-founded evaluation of your ESG risks based on recognized, bank-relevant KPIs.
Not sure which ESG data really matters?
Sie erfassen genau die Informationen, die Finanzinstitute für die Bewertung von Risiken und bei Kreditentscheidungen heranziehen.
Lacking a clear benchmark against other companies?
The self-assessment shows how your company is positioned within its industry, based on a validated dataset of thousands of companies.
Do you lack a solid basis for conversations with banks?
You create a structured ESG data foundation that can be directly used in financing and risk assessments.
Your path to ESG sustainability reporting.
Identify opportunities, optimise emissions, and increase efficiency—this is how you make your company sustainable and competitive.
Positioning & Scoring
We assess your ESG readiness (e.g., ESG risks, reporting requirements (VSME/ESRS), and time and financial resources) using AI-powered software. This allows us to quickly gain a solid understanding of your current reporting framework and establish an initial starting point for report preparation.
Collect and structure ESG data
The core of the ESG report lies in the thorough preparation of your company data. You will receive not only regulatory-compliant data sheets, but also targeted support in identifying relevant data, even in decentralized or outsourced systems. We ensure efficient data collection and handle the structured preparation, content formulation, and regulatory integration into your reporting standard.
Double Materiality Analysis (DMA)
We will then identify the key issues (E, S, and G) based on your current situation. You will receive practical data sheets so that we can develop a preliminary draft of a DWA based on your company’s data. In a brief DWA workshop, we will work together to finalize the most important topics, including risks, opportunities, and financial implications.
Create a ESG-report
Within 3–6 months (VSME) or 6–9 months (ESRS), we will produce a publication-ready sustainability report formatted in your corporate design, based on your material topics and company data. Upon project completion, you will provide final approval of the content and wording. Upon request, we can also provide a concise data sheet that offers you and your stakeholders a quick, consolidated overview of all relevant key metrics.
Positioning & Scoring
Assess your current ESG maturity as the foundation for strategy and reporting. The tool provides scores and benchmarks; we help you interpret the results.
Materiality Analysis
Identify the ESG topics most relevant to your company. ESG Starboard Voluntary supports you with AI-driven analysis, while our consultants provide additional guidance.
Collect and structure data
Collect all relevant data in one central place. Starboard Voluntary automatically structures the data, while our experts identify and consolidate what matters.
Create a report
You provide the data and determine materiality – we turn it into your standardised VSME report and present it in a clear, stakeholder-friendly way.
Why ESG.DNA?
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A New Approach to Sustainability Reports
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