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Exclusive ESG-Benchmarking in
5 minutes

Industry-specific.

Find out your ESG status in just 5 minutes, compare yourself to your industry peers, and identify ESG risks and areas for improvement. Get a free initial assessment that includes benchmarking and clear next steps.

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How it works

ESG-Status in 5 minutes

Answer a few specific questions about environmental, social, and governance issues

Industry Comparison 

Benchmark your sustainability performance anonymously against approximately 10,000

companies.

Identifying Risks

Erhalten Sie eine erste Einschätzung, konkrete Verbesserungs-potenziale und klare nächste Schritte

RECOGNIZED & 

USED BY

BaFin

Fact Sheet 2020–2022

Deutsche Bank

Ecosystem

SASB/ ISSB

Standard-Alignment

WHAT YOU GET

Two Pages. Your ESG Positioning Compared to the Industry

 

Sie erhalten direkt nach Abschluss eine sofortige Standortbestimmung und innerhalb von 48 Stunden den individuell aufbereiteten PDF-Report von unserem Team. Designed, um in Stakeholder-Gesprächen aufgeklappt zu werden.

  • Industry benchmark as a bar chart
    See at a glance how you stack up against your peer group for each SD KPI. The green bars show your value in the distribution across 10,000 companies.
  • Three KPIs, clearly weighted according to industry
    Three meaningful KPIs per industry enable a clear and balanced assessment of your ESG performance.
  • Concrete plan for action
    For each KPI, a brief overview of your current position and the next logical step. This is not a theoretical treatise, but a discussion guide for your stakeholders.
  • Methodologically approved by BaFin
    The 2010 and 2016 SD-KPI standards are cited in the BaFin guidance note on sustainability risks, both in relation to strategy and risk management.

START TODAY

Understand your ESG position. Before others ask about it.

Answer a few industry-specific questions. Receive an immediate assessment of your three key ESG risks, including a comparison with your peer group, and a customized two-page report within 48 hours.

5 min

Processing time without data upload

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Kosten im Rahmen des Deutsche-Bank-Ökosystems

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Seiten Report, kein Wälzer

48h

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PILLAR II · INDUSTRY COMPARISON

Sie sehen nicht nur, wo Sie stehen, sondern wer um Sie herum steht.

 

Each of your three SD KPI values is plotted against a distribution for your peer group. 

10.000

Peer companies 

68

GICS-Branchen mit eigenen KPI-Sets

3x

three KPIs per industry

Why this helps: A single number doesn't tell you much. “72/100” only becomes meaningful when you know that the industry average is 54 and that 30% of your competitors are performing better than you. This is exactly the kind of context the self-assessment provides for each KPI.

THE METHODOLOGY

Not “just another questionnaire.”
A scientific standard.

SD-M’s SD-KPI standards have been the industry standard for focused ESG indicators for over ten years. These were developed on behalf of the German federal government, are recognized by BaFin, and align closely with the SASB and ISSB. We use them as the methodological basis for our self-assessment.

  • Industry-specific
    Since 2009, the SD-KPInform database has been organized to cover over 60 industries and more than 10,000 companies.
  • Focused on three KPIs
    Effectively manageable and proven in practice among small and medium-sized businesses.
  • Globally compatible
    High alignment with industry-specific IFRS Sustainability Standards (formerly SASB).
  • Data-driven
    Benchmark involving approximately 10,000 companies.
WHY THIS MATTERS IN STAKEHOLDER DISCUSSIONS

Banks are assessing ESG risks.
If you go into a conversation prepared, you'll have the upper hand.

ESG data has now become an integral part of loan discussions. Banks must assess their borrowers for ESG risks. The following regulatory chain explains why:

ESG.DNA Self-Assessment
Provides the basis for your bank to assess you as a creditworthy borrower. Three credit performance KPIs · Industry comparison · Two-page report.
THREE HARD FACTS
  • SFDR & CSRD
    Banks must identify ESG risks for each borrower and report them to the ECB.
  • ECB-Stresstests
    ESG- und Klimarisiken fließen in die Bewertung der Bank ein: Pro Portfolio und pro Engagement.
  • First fines
    Banks that provide insufficient ESG risk data are already being penalized.
“ESG risks are separate from financial risk. You can’t just look at the numbers. You also have to consider these ESG risks.”– Mark Bennett · Founder of ESG.DNA

HOW IT WORKS

Select an industry. Answer the questions.
Receive your report.

You can get started without having to enter any data. No need to provide company figures in advance, and no 30-page

templates. Only the questions that are truly relevant to your industry, completed in ten minutes.

Select your industry

Select your sector based on GICS. We will automatically load the SD KPIs and questions relevant to your industry.
 
  • 1 MINUTE

Answer questions

Industry-specific multiple-choice questions on the three KPIs. No tedious data uploads. Your existing knowledge is all you need.
  • max. 5 MINUTES

Receive your report

Get an immediate assessment. Within 48 hours, you’ll also receive a personalized two-page report via email.
  • IMMEDIATELY + WITHIN 48 HOURS
Assess ESG risks in 10 minutes

WHAT YOU USE IT FOR

Four applications, one report.

The self-assessment report is not an end in itself. It is a one- to two

-page conversation guide. These are the four situations in which it is

most frequently used.

Risk and Strategy Overview

You identify the three key ESG risks in your industry before the executive board, insurers, or supervisory board even ask about them. Includes a roadmap for action.

 

 

 

  • EXECUTIVE LEVEL

Industry benchmark

 

See at a glance how you stack up against 10,000 companies for each KPI, broken down by GICS sector.

 

 

 

 

  • PEER-GROUP

Bankgespräch &  Stakeholder-Dialog

Banken erfassen ESG-Risiken pro Kreditnehmer. Sie liefern Daten in der Sprache, die deren Reporting versteht: Ein klarer Vorteil im Gespräch (keine Garantie auf Konditionen).

 

  • SFDR· EBA

First foray into ESG

Sie haben noch keine ESG-Daten­basis? Genau dafür ist das Self-Assessment gemacht: Fokussiert auf das Wesentliche, ohne sich in der ESRS-Komplexität zu verlieren.

 

  • VSME · Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Assess ESG risks in 10 minutes

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