Implementing the European Sustainability Standards (ESRS) step by step
Implementing the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) can be overwhelming at first. We take you by the hand with our ESRS roadmap! This will guide youstep by step through the ESRS process - from zero to the final report,so to speak, including a practical timetable and process overview.
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4 steps to ESRS compliance
1
Double materiality
Analysis supported by innovative software workflows and workshop formats
2
Collect COâ‚‚ and environmental data
Use our automated COâ‚‚ accounting tool on request
3
Capture ESRS content holistically
Collect data collaboratively and create qualitative texts with the help of instructions and practical tips
4
Simple
ESRS report export
ESRS report export
Export your finished report as a Word file and adapt it to your brand image.
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How Code Gaia supports you in implementing the ESRS
AI-supported data collection & texts
Our artificial intelligence reads environmental data from your accounting software or helps you to create reporting content.
Decentralized data collection
Intelligent questionnaires and delegation, deadline and project management functions enable simplified and decentralized data collection.
Personal experts
Our ESRS experts will accompany you on the path from the double materiality analysis to your finished sustainability statement.
Help with regulatory issues
Create your CSRD-compliant sustainability declaration step by step with instructions and help in the software.
Certified partners
Optionally work with certified partner consultancies and companies to drive your sustainable transformation forward.
Thanks to Code Gaia, we were able to create a complete and standard-compliant sustainability report in a very short time.
Zrinka Vrtarić
Group Legal Counsel
Arena Hospitality Group
Arena Hospitality Group
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Insight into our ESRS module
Implement the ESRS step by step with our software
Our software maps the entire ESRS standards and guides you step by step to an ESRS-compliant sustainability declaration with the help of instructions and personal support.
Create ESRS report content with AI
Thanks to our AI-powered feature to formulate disclosures from existing documents such as existing reports, contracts or policies, you can save time and use it for new content and strategic improvements instead.
Learn moreSimply export the ESRS sustainability declaration
Create and export your ESRS sustainability report in minutes with Code Gaia.
Learn moreTheir content is dynamically adapted to the results of the double materiality analysis and adopted.
The export in Word format is ideal for further processing and adaptation to your corporate identity.
What our customers say
The sustainability experts at Code Gaia did a great job guiding us through the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) in a step-by-step and easy-to-understand manner.
Lutz Hammer, Managing Director of RECKLI GmbHThe easy way to an ESRS report with us
The European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), which form the basis of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Standards (CSRD), are fully integrated and decoded in our platform. This makes us one of the first solutions in Europe to have fully integrated the ESRS and broken them down in the most user-friendly way possible.
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Why Code Gaia?
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Hosted in Germany & ISO27001 certified
Certified
Tested according to standards and by auditors
All-In-One
CSRD, double materiality, LkSG and EU taxonomy
Community
Free learning material and exchange with the Code Gaia community
Code Gaia works with the most important international standards for medium-sized companies.
What makes Code Gaia unique
Personal support
Right from the start, you will be assigned dedicated contact persons who will guide you step by step through the entire process. Our certified sustainability experts will support you with in-depth topics.
AI-supported software
Benefit from maximum time savings thanks to AI workflows, such as the automatic reading of invoices to create the carbon footprint or text suggestions for information in the report version tailored to your company.
Step by step process
Code Gaia accompanies you along the entire path of CSRD implementation, from the double materiality analysis to the audit-proof sustainability declaration.
Methodological excellence and compliance
Our easy-to-understand methodology is supported by experts and has already been tested in several real-life use cases.
Code Gaia in practice
In this blog for Code Gaia, Alexander von Brevern, Sustainability Manager at Builtech Holding GmbH, shares his experience of implementing the CSRD and answers very practical questions for anyone facing the challenge of preparing a sustainability report for the first time.
Learning resources for the ESRS
FAQ
Here you will find frequently asked questions about our product.
What does the Code Gaia ESRS software do?
With the Code Gaia web app, all relevant key figures for environmental or ESG reports can be collected, analyzed and optimized in one place. In doing so Sustainability experts and Code Gaia’s Customer Success Team will support you throughout the entire process.
How does the ESRS software Code Gaia help me with my sustainability management?
- Data collection: All relevant data such as incoming invoices, intelligent questionnaires or other data sources are uploaded to the Code Gaia portal in around 4 hours per year.
- Data analysis: Code Gaia’s in-house developed Artificial Intelligence reads environmental data from the accounting software and categorizes it based on the activities and quantities transacted.
- Data evaluation and optimization: Together with individual sustainability experts, sustainability management is subsequently optimized through data-supported measures and progress is monitored.
- Reporting: Standard-compliant sustainability reports (ESRS, GRI, BAFA or DNK) can be created and shared with stakeholders at the click of a button, in line with the brand identity.
Which standards does the ESRS software Code Gaia cover?
- CSRD
- ESRS
- DNK
- GHG protocol
- LkSG
- ecovadis
- GRI
- United Nations Global Compact
- SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals)
How does Code Gaia differ from other ESRS software providers?
Code Gaia is characterized by the combination of state-of-the-art, intuitive software, effective use of artificial intelligence and close guidance through personal support.
Sustainability experts and Code Gaia’s Customer Success Team also support companies throughout the entire process. The instructions and checklists integrated into the software guide customers step by step to a standard-compliant sustainability statement; starting with the documented double materiality analysis on the scope of the ESRS report, through the carbon footprint to the final ESRS report.
Code Gaia thus combines best-in-class software with personal support.
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