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CONSULTING SERVICES - ESG Compliance & Reporting 📑

"Ensure accurate ESG reporting and regulatory compliance. Build credibility with investors, stakeholders, and the wider community."

The regulatory landscape for corporate responsibility is rapidly tightening, particularly in India with the mandatory SEBI Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting (BRSR) requirements. For businesses, ESG Compliance & Reporting is no longer a voluntary exercise; it's a mandatory disclosure that dictates access to capital, market credibility, and stakeholder trust. Failure to accurately measure and transparently report on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) performance exposes organizations to regulatory penalties, investor skepticism, and accusations of "greenwashing."

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WHAT IS ESG Compliance & Reporting?

ESG Compliance & Reporting is the systematic process of measuring, verifying, and disclosing an organization's performance across environmental, social, and governance metrics in accordance with regulatory requirements and voluntary global standards.

The core objective is to provide stakeholders (investors, regulators, consumers) with comparable, material, and verifiable information, driven by two critical components:

Component	Core Focus	Key Objective
Compliance	Meeting mandatory legal and regulatory disclosure requirements (e.g., SEBI BRSR, corporate social responsibility norms).	Mitigate regulatory and legal risks and ensure market access.
Reporting	Adhering to voluntary global frameworks (e.g., GRI, SASB) to provide comprehensive, material data.	Enhance transparency and attract sustainable, long-term capital (ESG funds).
Data Integrity	Establishing robust internal controls and using technology to ensure the accuracy and auditability of all disclosed ESG metrics.	Build credibility and avoid accusations of "greenwashing."

Our Expertise

OUR SERVICES – ESG Compliance & Reporting

TCC-India offers specialized services to navigate the complexity of ESG disclosure, ensuring your reports are accurate, comprehensive, and strategic:

SEBI BRSR Readiness & Implementation

A phased program to achieve full compliance with the mandatory Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting requirements, covering all nine principles and core indicators.

Materiality Assessment & Strategy Alignment

Identifying the most financially and environmentally relevant ESG topics for your business and defining measurable performance indicators.

GHG Inventory & Carbon Footprint Reporting

Calculating Scope 1, 2, and 3 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions and designing accurate data collection and reporting mechanisms.

Global Standard Alignment

Preparing disclosures that align with widely recognized frameworks like the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), and Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

ESG Data Governance & Control Integration

Designing and implementing the internal controls, data pipelines, and assurance processes needed to make ESG data audit-ready.

Benefits of ESG Compliance & Reporting

Proactive ESG compliance and high-quality reporting deliver immediate and long-term strategic advantages.

Compliance & Penalty Mitigation

Ensures full adherence to SEBI BRSR and other Indian regulatory mandates, avoiding potential fines, market scrutiny, and legal risks.

Access to Green Capital

High-quality, verified reporting attracts ESG-focused investors, resulting in a lower Cost of Capital and improved share valuation.

Enhanced Reputation & Trust

Transparent disclosure builds trust with all stakeholders (investors, consumers, employees), mitigating the risk of reputational crises (e.g., "greenwashing" claims).

Strategic Insight

The reporting process forces the organization to measure and focus on key non-financial risks, highlighting areas for operational efficiency and value creation.

Audit Readiness

Integrated data governance and control testing ensures your ESG report is prepared for independent external assurance, solidifying credibility.

Detailed Features – ESG Compliance & Reporting

Our execution is rooted in precise data integration and assurance methodologies, leveraging your existing enterprise technology infrastructure.

Digital ESG Data Hub Setup

Integrating data capture points across operational systems (e.g., pulling energy consumption from facility management, logistics emissions from SAP/Dynamics 365 SCM, and employee metrics from HRIS) into a centralized, single source of truth for all ESG metrics.

BRSR Indicator Mapping & Customization

Systematically mapping your current operations and data sources to the specific, detailed requirements of the BRSR framework, including the essential and leadership indicators.

Control Testing for ESG Metrics

Designing and testing internal controls for ESG data integrity (similar to financial controls), ensuring that environmental metrics (e.g., water usage) and social metrics (e.g., training hours) are verifiable and free from material error.

Audit Trail Configuration

Configuring reporting systems to provide a full, defensible audit trail from the reported ESG number back to the original source transaction or meter reading, crucial for third-party assurance.

Local Data System Integration

Developing custom interfaces or reconciliation processes to ensure that metrics tracked in localized financial and inventory systems (Tally or Busy) accurately feed into the central ESG reporting platform.

Peer Benchmarking & Gap Analysis

Conducting comparative analysis of your disclosures against key domestic and global competitors to ensure your report meets market expectations for transparency and depth.

CHALLENGES WITH SOLUTIONS

We anticipate and solve the primary hurdles in ESG reporting—data fragmentation, compliance confusion, and the lack of internal expertise.

Fragmented & Unreliable ESG Data

Digital ESG Data Hub Implementation: Implementing a centralized data hub that pulls, validates, and cleanses data from all sources (SAP, Dynamics 365, facility meters) using clear governance protocols.

Complexity of the BRSR Mandate

Phased BRSR Implementation Program: Providing a clear, staged roadmap focusing first on mandatory indicators, followed by leadership indicators, and ensuring technical teams understand the reporting boundaries and definitions.

Lack of ESG Accountability/Ownership

GRC Integration & Reporting Governance: Establishing clear roles, responsibilities, and internal controls for each ESG metric owner, integrating accountability into the overall GRC framework.

Difficulty in Quantifying Scope 3 Emissions

Supply Chain Data Mapping & Tooling: Utilizing supply chain data from ERPs to model and calculate hard-to-measure Scope 3 (value chain) emissions, and advising on technology to capture vendor data.

Reports Lack Strategic Value

Materiality Assessment & Investor Engagement: Conducting rigorous materiality assessments to ensure the report focuses on issues that are financially relevant to the business and directly address investor queries.

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