What is Double Materiality and Why is it Important? 🌎⬇
With the introduction of new regulations such as the CSRD, understanding and applying #doublemateriality is essential for companies to meet the evolving demands of #ESGreporting.
💡 What Is Double Materiality?
Double materiality is a reporting framework that requires companies to assess and disclose sustainability issues from two perspectives:
Financial Materiality:
This looks at how environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors impact the company's financial performance and position, such as how climate change affects regulatory risks and operational costs and processes.
Impact Materiality:
Impact materiality looks at how the company's operations, products, and services impact the environment and society. This includes measuring carbon emissions, biodiversity loss, social welfare, labour practices, and more.
This dual approach ensures that companies consider the impacts their activities have on sustainability as well as the impacts ESG issues have on them.
💡 Why Is Double Materiality Important?
Meeting Evolving Regulatory Demands:
New regulations are placing greater emphasis on double materiality.
Under the #CSRD, companies must evaluate #ESG risks that could financially impact their operations as well as disclose how their activities impact the environment and society.
Stakeholder Expectations:
Investors, customers, employees, and regulators are increasingly demanding greater transparency and accountability when it comes to #sustainability. Double materiality aligns with these expectations by providing a more holistic view of a company's ESG performance.
Future-proofing:
Double materiality isn't just about compliance - it’s about building a more sustainable business. Through double materiality, companies can identify risks and opportunities.
💡 Implementing Double Materiality in ESG Reporting
High-quality data is critical for both financial and impact materiality reporting. Investing in software which collects, manages, and analyses ESG data all in one place to create audit-ready reports is essential for ensuring accuracy and streamlining the workflow.
It’s also important to collaborate across teams - such as finance, sustainability, and legal - in order to integrate double materiality into business operations.
The neoeco platform is an all-in-one, end-to-end ESG reporting solution that allows cross-functional use across teams to meet all your regulatory requirements, including CSRD.
How does neoeco work?
✅ Sync your transactions by integrating to your accounting software, HR or ERP system, energy service provider, and more.
✅ Use AI to match your financial transactions to impact categories.
✅ Create audit-ready reports across multiple global frameworks.
✅ Forecast, gain insights, and set targets aligned with your sustainability goals.
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