Report your company's sustainability

The abbreviation ESG comes from the English language and means corporate environmental responsibility, social responsibility and good governance (E = Environmental responsibility, S = Social responsibility, G = Corporate Governance).

The EU taxonomy, the EU's classification system for sustainable finance, lists environmentally sustainable economic activities. The aim of the regulation is to channel funding towards sustainable investments and to provide uniform guidance on what sustainability means in different sectors. The ESG Service will help to understand how companies' reporting obligations will expand not only to financial information but also to what the company does in relation to environmental responsibility. This reporting obligation already applies to all listed companies and from 1.1.2022 the reporting obligation will also apply to unlisted large companies.

Asiakastieto’s ESG Service is an easy-to-use online service that allows you to securely report your company's ESG information.

It only takes about 15 minutes to complete the ESG survey, and you can return to the survey at any time by creating an account and saving your information.

New customer - this option is intended for users who do not yet have an account for the contract customer service asiakastieto.fi. You can create a new account through this option or log in with an existing account.

Customer - you can log in to the service with your existing Asiakastieto contract customer ID.

Verifier - You can verify the responses to surveys associated with your business through this option if you authorised to sign for the business.

Asiakastieto must ensure that the person who verifies the answers to the surveys is authorised to sign for the company.

For this purpose, we need a strong identification from the person to the service.
 

Answering the survey will help your company stand out positively from other players within the same industry and help you get financing on better terms in the future.

The information will be displayed in Asiakastieto's ESG Report, which includes information related to your company's environmental responsibility, social responsibility, and corporate governance.

You can check the ESG questions in advance. All questions can be found on this page. Providing ESG information only takes about 15 minutes. By creating an account and saving the information, you can return at any time to complete the answers.

Sustainability Survey

Suomen Asiakastieto is a pioneer as an impartial service provider of corporate responsibility information in Finland. Until now, Suomen Asiakastieto's ESG Report has been based on official information. With this sustainability survey, we want to expand the ESG Report with information collected from the companies themselves, so that the picture of the company's sustainability is completed. Now you have a great opportunity to stand out as a responsible company by participating in this survey.

ESG Report

With the help of the ESG Report published by Suomen Asiakastieto, you can check information related to companies' environmental issues, personnel and working conditions, and administration, such as judgments, negligence and penalty payments, certificates, and industry-specific emissions. The service is used to identify sustainability risks related to companies' business operations and to find out the risk related to the reputation of a customer or subcontractor. The service promotes transparent business operations and improves the competitiveness of responsibly operating companies. The ESG Report is used by e.g. banks, financiers and insurance companies for identifying risks related to companies' business operations and making credit decisions.

Legislation

EU taxonomy, the European classification system for sustainable finance, lists environmentally sustainable economic activities. As a result of the taxonomy, companies' reporting obligations will extend not only to financial information but also to what the company does in connection with environmental responsibility. This reporting obligation has entered into force as of January 1. 2022. It applies to all companies listed on the stock exchange and companies that employ more than 500 people and are important to society.

The aim of the EU taxonomy is to help direct investments in sustainable projects and to provide a clear definition of what sustainability means. The regulation is the EU's tool to help companies plan and transfer to a low-carbon, flexible and resource-efficient economy. Some of the questions in this survey are derived from the taxonomy setting.

Questions

Preliminary information

1        What is the real industry sector of your company?

1.1    What are the possible secondary industries of your company?

2        Write a short description of what your company does

Sustainability

3        Does your company have a written and board-approved sustainability strategy, a green transition plan, or is sustainability included in your company's business strategy?

4        Does your company have a designated person for sustainability issues?

4.1 Designated person for sustainability issues

5        Does your company regularly report on corporate responsibility issues?

5.1 If yes, where or how?

6        Has your company's published sustainability report from 2024 been audited by a third party?

6.1 If yes, which party has carried out the audit?

Environmental responsibility

7        Finland's goal is to become carbon neutral by 2035 and be the first fossil-free welfare society. Does your company have the will to act in an environmentally friendly way to achieve this goal?

8        Which of the following best describes your company's climate goal?

8.1 By what year your company aims to achieve the climate goal?

Goal between 2024-2065
9        Have you calculated your company’s carbon footprint (total greenhouse gas emissions)?

9.1 If you selected yes, in which way has your company calculated its carbon footprint (total greenhouse gas emissions)?

10     What was your company's carbon footprint (tCO2e) in 2024?

10.1   How did your company's carbon emissions divide into Scopes 1-3 in 2024?

10.1.1  Select the emission categories to which extent Scope 3 emissions have been calculated.

11     Does your company have electricity consumption data for 2024?

11.1   How much was your company’s total electricity consumption in 2024?

11.2   Select the right unit for the energy.

11.3   How your electricity consumption has divided (%)?

12. Does your company have water consumption data for 2024?

12.1 How much water did your company consume in 2024 (m3)?

13. Does your company know how much waste it has produced in 2024?

13.1 How many tonnes of municipal waste did your company produce in 2024?

13.2 How much (%) of your company's municipal waste was recycled or reused? (0-100%)

13.3 How many tonnes of production waste did your company produce in 2024?

14. Does your company generate hazardous waste?

14.1 How many tonnes of hazardous waste did your company generate during 2024?

14.2 If your company produces hazardous waste, is there a standardised treatment process for the disposal of hazardous waste?

Social responsibility

15.1   Is your company's responsibility goals tied to the United Nations sustainable development goals?

15.1 Choose the United Nations sustainable development goals to which your company is committed. (multiple choice)

16.1 Does your company have processes to monitor the compliance of these guidelines and standards?

17. Has your company made an audit that all suppliers in its supply chain comply with international guidelines, standards and local laws related to human rights, health and safety, the environment and business ethics?

17.1 If yes, please describe how?

18. Does your company do business in these high-risk countries?

Countries classified as high risk related to anti-money laundering and international sanctions are: Afghanistan, Barbados, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Democratic, Republic of the Congo, Gibraltar, HaitiIran, Jamaica, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Burma, Nigeria, North Korea, Panama, Philippines, Senegal, South Africa, South Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen, Belarus, China, Cuba, Ethiopia, Hong-Kong, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Nicaragua, Russia, Somalia & Venezuela

18.1 If yes, please select the high-risk countries where your company does business

19. What percentage (%) of employees have changed in your company in 2024?

20. How many accidents at work has been reported in your company in 2024?

21. Is there an unexplained gender pay gap in your company?

21.1 Does your company have processes to reduce the unexplained pay gap?

22. How many actual members are there in your company's board of directors?

22.1  How many women are there as actual members in your company's board of directors?

Sustainability reporting obligations

23. Is your company's latest sustainability report already compliant with the EU's CSRD sustainability reporting directive?

24. Has your company's business compliance with EU taxonomy regulation alignment been evaluated (EU) 2020/852?

24.1 The taxonomy eligibility of the business of your company in 2024?

24.2  The alignment of the different areas of your company according to Taxonomy in 2024?

25    Select from the following the things that your company's business have a significant environmental harm on. (multiple choice)

26    Has your company made any actions to mitigate the climate change during 2024?

26.1  From the following options, please select the measures your company has taken to mitigate climate change. (multiple choice)

27    Has your company made any actions to adapt to the climate change during 2024?

27.1   From the following options, please select the measures your company has taken to adapt to climate change. (multiple choice)

28     Has your company taken any measures to promote the sustainable use of water and natural resources during 2024?

28.1   From the following options, please select the measures your company has taken to promote the sustainable use of water and natural resources. (multiple choice)

29     Has your company taken steps to move towards a circular economy during 2024?

29.1  From the following options, please select the measures your company has taken to move towards a circular economy. (multiple choice)

30    Has your company taken measures to prevent pollution during 2024?

30.1   From the following options, please select the measures your company has taken to prevent environmental pollution. (multiple choice)

31     Has your company taken measures to protect and restore biodiversity and ecosystems during 2024?

31.1 From the following options, please select the measures your company has taken to protect and restore biodiversity and ecosystems. (multiple choice)

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