Consulting, Training and Report Assurance Services
Your Sustainability Report plays a key role in conveying your organization’s commitment to triple bottom line value to investors, employees, customers and watchdog groups. Reporting frameworks such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), and sustainability indices like the Dow Jones Sustainably Index (DJSI), recommend that sustainability reports undergo independent assurance. Find out how enviro LINK can help you take your sustainability and CSR programs and reporting to the next level.
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As a globally Licensed Provider of the Accountability AA1000AS Standard, ENVIRO LINK is one of only a few trained Certified Sustainability Assurance Practitioners (CSAP) in the US. We verify to more than 80 environmental and sustainably standards across dozens of industries. enviro LINK is a full sustainability services solutions provider with expertise in stakeholder engagement, carbon footprint verification, water stewardship, sustainable resource management, sustainable agriculture, waste reduction and diversion, and much more.
Service Offering
- We provide customized solutions to meet your needs no matter where you are in the process. Our in-house experts can validate specific performance data or assure your entire report. Contact us to discuss how we can help you achieve more material, meaningful and comprehensive sustainability reports.
- We Offer : Report Assurance under the AA1000 AccountAbility Assurance Standard – Assurance is determined through an assessment performed by enviro LINK, which covers four principles: inclusivity, materiality, responsiveness and impact.
- Non-Financial Data Assurance (e.g., under ISAE 3000) – This includes assurance of specific data for Dow Jones, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), and other reporting frameworks.
- Sustainability Report Consulting – Review the processes for materiality, stakeholder engagement and data collection that underlie the foundation of your sustainability initiatives and reporting.
- Report Assurance Training – enviro LINK offers training and courses to educated sustainability leaders on the principles of Accountability that underpin the AA1000 Standard. This can help your organization develop more impactful reports and achieve positive assurance results.
- Complementary enviro LINK Services Bundle multiple services and save! enviro LINK offers many compatible corporate verification services such as carbon footprint measurement and verification under a variety of internationally recognized programs, water stewardship certification and consulting for your facility, zero waste consulting and certification, responsible sourcing advisory and verification for your supply chain, and more.
Benefits
- Give stakeholders confidence in your organization’s reported performance. By working with enviro LINK and utilizing our team’s sustainability expertise, we can assure that your sustainability report has the right type of content, the data are accurate, the content is material to stakeholder concerns, and that your sustainability goals are based on your materiality. With our strong focus on customer service, we will help you navigate your sustainability needs.
- Here are some of the ways your organization can benefit from achieving sustainability report assurance with enviro LINK: Gain traction with investors who look for companies that are meeting the sustainability report assurance AA1000 Standard.
- Receive access to our teams of experts in water, waste, greenhouse gases, carbon footprint verification, resource management, and more.
- Increase the acceptance of your reported sustainability performance information when submitting to the CDP, GRI, or Dow Jones Sustainability Index.
- Gain greater traction and visibility for your CSR report through the increased scrutiny provided by the report assurance process.
- Mitigate risk by having a high-quality independent assurance body working with you.
- Earn LEED credits.
Process
- We provide the critical services companies need for ensuring stakeholder communications are effective and credible. The report assurance process is an open-loop format – enviro LINK can jump in at any stage to help organizations fulfill their needs and progress to the next stage, with continuous feedback to act upon throughout the year.
- Services Include: Consulting, Materiality Review, Stakeholder Mapping and Outreach, Target Setting, Report Assurance and/or Data Verification,
- Example of the Report Assurance Process: enviro LINK determines scope and provides client with an engagement letter, explaining responsibilities of the parties, timeline and costs. Scoping considers which standards are we using, what level and type of assurance you are seeking, the project boundaries, etc.
- enviro LINK conducts a materiality assessment which includes a review of stakeholder feedback, social media, news and other online mentions to ensure material issues are transparent in the client’s sustainability report
- enviro LINK performs data and process audit (either an on-site or desk assessment)
- enviro LINK determines conformance to AA1000 Principles and any specific performance metrics, and provides an Assurance Statement as well as a Report to Management with the methods and findings
