ESG management system and reporting software
ESG reporting that survives investor scrutiny.
XGRC® ESG is an ESG management system that collects, manages and reports ESG data in a structured, auditable way, aligned to GRI, IFRS S1/S2 and CDP, so your sustainability disclosures are backed by evidence, not just intention.
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What is ESG?
An ESG management system, or ESG management software, helps organisations collect, govern, evidence and report environmental, social and governance data through consistent workflows and auditable records.
Organisations typically adopt XGRC® ESG when investor questionnaires take weeks to complete, sustainability disclosures are built on unverifiable spreadsheet data, and IFRS S1/S2 requirements are expanding faster than manual data collection can keep up. The XGRC® ESG solution connects ESG data to environmental monitoring, risk, compliance and assurance activities within the wider XGRC® Software platform.
What breaks without ESG.
Disclosures built on unverifiable data
ESG reports assembled from manually collected spreadsheets. Investors and auditors increasingly ask for evidence. Evidence is not there.
Questionnaires that take weeks to complete
Investor ESG questionnaires arrive and the search begins. Data is scattered, definitions differ by site, nobody owns the numbers.
Targets without audit trails
Net-zero commitments and social targets made publicly. Progress tracked informally. Assurance providers have nothing to work with.
Regulatory disclosure obligations missed
IFRS S1 and S2 requirements are expanding. Organisations without structured ESG data collection cannot comply in time.
How ESG works.
XGRC® ESG provides a structured platform for collecting, managing, and reporting environmental, social, and governance data across the organisation, with multi-framework alignment, Scope 1/2/3 emissions tracking, and assurance-ready audit trails.
See it in action →ESG in practice.
See ESG running.
An interactive demonstration dashboard with fictitious data. Filter it, open any KPI to see how it is calculated, and export a board pack.
Everything in ESG.
Core capabilities are configured to your requirements, with the flexibility to expand as your needs grow.
Context & Strategy
Environmental
Social & Governance
Reporting & Assurance
What an ESG management system does.
An ESG management system is the set of processes, owners and records an organisation uses to manage environmental, social and governance performance all year round, not only at reporting time. It decides what is material, sets targets, collects data with evidence from every business unit and turns that data into disclosures that investors, lenders and assurance providers can test.
Reporting software produces the document. An ESG management system governs the data behind it, so the same figures can answer a GRI index, an IFRS S1/S2 disclosure, a CDP response or an investor questionnaire without starting again each time.
Materiality and strategy
Materiality assessment, ESG strategy, stakeholder engagement and objectives and targets, aligned to the business strategy.
Data with evidence
Environmental, social and governance data collected through consistent workflows, with an audit trail and evidence repository behind every data point.
Emissions and resources
Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions tracking alongside energy, water, waste and biodiversity records.
Targets and thresholds
Objectives, targets and indicator thresholds tracked through the year, so progress is visible before the annual report.
Framework reporting
GRI index compilation, IFRS S1/S2 alignment, CDP disclosure support, IIRC integrated reporting and SDG alignment from one data set.
Connected to the platform
One data foundation with ENVIRX® for environmental monitoring and Integrated Assurance for assurance-ready evidence.
What teams use ESG for.
Each use case explains the problem, the standards and regulations involved, and how ESG handles it in practice.
ESG is stronger on the platform.
Every XGRC® solution shares the same data foundation. When ESG is combined with other solutions, risk, compliance, assurance, and governance data flows without duplication.
What ESG is not.
ESG is not a report-writing tool bolted on at year-end. It is a continuous data-collection and governance system, with Scope 1/2/3 emissions tracking, materiality assessment and assurance-ready audit trails, built to withstand investor and auditor scrutiny, not just produce a document.
Common questions.
What is an ESG management system?
An ESG management system is the set of processes, owners and records used to manage environmental, social and governance performance continuously: materiality, targets, data collection with evidence, and reporting. XGRC® ESG runs it on one auditable platform.
How is an ESG management system different from ESG reporting software?
ESG reporting software produces disclosures. An ESG management system governs the data behind them all year, with owners, workflows, targets and an audit trail, so the same evidence supports GRI, IFRS S1/S2, CDP and investor questionnaires.
Which ESG frameworks does XGRC® ESG support?
XGRC® ESG aligns to GRI Standards, IFRS S1 & S2, CDP, IIRC 6 Capitals, the UN SDGs and JSE Sustainability requirements.
Can XGRC® ESG track Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions?
Yes. Emissions tracking across all three scopes is built into the platform, alongside energy, water and waste monitoring.
Is our ESG data audit-ready?
Yes. Every data point carries an audit trail and evidence repository, built for assurance providers and investor due diligence, not just internal reporting.
How does ESG connect to ENVIRX® and Integrated Assurance?
ESG shares the same data foundation as ENVIRX® (environmental monitoring) and Integrated Assurance (assurance-ready evidence), so disclosures are backed by governed data, not duplicated spreadsheets.
See ESG running in your environment.
Talk to an XGRC® specialist about how ESG fits your organisation's specific compliance and governance requirements.
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