Modernizing ESG Management
Build a sustainable future with a platform that connects environmental, social, and governance data in one place. SmartSuite simplifies ESG reporting, compliance tracking, and performance measurement — helping organizations operate responsibly and meet evolving stakeholder expectations.
One Platform for Connected ESG Management
SmartSuite unifies all ESG initiatives — from data collection and reporting to risk assessment and goal tracking — into one workspace. Align your sustainability goals with governance and compliance requirements while improving transparency, accountability, and performance across your organization.
Data Centralization
Collect and manage ESG metrics across departments and regions in a single platform.
Framework Alignment
Map activities and disclosures to recognized ESG frameworks like CSRD, ISSB, SASB, and GRI.
Performance Tracking
Measure progress against ESG goals and key performance indicators.
Reporting & Transparency
Automate ESG reporting and share results with stakeholders confidently.
Core Capabilities of the ESG Management Suite
SmartSuite provides a complete solution for managing ESG data, compliance, and performance. From environmental impact reporting to social initiatives and governance tracking, all data lives in one integrated system.
Manage ESG programs and reporting with clarity, accountability, and confidence.
Centralize ESG initiatives, metrics, disclosures, and evidence in one workspace. SmartSuite links environmental, social, and governance activities to owners, KPIs, and reporting requirements—providing visibility, audit-ready documentation, and consistent progress across ESG frameworks.
Centralize ESG data, owners, sources, controls, and audit trails to improve accuracy, governance, and reporting speed.
Produce consistent sustainability reports with structured metrics, narratives, evidence, and stakeholder-ready outputs.
Capture activity data, calculate emissions, manage scopes, and track reduction initiatives with audit-ready documentation.
Track initiatives, partners, outcomes, and metrics to report community impact and progress against social commitments.
Manage policies, disclosures, training, conflicts, and investigations to support ethical conduct and transparent governance.
Centralize ESG Data and Reporting
Eliminate data silos with a unified ESG data model. Capture environmental, social, and governance metrics from across your organization for complete transparency.
Highlights:
- Unified ESG database for all departments
- Linked records for initiatives, metrics, and disclosures
- Configurable data models for industry-specific ESG reporting
Align with Leading Frameworks
Simplify compliance with global ESG standards like CSRD, ISSB, SASB, and GRI. SmartSuite helps you map internal initiatives to recognized frameworks with ease.
Highlights:
- Framework alignment for CSRD, ISSB, SASB, and GRI
- Linked KPIs and disclosure elements
- Gap analysis and progress tracking
Track Progress Toward ESG Goals
Define goals, measure results, and visualize performance. SmartSuite dashboards provide clarity into sustainability metrics and targets.
Highlights:
- Live dashboards and progress indicators
- KPI tracking across environmental and social programs
- Customizable reporting for internal and external audiences
Manage ESG Risks and Opportunities
Identify and mitigate ESG-related risks while uncovering opportunities for improvement and innovation.
Highlights:
- Risk register integrated with ESG objectives
- Assessment workflows and mitigation tracking
- Linked records to compliance and audit processes
Enhance Stakeholder Transparency
Build trust through transparent reporting and clear communication. SmartSuite automates disclosures and ensures audit-ready documentation.
Highlights:
- Automated ESG disclosure reporting
- Stakeholder dashboards and shareable summaries
- Audit trails and document version control
Built For Modern ESG Teams
SmartSuite brings enterprise-grade ESG management with consumer-grade usability. Choose the rollout path that fits your ESG program today—and expand as reporting requirements, data sources, and stakeholder expectations evolve.
Adopt a Single Capability
Begin with ESG Initiatives Tracking, ESG Metrics Collection, or Disclosure Evidence Management—prove value fast and expand from there.
Roll Out a Full Category
Enable ESG Management end-to-end—connecting initiatives, owners, KPIs, frameworks, and evidence with consistent workflows and reporting.
Deploy the Entire ESG Suite
Standardize ESG oversight with centralized metrics, audit-ready evidence, and live dashboards—delivering confident disclosures and measurable progress across the enterprise.
Explore Further
Learn more about ESG management and how SmartSuite helps organizations operationalize sustainability, ethics, and governance programs across their enterprise.
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to common questions about SmartSuite ESG Management.
SmartSuite centralizes ESG data across environmental, social, and governance programs in one connected workspace.
Teams can collect, validate, and report performance metrics through automated workflows and dashboards — reducing manual effort while improving data accuracy and audit readiness.
Yes. SmartSuite supports alignment with GRI, SASB, CDP, TCFD, and CSRD standards.
Each disclosure can be mapped directly to metrics and data sources, ensuring your ESG reporting meets both investor and regulatory expectations.
Absolutely. SmartSuite Automations route requests, send reminders, and flag gaps or inconsistencies—cutting manual follow-ups and spreadsheets. Plus, integrations (API/webhooks, SFTP/CSV, HRIS/ERP, utilities, T&E) pull data in automatically, map it to your ESG fields, run validations, and keep an auditable trail.
SmartSuite’s Linked Record Architecture connects ESG initiatives with risk, compliance, and audit workflows.
This unified approach gives executives a complete view of how ESG performance affects governance, risk, and regulatory posture.
SmartSuite is built for enterprise governance and compliance.
All ESG data is encrypted in transit and at rest, with role-based access controls, and audit logs for every record.
This provides full traceability and transparency — critical for external audits and assurance processes.
See How SmartSuite Simplifies ESG Management and Reporting
Experience how SmartSuite connects sustainability, social impact, and governance initiatives in one unified platform. Collect data, track metrics, and report performance with confidence — all while aligning teams and stakeholders around shared goals.
What the research shows
Independent research on what spreadsheet-based ESG reporting costs teams today, and what changes when the work lives in one system.
Source: KPMG, ESG Assurance Maturity Index 2025: 46% of 1,320 senior executives and board members cited inadequate access to data as a challenge in preparing for ESG assurance, up from 33% a year earlier (https://assets.kpmg.com/content/dam/kpmgsites/xx/pdf/2025/07/esg-assurance-maturity-index.pdf).
of companies cite inadequate data access preparing for ESG assurance
Centralized data capture and pre-configured frameworks support reporting for CSRD, GRI, SASB, and SEC climate disclosures.
Source: KPMG, Addressing the Strategy Execution Gap in Sustainability Reporting (2024 ESG Organization Survey), Feb 2024: 47% of 550 board members, executives and managers still use spreadsheets to manage ESG data (https://kpmg.com/kpmg-us/content/dam/kpmg/pdf/2023/kpmg-organization-survey-2024.pdf).
of organizations still use spreadsheets to manage ESG data
Workflow-driven data collection and integrated data sources replace spreadsheet-driven processes and manual consolidation.
Source: KPMG, ESG Assurance Maturity Index 2025: 39% of 1,320 senior executives and board members said management or internal audit tests the processes and controls underpinning ESG data (https://assets.kpmg.com/content/dam/kpmgsites/xx/pdf/2025/07/esg-assurance-maturity-index.pdf).
of companies test ESG data controls via management or internal audit
Unified dashboards provide real-time insights into environmental performance, social initiatives, ethical governance, and compliance status.
Source: KPMG, ESG Assurance Maturity Index 2025: 49% of 1,320 senior executives and board members cited the unclear regulatory picture as a top barrier to ESG reporting and assurance maturity, up from 41% (https://assets.kpmg.com/content/dam/kpmgsites/xx/pdf/2025/07/esg-assurance-maturity-index.pdf).
of companies cite unclear, evolving regulations as a barrier
Structured frameworks, mapped disclosures, and audit-ready documentation support ongoing readiness for emerging ESG requirements.
Key Benefits of the ESG Management Solution Suite
ESG programs require linked data, governance, cross-functional alignment, and audit-ready reporting. SmartSuite brings all ESG activities into a single platform — improving transparency, increasing efficiency, and strengthening stakeholder confidence.
ESG Visibility, Framework Alignment & Performance Insight
Centralize environmental, social, and governance data points — including emissions, diversity metrics, audits, initiatives, risks, and goals.
Track performance trends, risk indicators, progress against targets, and compliance status across all ESG domains.
Align ESG data to frameworks like CSRD, ISSB, SASB, and GRI with structured mapping tools.
Give Sustainability, Finance, Legal, HR, Operations, and Leadership teams a unified view of ESG metrics, tasks, and risks.
Document stakeholder expectations and prioritize ESG issues using structured, repeatable workflows.
Track initiatives, ownership, timelines, and performance in one system.
Workflow Efficiency, Automation & Data Collection Accuracy
Use recurring workflows and automated requests to collect data from multiple departments without manual follow-up.
Use configured templates for annual ESG reports, internal dashboards, regulatory filings, and assurance documentation.
Track sustainability initiatives, DEI programs, governance improvements, and environmental projects in workflows.
Collect policies, certifications, metrics, calculations, and evidence in a centralized repository with version control.
Gather third-party sustainability data using automated questionnaires and linked vendor records.
Use the AI Assistant to draft disclosures and summarize ESG data for review.
Governance, Compliance Assurance & Stakeholder Confidence
Maintain complete histories of metrics, evidence, assessments, calculations, and approvals for internal or external audit.
Assign ESG owners, reviewers, and approvers with clear responsibilities and automated governance workflows.
Connect ESG risks, regulatory requirements, and remediation tasks for full context and improved reporting quality.
Protect sensitive ESG data with granular permissions, encryption, SSO/2FA, IP restrictions, and activity logs.
Support local, regional, and global ESG programs within one extensible platform.
Customize ESG workflows, metrics, scoring models, and reporting templates — no technical resources required.
Turn ESG Goals into Measurable Business Outcomes
SmartSuite helps you centralize ESG data, automate reporting, and collaborate across departments. Break down silos between sustainability, compliance, and operations to drive accountability and impact.
How the SmartSuite Platform Powers ESG Management
SmartSuite brings ESG strategy, data, and reporting together in one platform. With automation, AI insights, and flexible no-code configuration, organizations can measure progress, align to global frameworks, and demonstrate their impact with confidence.
Tailor ESG tracking systems to match your organization’s sustainability goals and metrics.
Automate ESG data collection, review, and reporting processes.
Summarize ESG data and draft narrative sections for sustainability reports.
Connect ESG initiatives, metrics, frameworks, and evidence in one structured data model.
Visualize sustainability progress and performance across environmental, social, and governance categories.
Connect SmartSuite to HR systems and other data sources through native integrations, automations, and the API to keep metrics current.
Connect ESG Data Across the Enterprise
SmartSuite consolidates ESG data into one platform. By linking environmental metrics, social programs, and governance initiatives, organizations gain a holistic view of performance and can demonstrate alignment to global sustainability standards.
Automate ESG Data Collection and Validation
SmartSuite’s automation engine eliminates manual reporting cycles by routing data collection, validation, and review processes automatically. Teams save time while improving accuracy and audit readiness.
Simplify Reporting and Framework Alignment
SmartSuite makes ESG reporting simple. Map collected data to frameworks such as CSRD, ISSB, SASB, and GRI. Reports can be generated instantly, with traceable evidence for every disclosure.
AI Assistant and Governance for Sustainable Performance
The AI Assistant helps ESG teams draft reports and summarize data for review.
The SmartSuite Platform:
Powered by Eight Interconnected Frameworks
The SmartSuite Platform consists of eight interconnected frameworks that provide a foundation for designing, automating, analyzing, and governing connected workflows.
Platform
Security and Governance, Built for Enterprise Scale
SmartSuite provides fine-grained, role-based permissions that protect data without slowing innovation. Define access down to the record, field, or workflow level, enforce compliance with SSO, 2FA, and IP restrictions, and maintain a complete audit trail of every action. With SmartSuite, governance and agility work together — innovation moves fast, and your security moves with it.
Work Anytime, Anywhere, on Any Device
Stay connected and productive wherever you are. SmartSuite works across web, tablet, and mobile, so your team can manage projects, collaborate, and automate workflows in real time — whether in the office, remote, or on the go.
The Platform That Connects Sustainability, Compliance, and Data
SmartSuite brings ESG data, frameworks, and reporting tools together in one secure platform. Automate data collection, standardize reporting across GRI, SASB, or CSRD, and visualize progress.
Role-Based Capabilities for ESG Management
SmartSuite empowers every role in the ESG ecosystem — from executives setting sustainability goals to analysts managing data — to collect, align, and report on environmental, social, and governance performance with confidence.
Chief Compliance Officer
Oversees enterprise compliance and ensures alignment with regulatory requirements across the organization.
- Benefit Statement:
SmartSuite gives CCOs full visibility into compliance posture, emerging risks, testing status, and framework readiness.
- Benefit Source:
Real-time dashboards, evidence workflows, unified control libraries, and framework mapping.
How they use the Compliance Management suite
Compliance program oversight
Monitors compliance activities, gaps, and testing progress across frameworks.
Framework alignment
Tracks readiness across standards such as ISO, SOC 2, SOX, GDPR, and industry regulations.
Executive & board reporting
Delivers audit-ready summaries and compliance posture reports to leadership.
Chief Sustainability Officer
Leads the organization's sustainability vision and ensures ESG strategy aligns with business objectives, investor expectations, and regulatory frameworks.
- Benefit Statement:
SmartSuite gives CSOs real-time visibility into ESG performance, enabling them to drive strategic sustainability initiatives and communicate progress confidently to executives and investors.
- Benefit Source:
Integrated ESG dashboards, KPI tracking, framework alignment tools, and automated progress reporting.
How they use the ESG Management suite
Program oversight
Monitors ESG performance across environmental, social, and governance initiatives in real time.
Strategic alignment
Connects sustainability goals and KPIs to corporate strategy and board-level objectives.
Framework governance
Tracks progress against frameworks like GRI, SASB, and TCFD for transparent reporting.
Director / Head of ESG Programs
Leads ESG data collection, reporting, and cross-department coordination to drive sustainability outcomes.
- Benefit Statement:
SmartSuite centralizes ESG program management, enabling efficient data collection, quality oversight, and department-wide collaboration.
- Benefit Source:
Unified ESG workspace, workflow automation, cross-department communication tools, and structured data input.
How they use the ESG Management suite
ESG data management
Collects and validates environmental, social, and governance metrics across teams.
Workflow automation
Automates data submission, approvals, and validations.
Cross-department collaboration
Coordinates ESG contributors in a unified, transparent environment.
Environmental Program Manager
Manages environmental initiatives such as energy efficiency, emissions tracking, waste reduction, and resource utilization.
- Benefit Statement:
SmartSuite streamlines environmental data collection and performance tracking, enabling accurate reporting and informed decision-making.
- Benefit Source:
Automated metric workflows, sensor or system integrations, and KPI dashboards.
How they use the ESG Management suite
Metric tracking
Monitors energy use, emissions, waste, and other environmental metrics.
Automation & alerts
Triggers reminders and notifications for updates or thresholds.
Sustainability insights
Feeds environmental results into ESG dashboards and reporting tools.
ESG Reporting Manager
Prepares ESG disclosures and ensures reporting accuracy, traceability, and compliance with regulatory and investor expectations.
- Benefit Statement:
SmartSuite simplifies ESG reporting by linking KPIs, evidence, and historical versions to disclosure requirements — improving accuracy and audit readiness.
- Benefit Source:
Traceability tools, version control, integrated evidence libraries, and automated reporting modules.
How they use the ESG Management suite
Data traceability
Links metrics and supporting evidence directly to reporting line items.
Historical analytics
Maintains an audit-ready archive of prior reports and documentation.
Automated reporting
Produces dashboards and summaries for executives, investors, and regulators.
Governance Program Lead
Oversees governance responsibilities, including ethics programs, board compliance, and policy management.
- Benefit Statement:
SmartSuite improves monitoring of governance processes, ensuring that ethical standards and compliance requirements are consistently upheld.
- Benefit Source:
Policy management tools, training attestation workflows, and governance dashboards.
How they use the ESG Management suite
Governance policy tracking
Manages policy updates, attestations, and compliance workflows.
Board reporting
Provides dashboards summarizing governance metrics such as training completion.
Issue management
Tracks governance-related incidents and ensures timely remediation.
Risk & Compliance Analyst
Supports ESG compliance and risk management by tracking ESG-related risks, controls, and corrective actions.
- Benefit Statement:
SmartSuite helps analysts ensure ESG risks are documented, control effectiveness is tracked, and remediation activity is transparent and auditable.
- Benefit Source:
Risk registers, control testing workflows, and integrated issue management.
How they use the ESG Management suite
Risk identification
Logs ESG risks such as supply chain ethics, environmental impact, or governance lapses.
Control monitoring
Tracks testing, control performance, and mitigation activities.
ESG-audit alignment
Connects ESG risks and controls to internal audit findings.
Social Impact / HR Manager
Leads diversity, equity, inclusion, and community engagement initiatives—key components of the “Social” pillar.
- Benefit Statement:
SmartSuite centralizes social metrics and program tracking, helping HR teams demonstrate progress on DEI and workforce initiatives.
- Benefit Source:
Survey automation, HR metric tracking, initiative dashboards, and reporting frameworks.
How they use the ESG Management suite
Program monitoring
Tracks diversity metrics, employee engagement scores, and community impact.
Survey automation
Automates data collection for engagement or social impact programs.
Impact reporting
Links initiatives to ESG frameworks and supports external disclosures.
Sustainability Analyst / ESG Data Specialist
Collects, analyzes, and interprets ESG data to evaluate performance and identify improvement opportunities.
- Benefit Statement:
SmartSuite enables analysts to gather accurate ESG data and transform it into insights that drive performance improvements.
- Benefit Source:
Data aggregation tools, real-time dashboards, analytics visualizations, and trend tracking.
How they use the ESG Management suite
Data collection
Aggregates environmental and social metrics from multiple sources.
Performance dashboards
Visualizes progress toward goals like carbon reduction or diversity targets.
Trend analysis
Identifies gaps, emerging risks, and improvement opportunities.
Built for Every Role Driving ESG Performance
Whether you’re a Chief Sustainability Officer, ESG Analyst, or Compliance Leader, SmartSuite gives you the tools to measure progress, collaborate with stakeholders, and manage ESG programs with precision.
Flexible Pricing Designed for Every Organization
GRC and IT Service Delivery products are licensed on the Signature plan (per-solution pricing) only.
Signature Plan: Per-Solution Pricing for Enterprise Scale
For global organizations and regulated industries requiring complex governance or large-scale rollouts, SmartSuite offers the Signature plan (per-solution pricing). This plan allows enterprises to license specific SmartSuite Solutions — such as GRC, ITSM, or Procurement — for tens of thousands of users, tailored to their exact needs.
- Tailored Licensing — Structure licenses by department, region, or regulatory requirement.
- Purpose-Built for Scale — Designed for enterprises managing thousands of users.
- Customizable Agreements — Includes the ability to tailor terms and access levels to meet unique business needs.
- Enterprise Confidence — Built for large financial institutions, insurers, and global enterprises who require high-performance
and governance.
- Audit Management
- Issues Management
- Operational Resilience
- Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
- Incident Management
- Crisis Management
- Enterprise Risk Management
- Third-Party Risk
- Vendor Portal
- Cyber Threat Management
- RCSA (Risk & Control Self-Assessment)
- Issues Management
- Business Structure
- Contract Management
- Policy Management
- Regulatory Change Management
- SOC 2 Compliance
- CRI Profile Compliance
- Control Framework & Regulatory Libraries
- Compliance Assessments & Testing
- ESG & Sustainability Management
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to common questions about SmartSuite’s pricing models, plan options, and onboarding programs.
SmartSuite has three per-seat plans and one per-solution plan. Team ($15 per seat per month billed annually, minimum 3 users) and Professional ($32 per seat per month billed annually, minimum 5) are self-serve. Enterprise is custom priced and adds SSO, SCIM, audit logs, data residency and a Customer Success Manager. Signature licenses specific solutions, such as GRC or ITSM, for large user populations and is priced per solution.
Signature is priced per solution rather than per user, so an organization can roll a solution out to hundreds or thousands of people without per-seat cost. It pairs the Enterprise platform with governance and support arrangements agreed for your deployment. Terms, minimums and support levels are set in your contract.
Yes, by plan. Team includes 5,000 records per Solution, 50 GB of attachment storage per Solution and 25,000 automation runs and API calls per month. Professional includes 100,000 records, 100 GB and 100,000 runs and calls. Enterprise includes 400,000 records, 500 GB and 500,000 runs and calls. Solutions are unlimited on every plan, and reaching a limit never stops your Solutions from working.
Every plan includes the Help Center, real-time chat, onboarding guides, daily office hours, live monthly training and certifications, bi-weekly getting-started workshops, SmartSuite Academy and the user community. Enterprise adds a named Customer Success Manager and Professional Services, and Premium Support is available as an Enterprise add-on.
Yes. Enterprise is custom priced, with payment by invoice available for plans that meet a minimum fee, and Signature prices a whole solution rather than each user. Both are shaped around your user population, security review and support requirements.
Contact sales or schedule a demo. A member of the team will walk through your requirements and put together an Enterprise or Signature proposal.
Flexible Pricing for ESG Programs of Every Size
SmartSuite offers customizable pricing to fit the complexity of your ESG initiatives. Whether you’re tracking a few key metrics or managing global reporting requirements, choose a plan that grows with your organization.
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