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Sustainability Report Assurance

Bureau Veritas provides independent sustainability report assurance services, helping organisations build trust, meet ESG compliance requirements and demonstrate accountability to stakeholders.

As global expectations for transparency grow, our impartial assurance services give confidence that your sustainability reporting is accurate, reliable and aligned with recognised standards such as AA1000AS and ISAE 3000.

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DEMONSTRATE ACCOUNTABILITY WITH INDEPENDENT SUSTAINABILITY ASSURANCE

Growing scrutiny on corporate governance and ESG performance means sustainability reporting is no longer optional; it’s a business-critical requirement.

New regulations such as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and frameworks like the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) demand companies disclose accurate, verifiable information about their environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance.

Independent sustainability assurance provides stakeholders with confidence that the information you share is complete, unbiased and trustworthy, helping to build long-term relationships with investors, regulators and customers.

HOW BUREAU VERITAS DELIVERS SUSTAINABILITY REPORT ASSURANCE

As an independent body, Bureau Veritas provides an objective view of your sustainability reporting and reassures stakeholders that the information is accurate and free of bias.

As each company’s sustainability strategy is unique, our Sustainability Services Team delivers personalised and robust assurance solutions that reflect each client’s individual needs.

Our methodology incorporates recognised best practices, and we constantly review and adapt our internal protocols to align with existing standards and frameworks, including the AA1000 Assurance Standard and the ISAE3000 standard for auditing of non-financial information.

SUPPORTING COMPLIANCE

  • Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Assessment

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    The GRI is the most popular corporate sustainability reporting framework. It is both an end in itself, and an important stepping-stone on the journey to regulatory reporting. Our GRI readiness assessment includes:
    -    Online self-assessment at site level
    -    A series of interviews and further evidence gathering
    -    Bureau Veritas grading your sites by maturity score on their sustainability reporting systems and processes
    -    Readiness assessment report, which identifies any gaps for you to address in your reporting
     

  • Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)

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    Gauge your maturity under Europe’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). Our gap analysis service includes: 
    -    Conducting double materiality analysis
    -    Evaluating your current systems and processes to identify any gaps 
    -    Identifying opportunities for more comprehensive implementation of ESG information management systems

  • Data Collection Services

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    Alongside Capgemini, we can assess your sites’ sustainability maturity as well as their related IT systems and data collection processes. This means:
    -    Developing and implementing a Digitalisation Roadmap
    -    Guidance through closing reporting gaps and delivering data with increased efficiency
    -    Making demonstrable positive impact on your sustainability performance

  • Sustainability Report Assurance

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    As an independent third party, Bureau Veritas assurance practitioners follow international standards to evaluate your sustainability report and the underlying management systems feeding into it. Beyond verifying data, our report assurance service gives you:
    -    Useful feedback on your data collection and in-depth analysis
    -    Presentation methods for demonstrating best practice in sustainability reporting to your stakeholders
    -    Our assurance opinion statement for publication in your report and a private internal management report containing further opportunities for improvement

KEY BENEFITS OF SUSTAINABILITY REPORT ASSURANCE?

Independent third-party assurance from Bureau Veritas delivers tangible benefits for your organisation, including:

  • Build trust and transparency: Give stakeholders confidence that your ESG disclosures are accurate and unbiased.
  • Achieve regulatory compliance: Ensure alignment with frameworks such as CSRD and GRI.
  • Reduce corporate risk: Mitigate reputational and legal risks caused by inaccurate or misleading disclosures.
  • Improve reporting processes: Gain actionable feedback to streamline data collection, analysis and reporting.

Support sustainability strategy: Strengthen ESG performance by identifying opportunities for improvement.

WHY BUREAU VERITAS IS A TRUSTED SUSTAINABILITY ASSURANCE PARTNER

Bureau Veritas brings nearly 200 years of global expertise in testing, inspection and certification. As an independent third party, our assurance practitioners follow international standards to evaluate your sustainability reporting and the underlying management systems feeding into it.

We’re experienced at delivering a wide range of sustainability services, working with clients to help deliver on, monitor, enhance and provide assurance on their ESG goals.  Choose our trusted team of experts for sustainability reporting assurance, and you can benefit from:

 

  • An experienced team of qualified sustainability experts
  • A partnership approach, focused on meeting your objectives with efficiency
  • Full range of services to support your Sustainability Report, from readiness assessment and training, through to assurance of your report
  • Access to a complete range of sustainability services from Bureau Veritas, a global leader in testing, inspection and certification
     

Bureau Veritas also offers sustainability reporting advisory services. To maintain our impartiality, we cannot provide advisory and assurance services to the same client at the same time.
 

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