CSRD Climate Change Reporting Solution

As sustainability experts for the food industry, HowGood is a trusted data provider for some of the most challenging environmental requirements of the CSRD. This includes the quantitative data requirements for ESRS E1 (Climate Change), which is the only standard currently required under the Environment category.In 2025, HowGood will be aligning our existing reporting metrics for Water, Biodiversity, Pollution, and Circular Economy to the specific requirements of the CSRD as well.While HowGood is not a comprehensive CSRD reporting tool, we partner directly with the leading platforms for CSRD reporting, including Watershed, IBM, and Salesforce, to power the sustainability data needed for these requirements.

There are three areas where the accuracy and audit-readiness of HowGood’s data will support CSRD reporting requirements:
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Quantitative data requirements: While comprehensive CSRD platforms offer critical support for aggregating and automating data collection, many cannot provide the quantitative data required to comply with CSRD. As the world’s largest food sustainability database, HowGood houses the value chain impact data required, with a level of granularity and accuracy that is unprecedented in the food industry.

‍Mandate for Trust, Transparency, and Quality: The CSRD specifies high data quality and auditability requirements. With HowGood’s background in enterprise-level carbon accounting and product footprinting, we ensure data accuracy and quality at scale for the most challenging environmental reporting categories. All calculations are audit-ready and aligned to the GHG Protocol and ISO 14067, and HowGood’s product footprinting methodology is certified by the Carbon Trust.

‍Third-party assurance: The level of transparency and substantiation that HowGood provides will ensure that reporting companies are assurance-ready. All reports include full methodologies and data sources, and all of HowGood’s metrics are in line with leading sustainability reporting standards >> learn more at https://www.howgood.com/research-methodology

HowGood partners directly with the leading platforms for CSRD reporting, including Watershed, IBM, Salesforce and Microsoft. We also offer data integrations with several top Master Data Management platforms, including Stibo Systems and Informatica. Lastly, we partner with consulting companies to support ongoing reporting requirements including Deloitte, Bain, Guidehouse, Pure Strategies, and several others.

Yes. HowGood supports any regulation or voluntary climate disclosure in the US or Europe that requires granular scope 3 reporting. This includes SBTi, CDP, CSRD, California Climate Laws, and others. Learn more at howgood.com/carbon-accounting or schedule a call with our team to explore your needs.

As a provider to six of the world’s ten largest food companies, HowGood’s infosec standards are in line with enterprise-level requirements. HowGood is both AICPA SOC 2 Type II compliant and ISO 27001:2022 certified. Learn more about HowGood’s commitment to data security at https://www.howgood.com/security.