Sustainability, simplified.
Just received a sustainability questionnaire from a major customer? You’re not alone. We help growing companies answer today’s requests with confidence — and turn a pile of customer demands and compliance obligations into one practical system that adds real business value.
Sound familiar?
- A key customer sent a supplier sustainability survey with a deadline.
- You’ve been asked for your carbon emissions and don’t know where to start.
- A new contract includes a supplier code of conduct or ESG clauses.
- Your safety, environmental, and HR records live in a dozen different places.
Why This Is Happening
The rules are written for big companies.
The requests land on yours.
New disclosure laws in Europe and California — plus pressure from investors, lenders, and their own customers — now require large companies to report on sustainability across their entire supply chain. To do that, they need information from you.
So even if no regulation names your company, the requirements arrive anyway: through questionnaires, supplier portals, purchase terms, and contract renewals. Answering well can help you keep and win business. Answering poorly — or overpromising — creates real commercial and legal risk.
EU and California disclosure laws, investor and lender expectations
Must report on emissions and practices across their supply chain
Questionnaires, data requests, supplier codes, and new contract terms
Our Approach
One system, built at your pace
Most companies already do more than they realize — it just isn’t organized. We start with what’s in front of you, then build a right-sized program you can grow into, instead of starting over with every new request.
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Answer what’s in front of you
We help you respond to the current questionnaire or customer request accurately — without overcommitting or making claims you can’t support.
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Bring it under one roof
We gather what you already have — environmental, health & safety (EHS) records, energy and utility data, waste, HR policies, certifications — and organize it in one place.
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Build a practical system
Clear ownership, the right policies, a simple process for collecting data, and contract terms you can live with — so the next request takes hours, not weeks.
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Grow into reporting
Add emissions measurement, goals, and formal reporting as your customers, lenders, and the rules require — one step at a time, with no wasted effort.
The Business Case
More than compliance
Done well, a sustainability program is a business asset — not a cost center or a box to check.
“Sustainability and profitability are not in tension when integrated with business strategy. The businesses that lead on ESG will eventually lead every industry.”
Jeff McCourt, Founder — led his own company to B Corp certification
- Answer once, reuse everywhere. One organized source of truth for every customer survey, portal, and RFP.
- Keep and win larger customers. Being a prepared, low-risk supplier is a competitive advantage.
- Fewer contract surprises. Know what you’re agreeing to in supplier codes, ESG clauses, and audit rights.
- Lower risk. Accurate, supportable statements protect you from greenwashing claims and broken promises.
- Real operational savings. Measuring energy, waste, and safety often surfaces cost and efficiency gains.
- A story worth telling. Something meaningful to share with employees, lenders, investors, and customers.
How We Help
Practical services, plain language
Questionnaire & Customer Requests
Guidance on supplier surveys, sustainability portals, and RFP sections — what to answer, how to say it, and what to hold back.
Supplier Codes & Contract Terms
Review and negotiation of supplier codes of conduct, ESG clauses, reporting obligations, and audit rights in customer and vendor agreements.
EHS & Sustainability Integration
Bringing environmental, health & safety compliance and sustainability efforts together under one program with clear ownership.
Policies & Governance
Right-sized policies and a simple governance structure so leadership, employees, and customers know who is responsible for what.
Emissions & Data Roadmap
A plan for measuring your carbon footprint and other key data over time, coordinated with qualified technical partners where needed.
B Corp & Benefit Corporation
For companies ready to go further: counsel through B Corp certification and conversion to Public Benefit Corporation status.
The Rules Behind the Requests
What you’ll hear about — in plain English
You don’t need to master these regimes to respond well. But it helps to know why your customers are asking.
EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)
Requires very large companies in or selling into the EU to report on sustainability, including impacts across their supply chain. Narrowed in 2026 to the largest groups, but those companies still ask suppliers for data. Read more →
California climate disclosure laws (SB 253 & SB 261)
Require companies with more than $1 billion in revenue doing business in California to report greenhouse gas emissions — with supply chain (“Scope 3”) emissions starting in 2027. The first reports are due November 10, 2026. A companion climate-risk law (SB 261) is on hold pending appeal. Read more →
Scope 1, 2 & 3 emissions
Scope 1 is fuel you burn directly; Scope 2 is the electricity and heat you buy; Scope 3 is everything else in the value chain — including your company’s emissions, from your customer’s point of view. That’s why you are being asked.
Customer programs, ratings & certifications
Many large companies use supplier rating platforms, their own surveys, or climate commitments that require supplier participation. Certifications like B Corp can help demonstrate a credible program.
Directly covered by one of these laws?
We also advise larger companies on applicability, reporting program design, and board-level governance for CSRD, California’s laws, and ISSB-aligned reporting. Get in touch →
Got a questionnaire on your desk?
Send it our way. We’ll help you understand what’s being asked, respond with confidence, and map a practical path forward.