Guides
The requests on your desk, explained.
Plain-language guides to what your customers ask for, what it takes and what to prepare. Free to read, no email required, sources listed.
- EcoVadis for small and mid-sized manufacturers A customer's procurement team sends an EcoVadis invitation and a deadline, and most in-house teams have never seen the platform before. Here is what the assessment actually checks, and why the score depends on evidence rather than intentions. 5 min read
- PPWR packaging data requests: a guide for manufacturers A retailer sends a spreadsheet asking for packaging data on every product you supply. Here is why the request exists, what it actually asks for, and which parts of the compliance chain remain yours alone. 5 min read
- VSME explained: the voluntary sustainability standard for SMEs Banks, insurers and large customers increasingly ask small and mid-sized companies for ESG data, and VSME is the EU-endorsed format written for exactly that situation. Here is what it covers and where it sits relative to mandatory reporting. 5 min read
- How to answer customer sustainability questionnaires without starting from zero each time EcoVadis, CDP, retailer packaging templates and one-off customer self-assessment questionnaires (SAQs) ask for much of the same underlying information. Building one evidence base once is faster than answering each request as if it were the first. 5 min read
- The CO2-Prestatieladder explained The CO2-Prestatieladder is the Dutch CO2 management certification scheme that buys certified bidders a real advantage in public tenders. Here is how the scheme works and what a company needs to enter it. 4 min read
- CDP explained: what to do when a customer asks you to disclose A customer has asked you to disclose environmental data through CDP, and the request carries a real annual deadline. Here is what CDP actually checks, how the questionnaire scales to your size, and what the dates look like this year. 5 min read
- B Corp certification under the new standards, explained B Lab has replaced how B Corp certification works: the old points-based route is closed, and every company now certifies or recertifies against mandatory requirements across seven Impact Topics. Here is what changed, what B Lab actually checks, and what preparing for it involves. 5 min read
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