An ESG number is only as credible as the evidence behind it.

The problem becomes more complex for organisations operating across multiple countries. A single enterprise may need to respond to GRI, SASB, TCFD, CSRD/ESRS, SEBI BRSR, CDP, ISSB, Bursa Malaysia, SGX Sustainability Reporting, SET Thailand, AASB S1, AASB S2 and ASRS requirements. Much of the underlying information—energy, emissions, water, waste, workforce and supplier data—is common across these requirements, yet organisations often collect and reconcile it separately for each disclosure.

Carbon accounting adds another layer. Scope 1 information may come directly from operations, Scope 2 from purchased energy, while Scope 3 can require data from suppliers, logistics providers and other parts of the value chain. Product-level sustainability introduces lifecycle assessment. Procurement needs supplier ESG information, management wants target tracking, and assurance teams need evidence behind reported numbers. ESG Caffé's existing use cases span Scope 1–3 inventories, supplier ESG data, BRSR filing, CDP responses, assurance packs, taxonomy alignment and regulatory monitoring.

Bringing sustainability expertise and technology together

DataCaffé's approach is not to treat this purely as a software problem. Through its partnership ecosystem, ESG Caffé combines technology with sustainability and regulatory expertise. The collaboration with Green Parrot is centred on bringing sustainability expertise together with connected ESG technology. The partnership with Global PCCS adds regulatory and domain knowledge, particularly around areas such as LCA, EPR, carbon, automotive and compliance.

This matters because ESG transformation requires more than generating a report. Organisations need to understand which information is material, how it should be calculated, which evidence supports it, how regulatory requirements apply to their operations and how those requirements translate into repeatable business processes. The combination of domain expertise and technology helps bridge that gap.

The Solve

ESG Caffé is DataCaffé's ESG Operating System, designed to turn fragmented sustainability information into a governed data and evidence layer. Instead of beginning with the disclosure template, it begins with the underlying information. Data can be ingested from ERP systems, APIs, files and other enterprise sources, validated for gaps and inconsistencies, connected to evidence, processed through applicable calculations and mapped to reporting requirements. The operating flow becomes Ingest → Validate → Compute → Map → Report.

The important difference is that ESG Caffé separates the ESG data layer from the reporting framework. A verified energy or emissions metric should not have to be recollected every time another framework asks for related information. ESG Caffé is designed to maintain the metric together with its source, period, owner, evidence and approval trail, and then map governed information to applicable disclosure requirements.

The same foundation extends beyond disclosure. Scope 1–3 inventories can connect activity data with emissions calculations and factor management. Supplier ESG workflows can structure questionnaires, supporting evidence and follow-up across the value chain. Product LCA can model lifecycle impacts and compare improvement scenarios. Materiality, carbon, water, waste, certifications and assurance can therefore operate on a connected ESG foundation rather than as isolated annual exercises.

The result is a shift from reporting sustainability to operating sustainability. Sustainability teams spend less of their effort reconstructing the story behind the data and gain a clearer path from operational information to evidence and disclosure. A verified metric can be reused where appropriate across reporting requirements, supplier information can remain connected to its evidence, and carbon calculations can retain their underlying data lineage.

More importantly, when management asks how sustainability performance is changing—or an assurer asks “Where did this number come from?”—the organisation can work back through the data, ownership, calculation and evidence rather than searching through disconnected spreadsheets.

From GRI to CSRD, CDP to BRSR, the principle remains the same: collect once, validate rigorously, maintain the evidence and map intelligently.

ESG Caffé — One ESG Data Layer. Multiple Frameworks. Global Reporting Readiness.