What is the Openness Law and Digital Sustainability Tool?
The Openness Law is made easier with the digital tool seeTrue.cloud. This platform is designed to help small and medium-sized enterprises navigate the complexities of sustainability reporting and compliance. It acts as a digital sustainability department, guiding companies through understanding, improving, and reporting on their sustainability efforts. With seeTrue.cloud, businesses can participate in the green shift without wasting unnecessary time or money… making sustainability accessible and manageable.
Main Benefits of the Digital Sustainability Department
Using this digital sustainability department comes with several key advantages:
- Self-Declaration: Create your own self-declaration to gather insights about your company and value chain, sharing your sustainability status through various reports.
- Self-Service: Skip expensive consultants and complicated standards with a user-friendly self-service solution that helps you understand, improve, and report on sustainability.
- Reporting: Easily download different types of reports including overview, detailed, and climate accounting reports, with more options coming soon.
- Climate Accounting: Map direct and indirect emissions, electricity, district heating, and water consumption clearly, creating measurability and insight.
- Cost-Free Help: Get free assistance via chat on weekdays from 08:00 to 16:00, because sustainability isn’t always easy.
Understanding Sustainability Reporting for SMEs
Sustainability reporting can feel overwhelming, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises. This digital tool simplifies the process by breaking down complex standards into manageable steps. It helps companies not only comply with regulations but also gain real insight into their environmental impact. The platform supports climate accounting and NSRS reporting, making it easier to track progress and stay on the right path.
Showcasing Your Company’s Sustainability Status
Through the Ecofric Index, companies can publicly showcase their sustainability profile. This index allows stakeholders—customers, partners, investors—to understand how a company scores in various sustainability categories. It’s a powerful way to build credibility and transparency, showing real results and progress. By sharing this information, businesses create trust and demonstrate their commitment to sustainable practices.
Features That Make Sustainability Measurable and Manageable
The digital sustainability department offers a range of features designed to make sustainability measurable and manageable:
- Self-Declaration: Enables companies to assess and communicate their sustainability status.
- Self-Service: Empowers users to take control without relying on costly consultants.
- Reporting: Provides downloadable reports that give detailed insights into sustainability efforts.
- Climate Accounting: Offers clear mapping of emissions and resource consumption.
- Cost-Free Help: Supports users with free chat assistance during business hours.
Project Impact and Alignment with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy – by promoting energy consumption tracking and efficiency.
- SDG 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure – through digital tools that innovate sustainability reporting.
- SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production – by enabling companies to measure and improve their resource use.
- SDG 13: Climate Action – with climate accounting that helps reduce emissions.
- SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals – fostering collaboration and transparency among stakeholders.
Latest News and Updates
Recent activities include the launch of climate accounting for companies and the introduction of Ecofric’s waffles (yes, waffles!). There’s also a free introduction available to the digital sustainability department, helping businesses get started on their green journey. These updates show ongoing commitment to making sustainability easier and more engaging for all users.
