ESG reporting is here to stay. Is your organization ready?
Strong Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance is crucial for demonstrating corporate transparency, attracting investors and supporting long-term sustainability. The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) regulation is now mandatory in the European Union (EU) and new mandatory reporting, based on the sustainability standards of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), is either under consideration or entering force in many jurisdictions, including Japan, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia. The coverage of these two ESG reporting frameworks continues to expand across the globe, reinforcing ESG excellence's strategic imperative for all organizations, even those not directly subject to reporting mandates today.
Facing the challenge
To stay ahead of the curve, organizations must meet the growing demands for data collection, management, analysis, reporting and disclosure. But how? A recent survey by PriceWaterhouseCoopers revealed 74% of companies still rely on spreadsheets and manual time-consuming processes for sustainability reporting, surpassing other methods.
Spreadsheets, by their own design, lack the capacity to manage the complexity and volume of data required by CSRD, ISSB-based standards and other regulations, and don't offer the functionality necessary for the integration and verification of reported information. Investing in advanced ESG technology solutions is crucial for more accurate, efficient and compliant reporting.
How UL Solutions can help
UL Solutions is a leading industry provider of holistic ESG advisory, software and verification* services.
With over 20 years of experience in ESG and sustainability software, we meet the ever-changing needs of today’s global businesses through innovative technology that is highly scalable, versatile and reliable.
*Verification and pre-verification engagements are conducted independently from advisory services.
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UL 360 software features and benefits
The UL 360 ESG and Sustainability platform, available through the ULTRUS™ software portfolio from UL Solutions, provides features and benefits such as:
Investment-grade data
Your ESG data will be complete, timely and fully auditable with advanced data quality management features.
Third-party verification readiness
Trusted by leading organizations to make their data audit ready. Helps reduce time and cost of verification with clear and transparent data overviews.
Automated ESG data management
Collect, clean and standardize ESG data across your organization and supply chain with powerful integrations, enhancing efficiency and providing full audit trails.
Streamlined CDP, ISSB and CSRD data integration
An ESG Disclosure module offering a single workspace for CDP, ISSB and CSRD reporting, including features for tracking progress, assigning requirements, authoring answers and utilizing your data for detailed and auditable traceability.
Comprehensive carbon tracking and measurement
Access a comprehensive emission factor content library with over 120,000 factors to compare your emissions to various standards and regulations.
Experienced and scalable customization
Customizable for specific data reporting and collection needs. Real-time data and analytics for continuous ESG performance monitoring.
Seamless user experiences
Easy navigation through an intuitive interface designed to streamline operations with expert support to leverage the software's full potential with minimal training.
Turns ESG insight into action
Analyze and visualize data to track and manage performance against your ESG and net-zero goals. Export data to empower informed decision-making.
Simplify purchased goods and services emissions management
Spot carbon hot spots, high-impact suppliers and products, and more while automatically updating emissions data and providing actionable insights.
UL 360 and ULTRUS™ software
UL 360 ESG and Sustainability software is part of the ULTRUS software portfolio, which brings together powerful digital offerings from UL Solutions to help customers manage regulatory, supply chain and sustainability challenges.
Align your reporting with leading ESG frameworks
ESG pre-configured setups for quick software implementation
Benefit from our 20+ years of experience with pre-configured ESG reporting software, built on our UL 360 core software. We can implement our reporting software in six weeks or less, allowing you to start with a pre-configured setup or use our content packs to quickly expand your capabilities.
Choose from content packs aligned with CDP, ISSB and CSRD — covering Environment, Scope 3 categories 1-7 and 9, Greenhouse Gas (GHG), Safety, Compliance, Human Resources (HR) and Community. Grow your program at your own pace with our expertise and the flexibility of UL 360 software.
Enterprise ESG software helps perfect your program
Fully configurable ESG and sustainability reporting software supports organizations that want a flexible system to streamline data collection, improve reporting quality and meet ever-evolving stakeholder demands. With an ambitious roadmap and extensive Scope 3 offering, we are here to meet your needs now and into the future.
Expert-led supply chain ESG management and reporting
Optimize your supply chain with our state-of-the-art software designed to gather comprehensive supplier information through intuitive questionnaires, allowing you to confidently track interactions and seamlessly manage critical ESG supply chain challenges.
Incorporate Scope 3 emissions data into your reporting to obtain a view of your supply chain’s environmental impact, enabling more informed decisions and sustainable practices. Our software offers the transparency and insights essential for driving ESG performance and meeting both domestic and international regulatory requirements.
Three deployment options to match your needs
From fast deployment to custom processes, choose the best fit for your ESG reporting needs.
Pre-Configured
UL 360 software out-of-the-box content and functionality aligned to ESG reporting requirements like CDP, ISSB and CSRD. Cost-effective and rapidly deployed in as little as six weeks.
Pre-Configured Plus
Start with the UL 360 software and pre-configured content. Add configuration packs, data connectors or tailored modules to match your business needs. Time-effective and flexible.
Tailored
For established processes, metrics and reports needing specific parameterization. Leverage the UL 360 software and our professional teams to develop a configuration to your requirements.
Industry leaders trust UL 360 ESG reporting software
Get even more from UL 360 software
Add any of these modules to your existing subscription:
ESG Disclosures
Access, complete, and manage your responses to ESG and compliance frameworks, such as CDP, ISSB and CSRD. With the module, you can easily pull your data directly from the UL 360 software into your disclosures, providing a data source and disclosed values audit trail.
Scope 3
Break through Scope 3 complexity with dedicated modules for purchased goods and services (Categories 1 and 2), logistics (Categories 4 and 9) and supply chain carbon, facilitating data collection directly from suppliers to improve performance, as well as tailored support for all Scope 3 categories.
Scope 3 Purchased Goods and Services
This powerful module provides a clear view of the carbon impact from your Scope 3 purchased goods and services, connecting with procurement systems to deliver precise insights and automatically update your calculations as new data becomes available.
Initiatives
Track and drive projects at all business levels. Align initiatives against business goals and targets to determine return on investment and which initiatives to scale or repeat.
Metering
Collect live meter readings automatically from smart meters or use a mobile device to record meter readings manually. Estimating data is made easier by integrating UL 360 software with your Building Management System (BMS).
Properties
Provide a property-centric view for managing building metrics, tasks, energy performance, certifications and more. Look across your portfolio to benchmark properties and integrate with Energy Star Portfolio Manager.
Incidents
Capture incidents in detail with the Incidents module. Record all details, including who or what was involved, how the incident was investigated, root cause analysis, risk assessment and mitigation. You can also define and track corrective and preventive actions.
Audits
Validate internal or supplier claims and efficiently assess compliance within a diverse range of environmental and safety management requirements.
FAQs
- My organization is early in our sustainability journey; how can UL 360 software help accelerate our progress?
UL 360 ESG and Sustainability software provides out-of-the-box starting capabilities aligned to major reporting drivers and utilizing the best practices we've gleaned from our 20+ years of ESG reporting experience. As you progress on your sustainability journey, this software can easily grow with you to support your organization's particular needs, processes and data points. For additional assistance, we offer a range of robust ESG advisory and professional service teams that can provide expert guidance and support.
- My organization needs to go beyond basic sustainability reporting to drive ESG performance and meet stakeholder expectations. How can UL 360 software help?
UL 360 software's data structures, workflows, dashboards and reports are fully customizable, allowing you to build your organization's ESG reporting and management platform according to your needs. If you want our assistance or expertise to drive performance, our dedicated services and advisory teams can help you identify the best approaches and custom strategies.
- How does UL 360 software handle the increasing need to bring together data from across an organization's functions to drive ESG reporting and improvement?
UL 360 software provides a variety of data integration and collection tools to suit each use case. We have flexible integration tools for directly linking to other software systems like your enterprise resource planning (ERP) or human resources (HR) software and robust business tools, including SharePoint, that can manage direct data collection across your organization to replace legacy email and spreadsheet-based approaches.
- Our organization faces increasing regulatory ESG reporting requirements. How can the UL 360 software help us fulfill them?
Our core software provides in-depth tools to allow you to collect and calculate your ESG performance metrics, including a deep and flexible library of emission factors and auditability to support third-party verification requirements. In addition to its ability to prepare the quantitative components of a disclosure, the UL 360 software's optional ESG Disclosures module allows you to view each framework's particular requirements and prepare your quantitative or qualitative answers.
- How can UL 360 software help our organization go beyond its own operations to understand and improve its supply or value chain's ESG performance?
The UL 360 software can support in-depth data collection across Scope 3 categories, and our integrated Supply Chain Management software allows you to engage directly with your suppliers to understand their ESG performance and make strategic decisions based on the most useful places to engage.
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