EU rules like PPWR and CBAM are already reshaping market access for Thai SMEs.
They may not report under CSRD — but EU buyers can still ask for packaging, carbon and ESG evidence.
Reusable supplier data beats a new questionnaire every time.
#Thailand#ESG#PPWR#SMEs#SupplyChain
China's Ecological and Environmental Code came into force today.
Not an SME ESG standard — a codification. But it firms up the legal basis for enterprise GHG data.
Buy from Chinese manufacturers? Expect more requests for energy, fuel, Scope 1/2 + evidence.
#ESG#SupplyChain
ESG consultants: still building a spreadsheet from scratch for every client?
One Pro account, unlimited client Passports. Each client gets a public link and PDF ready to share with buyers. Country-aware. VSME + ISSB.
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#ESG#ESGConsulting#Sustainability
A chamber in Penang just spent a day teaching SMEs carbon accounting — warning them: no emissions data, no place in big supply chains.
Malaysia doesn't mandate SMEs to report. Their big customers do it for them.
Structure your data once, reuse it everywhere.
#SEDG#ESG
The reflex for supply-chain emissions: send suppliers more questionnaires.
Forward Faster APAC 2026 pointed the other way — equip suppliers, don't survey them.
Don't ask for more. Help them produce the few pieces of usable data you actually need.
#ESG#SupplyChain
ISSB is landing. Kenya mandates it in 2027, Nigeria and Ghana close behind — 30+ jurisdictions in all.
The smart move in 2026: a test run. Not for the standards . It's the data layer that breaks. Teams assume the data exists, then find it's unusable at reporting time.
#ISSB#ESG
PPWR general application: 12 Aug 2026.
Article 16 matters in practice: packaging suppliers must provide the info and docs manufacturers need to demonstrate conformity.
That is a supplier-data problem — not only a legal one.
PPWR ≠ ESG reporting standard.
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Grid emission factors in Australia swing ~4x by state. Tasmania ~0.20 kgCO2e/kWh, Victoria ~0.78. Same activity, different footprint, purely by geography. Most Scope 2 numbers don’t account for it. #ClimateReporting#ESG
EcoVadis alternative” is one of our top search terms — and most people searching it don’t actually want an alternative to EcoVadis.
We wrote the honest comparison anyway, including when EcoVadis is genuinely the right call.
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#EcoVadis#ESG#SupplyChain#SMEs
A 150-question ESG form sent to a 15-person supplier doesn’t get you better data — it gets copy-pasted answers. We publish a 29-question template scoped to what a small vendor can actually answer honestly. #Procurement#ESG