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Expert perspectives on ESG reporting, carbon management, and sustainable business practices for SMEs.

What you will find in the Sustainly blog

Explore practical guidance for organizing sustainability data, preparing VSME-based reports, understanding carbon emissions, and turning climate risk information into business decisions.

  • ESG reporting for SMEs
  • Scope 1 and 2 carbon accounting
  • Physical climate risk and resilience

VSME reporting and supplier carbon

Read the English cluster on VSME data points, customer ESG requests, and supplier carbon information SMEs are asked to share.

Guide

How to Respond When Your Corporate Customers Demand Supplier Sustainability Data

When a key customer asks for your ESG data, you need a clear, affordable response — not a six-month consulting project.

June 23, 2026
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Carbon Footprint

Product Carbon Footprint vs Corporate Carbon Footprint: What's the Difference (and Which Do You Need)?

Product carbon footprint vs corporate carbon footprint explained: different boundaries, different units, different uses — plus a plain-language guide to PCF calculation.

Sep 9
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ESG Reporting

VSME vs ESRS vs GRI vs GHG Protocol: Which Standard Actually Applies to You

VSME vs ESRS, GRI vs ESRS, and where the GHG Protocol fits: a plain-language guide to which ESG standard an SME actually needs — and which ones it can ignore.

Sep 6
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ESG Reporting

Post-Omnibus: Who Still Has to Report Under CSRD in 2027 (and Who Just Got a Customer Instead of a Regulator)

Omnibus I directive changes redrew CSRD scope for 2027. Here is exactly who still has to report, who is now exempt, and what changes for everyone in between.

Sep 5
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ESG Reporting

The VSME Value Chain Cap: What It Means When a Customer Sends You an ESG Questionnaire

The VSME value chain cap limits what a customer’s ESG questionnaire can legally ask a protected undertaking for. Here is exactly what they can and can’t request.

Sep 3
1 min
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ESG Reporting

VSME Basic Module: The 46 Data Points Explained, One by One

Every VSME Basic Module data point (B1–B11) explained one by one — a practical VSME checklist and template for your first VSME reporting standard submission.

Aug 31
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Carbon Footprint

How Hard Is It to Calculate Your Carbon Footprint? Not As Hard As You Think

Calculating a carbon footprint for a bank or client request usually just means Scope 1 and 2 — data you likely already have. Here's how easy it really is.

Aug 21
1 min
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Guide

Construction Products Regulation: Why LCA and EPD Data Are Now Mandatory

The new Construction Products Regulation requires manufacturers to back every product with LCA data and an EPD. What changes — and how to comply.

Aug 21
1 min
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ESG Reporting

VSME Reporting: The Only ESG Standard You Can Be Asked For Outside CSRD Scope

VSME reporting is the only ESG standard you can be asked to follow outside CSRD scope. Why banks and big clients request it — and how EBA and CSDDD drive that.

Aug 19
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Carbon Footprint

Meeting Customer ESG Demands: A Cost-Effective Guide to Supplier Carbon Footprinting

Meet customer ESG demands with a proportionate carbon footprint — practical steps SMEs can finish without enterprise budgets.

Apr 18
1 min
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Strategy

Why Your Bank Needs Non-Financial Data: An SME Guide to Protecting Your Loans and Contracts

Banks increasingly ask SMEs for non-financial data. Here is why — and how to protect loans and contracts.

Apr 8
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ESG Reporting

Navigating the VSME Standard: meeting your customers' ESG reporting demands

VSME gives SMEs a proportionate way to meet customer ESG reporting demands without copying CSRD complexity.

Mar 12
1 min
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Carbon Footprint

How to calculate your supplier carbon footprint when corporate customers demand it

A clear SME walkthrough: gather activity data, apply factors, and deliver a supplier carbon footprint customers can trust.

Mar 11
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ESG Reporting

5 advantages of ESG for companies

Five concrete advantages of ESG for companies — stronger customers, clearer risks, and better access to capital.

Mar 1
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ESG Reporting

ESG Reporting for small and medium-sized businesses: building sustainable success

Build ESG reporting that fits an SME: useful to customers and banks, light enough for the team that has to run it.

Oct 25
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