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About ESGware

We make ESG
operational.

ESGware is built in South Africa for enterprises across the continent that want sustainability to run like the rest of the business: measured, owned, reviewed and improved every month.

Our mission

Turn ESG from a document into a discipline.

Too much ESG effort goes into assembling numbers once a year, and too little into using them. We believe the organisations that lead will be the ones that treat ESG data with the same rigour as financial data: captured at source, checked, evidenced and in front of decision-makers when it still matters.

So we build practical software for the people who do the work, from site managers logging a month's water use to directors signing off a report, grounded in the frameworks and realities that matter to African enterprise.

What we believe

Principles behind the platform.

Defensible over decorative

Every number should trace back to a source, an owner and an approval. Pretty charts come second.

Capture once, use everywhere

Frameworks will keep changing. Your underlying data model shouldn't have to.

Built for the whole team

If site teams can't use it, the data won't be current. Usability is a compliance feature.

Rooted in Africa

Local governance codes, water stress, multi-site operations and bilingual teams are first-class, not afterthoughts.

AI that assists, people who decide

AI should remove drudgery and draft faster, while accountability stays with people.

Trust is the product

Enterprise security, audit trails and data ownership are part of the core, not an upsell.

Team credentials

Expertise you can verify.

Courses completed by a member of the ESGware team on behalf of the organisation, through programmes from Delft University of Technology and the World Bank Group. The same water, climate and sustainable-finance knowledge is built into the platform.

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XSeries Programme Certificate

Water Management

DelftX · Delft University of Technology · Issued January 2022

  1. CTB3365DWx Drinking Water Treatment Water securityAugust 2021
  2. CTB3365STx Urban Sewage Treatment Pollution & resourcesAugust 2021
  3. CTB3300WCx Introduction to Water and Climate Climate changeProgramme course

edXVerified certificates on edX

World Bank Group · Open Learning Campus

Sustainable cities & finance

  • Smart Cities for Sustainable DevelopmentSSD01xSustainable developmentFebruary 2022
  • Urban Rail DevelopmentWBGxUR01xSustainable infrastructureFebruary 2022
  • Railway FinancingWBGxRF2001xSustainable financeFebruary 2022
  • Unlocking Investment and Finance in Emerging Markets and Developing EconomiesEMDE01xSustainable financeFebruary 2022

edXVerified certificates on edX

Certificate of completion Accounting: From Beginner to Advanced Financial reportingNovember 2022 · 7 hours
  1. Aug 2021Drinking Water Treatment
  2. Aug 2021Urban Sewage Treatment
  3. Jan 2022XSeries: Water Management
  4. Feb 2022Smart Cities
  5. Feb 2022Urban Rail
  6. Feb 2022Railway Financing
  7. Feb 2022Investment in EMDEs
  8. Nov 2022Accounting

Personal details and certificate numbers are withheld for privacy; original certificates are available on request. Logos are trademarks of their respective owners, shown only to identify the issuing institution, and do not imply endorsement of ESGware.

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0ESG themes across E, S and G
0cross-cutting toolkit tools
0languages: English & Afrikaans
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