NEW Meridian AI: an ESG score and a draft narrative, reviewed by you

Every ESG number.
One defensible source of truth.

The companies you sell to, bank with and answer to now require proof of your ESG performance, from King V and the JSE to the CSRD rules reaching South African suppliers. ESGware turns the annual scramble into a living system: capture once, and answer GRI, SASB, CDP, TCFD, King V and CSRD from a single, audit-ready data set.

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8 reporting frameworks 12 ESG themes SSO, 2FA & full audit trail
Report once · satisfy every framework that asks
GRIGlobal Reporting Initiative SASBIndustry standards CDPClimate · Water · Forests TCFDClimate-related financial disclosure King VSouth African governance code CSRDEU ESRS IFRS S1ISSB general requirements IFRS S2ISSB climate disclosures SICIndustrial classification
Why now

ESG disclosure isn't optional anymore.
Three forces are deciding it.

The question has changed. It is no longer "do you have a sustainability story?" It is "can you prove your numbers, in our framework, by our deadline?" Three groups are driving that demand, and ESGware is built to answer all three from one data set.

Regulators & codes

King V governance expectations and the JSE's sustainability and climate disclosure guidance put ESG squarely on the board's agenda.

Customers & supply chain

CSRD and ISSB are cascading down global value chains. Supply an EU, UK or listed customer and their report now depends on your data.

Capital & lenders

Investors, banks and tender processes increasingly price ESG performance, and they want evidence, not statements.

Why ESGware

ESG reporting shouldn't be
an annual fire drill.

Every framework asks the same questions in a different shape, and the deadlines keep multiplying. The organisations that cope treat ESG as a living system they run all year, not a document they rebuild each reporting season.

Without a system

  • Spreadsheets emailed between sites, with versions no one trusts
  • The same data rebuilt for every framework, every year
  • Evidence scattered across inboxes when the assurer calls
  • The board sees ESG once a year, long after it could act

With ESGware

  • Site-level trackers with owners, reviews and a clean history
  • One data set mapped to eight frameworks: capture once, reuse everywhere
  • Evidence and approval history attached to your disclosures, ready for assurance
  • Live Command Center, alerts and a one-click board pack
See it working

ESGware in two minutes.

A narrated tour of the real platform, from the first data point to the boardroom. Press play, or jump straight to the chapter you care about.

Turn your phone sideways, or tap full screen, for a bigger view.

Narration uses your browser's built-in voice · captions included · product screens are shown with sample data and do not represent any actual organisation

The data trail

Follow one number,
from invoice to boardroom.

Watch a single emissions figure travel through ESGware: recorded at a site, calculated, checked, disclosed and reported, with its evidence attached the whole way.

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Every seat at the table

One platform. Five perspectives.

Sustainability, operations, finance, compliance and the board all work from the same defensible data, each with the view they need. Pick a role to jump straight to it.

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How it works

From raw data to
decisions, in four moves.

1Capture

Every site. Every metric. One place.

Purpose-built trackers replace the spreadsheet relay. Site owners log what they know, when they know it, and ESGware does the maths.

  • Emissions, water, waste, safety and more, captured by site and by month
  • Bulk CSV import for historical data, so nothing is left behind
  • Review queues so every number is checked before it counts
ESGware · Climate tracker
Carbon footprint tracker with monthly emissions trend for a site
Shown with sample data for illustration purposes only.
2Understand

See what matters, before anyone asks.

A live Command Center scores completeness, surfaces risks and tells you where to act, across the whole portfolio or a single site.

  • Unified alerts inbox across all twelve ESG themes
  • Double materiality matrix: impact and financial, side by side
  • Targets, forecasts, anomaly watch and scenario sandbox
ESGware · Command Center
Unified alerts inbox
Shown with sample data for illustration purposes only.
ESGware · Goals
ESG goals on track and at risk
3Report

Report once. Satisfy many.

Eight frameworks are mapped to one underlying data model, so a well-evidenced answer is written once and reused wherever it applies.

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0ESG themes mapped
1source of truth
ESGware · Framework coverage
Framework coverage map across the supported frameworks
Shown with sample data for illustration purposes only.
4Act

Turn insight into boardroom decisions.

Give leadership a print-ready board pack, model trade-offs before committing capital, and link ESG targets to financing.

  • One-click board pack from the same audited numbers
  • Scenario sandbox to test "what if" before you commit
  • Sustainability-linked finance and supplier scorecards
ESGware · Board pack
Board pack executive summary
Shown with sample data for illustration purposes only.
Watch it work

Built to be used,
not just bought.

Clear screens, guided flows and in-app help mean site teams adopt ESGware without weeks of training. Take a live look at the tools your teams would use every day.

  • Built-in help and guided tours across the ESG Toolkit
  • English and Afrikaans interfaces
  • Works on desktop, tablet and mobile
ESGware platform
Live view
Twelve themes · three pillars

The whole ESG picture.
Not just carbon.

Each theme is a focused tracker with its own metrics, alerts and targets, all feeding one Command Center.

Environmental

Climate Change

Scope 1 and 2 emissions by site, trend and target tracking.

Environmental

Water Security

Withdrawal, recycling and discharge against basin water stress.

Environmental

Biodiversity

Deforestation-free sourcing and supply-chain risk screening.

Environmental

Pollution & Resources

Waste routes, landfill diversion and disposal cost.

Social

Labour Standards

Pay equity and living-wage analysis by employee category.

Social

Human Rights & Community

Stakeholder sentiment and grievance tracking by site.

Social

Health & Safety

Incidents, near misses, training and corrective actions.

Social

Customer Responsibility

Privacy, product safety and complaint resolution.

Governance

Corporate Governance

Board composition, independence and diversity.

Governance

Risk Management

Physical climate risk across assets and events.

Governance

Tax Transparency

Country-by-country contributions and jurisdictions.

Governance

Anti-Corruption

Cases, vendor due diligence and ethics training.

Meridian AI

An ESG score you can explain. A narrative you control.

Answer industry-relevant questions and Meridian calculates a transparent ESG score, then drafts the narrative for you to review, edit and approve.

  • Every score shows exactly how it was worked out
  • AI drafts only from structured answers you have saved, never your raw files
  • Nothing is final until a person approves it
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Meridian ESG Score

Sample score · calculated from saved answers
Environmental78
Social69
Governance75
AI draft · awaiting your review
EditableHuman-approvedExplainable scoring

Single sign-on

SAML SSO with your identity provider, plus enforced two-factor authentication.

Granular access

Roles and access profiles down to module, feature and action.

Full audit trail

Who changed what, when, and why, on every answer and approval.

Open by design

REST API, signed webhooks, calendar feeds and full data export.

Explore trust & security

60-second readiness check

Where are you on the ESG journey?

Five quick questions. You'll get a maturity level and three practical next steps. Nothing is stored or sent.

Get started

Make your next report
the easiest one yet.

Bring your frameworks, your sites and your next reporting deadline. We'll walk you through ESGware against your real obligations, King V, the JSE or CSRD, in about 30 minutes.

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