# GreenSphere > Sustainability reporting that's actually simple. GreenSphere is a sustainability operating system for mid-sized businesses — collect operational data, calculate emissions against vetted factor libraries (DEFRA, EPA, EMBER), and publish audit-ready reports aligned to GRI, IFRS S1 & S2, and the GHG Protocol. ## Product - [Product overview](https://greensphereco.com/product): How GreenSphere works — data logging, emissions calculation, indicators, dashboards, and report generation. - [Pricing](https://greensphereco.com/pricing): Plans (Starter, Pro, Business, Enterprise) and a 14-day free trial. - [Frameworks supported](https://greensphereco.com/frameworks): Reference for GRI, IFRS S1/S2, and the GHG Protocol — which disclosures map to which standards. - [Interactive demo](https://greensphereco.com/demo): Step-through tour of the platform using Northbridge Foods (sample F&B processor) data. ## Resources - [Resources hub](https://greensphereco.com/resources): Entry point for articles, reporting guides, and platform guides. ### Reporting guides — methodology and framework reference - [Avoiding Greenwashing: What Regulators and Consumers Are Looking For](https://greensphereco.com/resources/reporting-guides/avoiding-greenwashing): What regulators are challenging, what claims are defensible, and how to communicate sustainability progress without exposure under EU, US, and UK rules. - [Setting Your Base Year and Reporting Boundaries](https://greensphereco.com/resources/reporting-guides/base-year-and-reporting-boundaries): How to set defensible reporting boundaries (operational control, financial control, equity share) and a base year you won't have to redo. The foundational decisions everything else compounds from. - [Calculating Scope 3 Emissions: The 15 Categories Explained](https://greensphereco.com/resources/reporting-guides/calculating-scope-3-emissions): A practical, screening-led guide to all 15 Scope 3 categories under the GHG Protocol — what each covers, when it's likely material, and how SMEs realistically calculate it. - [Choosing Your First Framework: GRI, IFRS, or GHG Protocol?](https://greensphereco.com/resources/reporting-guides/choosing-your-first-framework): A clear decision path for choosing your first sustainability reporting framework — based on who's asking, where you operate, and how mature your reporting is. - [The Most Common Sustainability Reporting Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them)](https://greensphereco.com/resources/reporting-guides/common-sustainability-reporting-mistakes): Ten specific, frequent mistakes in sustainability reporting — what each is, why it matters, and how to avoid it. The experienced reporter's reality check for first-timers. - [Reporting Under CSRD: What Mid-Sized Companies Need to Know](https://greensphereco.com/resources/reporting-guides/csrd-mid-sized-companies): Who's in scope of CSRD, what ESRS requires, the phased timeline, assurance requirements, and how non-EU companies are affected through value-chain reporting. - [Building a Materiality Assessment from Scratch](https://greensphereco.com/resources/reporting-guides/materiality-assessment-from-scratch): A practical, SME-realistic walkthrough of running your first materiality assessment under GRI, IFRS, or ESRS — with the seven-step process and documentation discipline auditors expect. - [Setting Science-Based Targets: The SBTi Process](https://greensphereco.com/resources/reporting-guides/science-based-targets-sbti): What SBTi actually requires, what it costs, and what the timeline looks like — so you can decide whether to commit before you start the validation process. - [Location-Based vs Market-Based Scope 2: Which to Use and When](https://greensphereco.com/resources/reporting-guides/scope-2-location-vs-market-based): The dual Scope 2 method explained: when to use location-based, when to use market-based, and why the GHG Protocol expects both. - [The Sustainability Reporting Glossary](https://greensphereco.com/resources/reporting-guides/sustainability-reporting-glossary): A precise, plain-language glossary of 100+ sustainability reporting terms — frameworks, methodology, emissions, assurance, and greenwashing-related vocabulary. - [What is sustainability reporting? A first-time reporter's guide.](https://greensphereco.com/resources/reporting-guides/what-is-sustainability-reporting): A plain-language introduction to sustainability reporting. What it is, who reads it, why companies do it, and how to think about getting started. ### Platform guides — how to use GreenSphere - [Roles and Permissions in GreenSphere](https://greensphereco.com/resources/platform-guides/roles-and-permissions): What each organization and site role can do in GreenSphere — the full permission reference for admins managing team access. - [Audit trail and data history](https://greensphereco.com/resources/platform-guides/audit-trail-and-data-history): What's in GreenSphere's audit trail — indicator and raw data audit sections, what's logged, how to export for assurance, and how to use it for data quality. - [Frameworks supported in GreenSphere](https://greensphereco.com/resources/platform-guides/frameworks-supported-in-greensphere): Reference table of the reporting frameworks GreenSphere supports — what each produces, how indicators link to disclosures, and what's on the roadmap. - [Generate your first GRI report](https://greensphereco.com/resources/platform-guides/generate-your-first-gri-report): Generate a GRI Universal Standards 2021–aligned report in GreenSphere — from reporting readiness check to draft, preview, and export. - [Generate your first IFRS S1/S2 report](https://greensphereco.com/resources/platform-guides/generate-your-first-ifrs-report): Generate an IFRS S1 and S2–aligned report in GreenSphere — covering general sustainability disclosures, climate disclosures, and industry-based guidelines. - [How emissions calculations work in GreenSphere](https://greensphereco.com/resources/platform-guides/how-emissions-calculations-work): How GreenSphere turns operational data into calculated emissions — the chain from activity data through emission factor to scope-assigned roll-ups. - [Log your first data point: enter raw data or a calculated metric](https://greensphereco.com/resources/platform-guides/log-your-first-data-point): Log your first data point in GreenSphere — operational raw data or a pre-calculated indicator value — with site, period, emission factor, and audit notes. - [Map your operational data to GreenSphere indicators](https://greensphereco.com/resources/platform-guides/map-operational-data-to-indicators): How GreenSphere's two-layer data model works: raw operational data feeds indicators, indicators feed dashboards and reports. Plus how to add custom data types. - [Read your dashboard](https://greensphereco.com/resources/platform-guides/read-your-dashboard): Understand every panel on the GreenSphere dashboard — key metrics, active targets, additional metrics, operational overview, time filters, and site scope. - [Set and track sustainability targets](https://greensphereco.com/resources/platform-guides/set-and-track-sustainability-targets): Create absolute or percentage-change targets in GreenSphere, track progress on the Targets page, and pin up to three targets to your dashboard. - [Set up your organization: configure your workspace from sign-in to dashboard](https://greensphereco.com/resources/platform-guides/set-up-your-organization): Walk through GreenSphere's onboarding from sign-in to a configured dashboard. Set your org profile, framework, factors, indicators, units, and team. - [The emission factor library](https://greensphereco.com/resources/platform-guides/the-emission-factor-library): What's in GreenSphere's 5,000+ emission factor library — sources, structure, regional coverage, drill-down detail, custom factors, and data-point mappings. ### Articles — market commentary and regulatory analysis - [7 Saudi Regulations That Will Require ESG Data from Your SME Before 2028](https://greensphereco.com/resources/articles/saudi-regulatory-esg-stack): Behind Vision 2030 procurement sits a parallel Saudi regulatory stack — capital markets, banking supervision, environmental enforcement, building codes, and CBAM — all converging on the same data set. - [How to Respond to a European Buyer's Supply Chain Due Diligence Questionnaire](https://greensphereco.com/resources/articles/ea-supply-chain-due-diligence): A five-step guide for East African SME exporters facing European supply chain due diligence questionnaires under CSDDD and CSRD, covering environmental data, social documentation, platform registration, and recurring response infrastructure. - [The Complete Guide to ESG Disclosure Obligations for Multi-Market MEA SMEs](https://greensphereco.com/resources/articles/multi-market-mea-esg-compliance): Four MEA markets, four regulatory stacks, one data foundation. How SMEs operating across Kenya, UAE, South Africa, and Saudi Arabia can meet converging ESG disclosure obligations without quadrupling compliance costs. - [How South African SMEs Can Turn Supply Chain ESG Data Into Green Finance Eligibility](https://greensphereco.com/resources/articles/sa-sme-green-finance-eligibility): The compliance data your JSE customers already require is the same data that unlocks preferential lending rates, development finance, and sustainability-linked credit. - [The East Africa ESG Compliance Timeline: What Every SME Needs to Know Before 2029](https://greensphereco.com/resources/articles/east-africa-esg-compliance-timeline): Five East African markets, three pressure tracks, one converging deadline. The market-by-market regulatory and banking timeline every SME needs before the questionnaires arrive. - [The CFO's Guide to ESG Data and Cost of Capital in Kenya](https://greensphereco.com/resources/articles/kenya-cfo-esg-data-cost-of-capital): How Kenyan banks are pricing ESG data into SME credit decisions today — what KCB, Equity, NCBA, Absa, Stanbic, Co-op, and I&M are asking for, and what it costs to be unprepared. - [The Kenyan SME Guide to Sustainability Reporting: What Your Bank and Your Biggest Customer Now Expect](https://greensphereco.com/resources/articles/kenya-sme-sustainability-reporting-guide): A practical guide for Kenyan SMEs on the three convergent ESG pressures arriving in 2026–2027 — from your bank, ICPAK's IFRS roadmap, and EU buyers. - [7 ESG Data Requests South African SMEs Are Now Receiving from JSE Customers](https://greensphereco.com/resources/articles/sa-jse-supply-chain-esg-data-requests): The seven ESG data categories JSE-listed customers are already requesting from South African SME suppliers — and how to build a data system that survives every future questionnaire. - [Saudi SME Green Finance: Development Fund vs. Commercial Bank ESG Lending](https://greensphereco.com/resources/articles/saudi-sme-green-finance-comparison): A side-by-side comparison of the two main green finance pathways for Saudi SMEs in construction, manufacturing, and logistics — and the data foundation that unlocks both. - [How Saudi SME Suppliers Can Meet Vision 2030 ESG Data Requirements: A Step-by-Step Qualification Guide](https://greensphereco.com/resources/articles/saudi-sme-vision2030-esg-qualification-howto): What NEOM, Red Sea Global, Aramco, and SABIC procurement teams now require from Saudi SME suppliers — and a five-step path to a defensible disclosure package. - [The Complete Guide to UAE Climate Law Compliance for SMEs and Free Zone Businesses](https://greensphereco.com/resources/articles/uae-climate-law-compliance-guide): A practical guide to Federal Decree-Law No. (11) of 2024 for Finance Directors and Operations Managers at UAE SMEs — including Free Zone entities. The four obligations and how to meet them. - [7 Green Finance Products UAE SMEs Can Access in 2026, and the ESG Data That Unlocks Each One](https://greensphereco.com/resources/articles/uae-green-finance-products-for-smes): Seven real, named green finance products available to UAE SMEs in 2026 — EDB, RAKBANK, FAB, Emirates NBD, DIB, ADCB, and Khalifa Fund — and the ESG data that qualifies you. - [15 ESG metrics that satisfy every framework request MEA SMEs are receiving](https://greensphereco.com/resources/articles/15-esg-metrics-mea-smes): MEA SMEs are now fielding ESG questionnaires from European buyers, domestic banks, and DFI lenders in incompatible formats. Across 600+ frameworks, the same 15 metrics keep recurring — collect them once, report them many times. ## Company - [About](https://greensphereco.com/about): Mission, principles, and the frameworks we operate against. - [Partners](https://greensphereco.com/partners): Programme for consultants, accountants, and integrators (opening mid-2026). - [Changelog](https://greensphereco.com/changelog): Product updates and releases. ## Other - [Sitemap](https://greensphereco.com/sitemap.xml) - [RSS feed (articles)](https://greensphereco.com/feed.xml)