Resources

Everything we know about sustainability reporting — and how it works in practice.

Articles, reporting guides, and platform walkthroughs from the team building GreenSphere.

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New to sustainability reporting?

Three pieces to read first.

Choosing Your First Framework: GRI, IFRS, or GHG Protocol?

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.

10 min readUpdated Apr 30, 2026

Reporting guideStart here

Getting startedBeginner

The Sustainability Reporting Glossary

A precise, plain-language glossary of 100+ sustainability reporting terms — frameworks, methodology, emissions, assurance, and greenwashing-related vocabulary.

15 min readUpdated Apr 30, 2026

Reporting guideStart here

Getting startedBeginner

What is sustainability reporting? A first-time reporter's guide.

A plain-language introduction to sustainability reporting. What it is, who reads it, why companies do it, and how to think about getting started.

9 min readUpdated Apr 29, 2026

Articles

What we’re thinking about.

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ArticleSupply Chain Pressure

How to Respond to a European Buyer's Supply Chain Due Diligence Questionnaire

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.

13 min readMay 26, 2026

ArticleRegulation Compliance

The Complete Guide to ESG Disclosure Obligations for Multi-Market MEA SMEs

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.

15 min readMay 26, 2026

ArticleFinance Capital

How South African SMEs Can Turn Supply Chain ESG Data Into 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.

8 min readMay 11, 2026

Reporting guides

The reporting playbook.

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Reporting guide

Getting startedBeginner

Choosing Your First Framework: GRI, IFRS, or GHG Protocol?

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.

10 min readUpdated Apr 30, 2026

Reporting guide

CSRDIntermediate

Reporting Under CSRD: What Mid-Sized Companies Need to Know

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.

14 min readUpdated Apr 30, 2026

Reporting guide

GHG ProtocolIntermediate

Setting Your 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.

10 min readUpdated Apr 30, 2026

Platform guides

Using GreenSphere.

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Platform guide

Getting Started

Set up your organization: configure your workspace from sign-in to dashboard

Walk through GreenSphere's onboarding from sign-in to a configured dashboard. Set your org profile, framework, factors, indicators, units, and team.

10 minUpdated May 5, 2026

Platform guide

Logging Data

Log your first data point: enter raw data or a calculated metric

Log your first data point in GreenSphere — operational raw data or a pre-calculated indicator value — with site, period, emission factor, and audit notes.

10 minUpdated May 5, 2026

Platform guide

Raw Data & KPIs

Map your operational data to GreenSphere 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.

8 minUpdated May 5, 2026

Platform guide

Emissions