ESG Advisory and Compliance

WAP’s ESG Managed Service offers a comprehensive, outsourced solution for managing sustainability initiatives within your organization. With almost 20 years of experience, we integrate into your operations as a dedicated project manager and strategic leader across multiple ESG projects. Acting as an embedded sustainability department, we provide ongoing support for strategic planning and project execution, helping your organization effectively address ESG goals. Our approach is tailored to align with your specific objectives, ensuring a seamless and impactful ESG program.

WAP’s Sustainability Reporting service provides an end-to-end approach to developing framework-aligned reports (GRI, ISSB, SASB, CSRD, CBAM etc.) that meet regulatory requirements and communicate sustainability performance clearly. We assist in defining report objectives, establishing a reporting framework, and gathering data, resulting in a comprehensive report that reflects your organization’s sustainability efforts. Our service covers content creation, data analysis, and report design, ensuring that reports are informative and accessible to stakeholders. This streamlined process supports both internal and external reporting needs, enabling you to communicate your sustainability journey effectively.

WAP’s ESG Data Controller service simplifies ESG data collection, analysis, and management, providing the structure needed for informed decision-making and compliance. We maintain ESG KPI trackers and align data collection with key frameworks, ensuring accurate and organized data across company divisions, business units or holding companies. Our service includes policy creation, gap assessments, data creation and data strategy, making data management efficient and reliable. This structured approach allows your team to track and analyze ESG metrics, ensuring alignment with regulatory standards and supporting data-driven sustainability initiatives.

WAP’s ESG Compliance service offers guidance for navigating complex and evolving sustainability regulations (including SB 253, SB 261, CSRD, CBAM etc.). Working closely with your legal and compliance teams, we develop strategies to meet standards and reduce risk. We specialize in compliance frameworks such as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), California disclosures, and SEC regulations, covering both local and global requirements. Our tailored compliance support ensures your organization is prepared for regulatory changes, helping to establish a foundation for sustainable growth.

WAP’s theory of change focuses on creating impactful, high-quality data exchange between companies and sustainability stakeholders. With over a decade of experience in environmental and social impact assessments, WAP is uniquely positioned to support companies in conducting comprehensive materiality (SMA) and double materiality assessments (DMA). For companies aiming to evaluate the environmental and social impacts of their operations (single materiality) or to complete a double materiality assessment (DMA) including financial perspectives for CSRD compliance, WAP provides the tools and expertise needed for effective ESG reporting. Our services include employee learning sessions, supplier outreach, and data collection support, ensuring a thorough, data-driven approach to materiality.

As climate change increases the severity and frequency of natural disasters, businesses face greater climate-related risks, including potential asset damage (physical risk) and regulatory pressures (transitional risk). WAP helps companies manage these risks through clear, structured climate risk assessments (CRA) aligned with the Taskforce on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). Conducting TCFD-aligned climate risk assessments with WAP prepares businesses for compliance with climate regulations in Europe (CSRD), California (SB 261), and beyond (CDP or EcoVadis), while supporting more resilient, informed decision-making in a lower-carbon economy.

Each year, thousands of companies worldwide complete environmental disclosures for CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project) to track and improve their sustainability performance. According to CDP, 7 out of 10 companies agree that disclosure through CDP enhances their understanding of environmental impacts and impact management. WAP provides expert CDP support to guide companies through this detailed reporting process, assisting with data collection, narrative response development, and scoring optimization. WAP’s dedicated tools keep reporting on-track, ensuring high-quality submissions that accurately showcase sustainability initiatives. As a silver Accredited Solutions Provider (ASP) for climate change consulting in the U.S., WAP has the recognized expertise to help businesses achieve strong CDP scores and demonstrate leadership in environmental impact reporting.

CDP ASP Case Study

WAP supports companies across industries in responding to CDP’s detailed environmental questionnaire, from data identification and response writing to strategic score maximization. Our points-first approach helps new and experienced CDP respondents achieve their scoring goals through tailored strategies.

Case Study: After nearly a decade of steady CDP performance, a WAP client in the packaging industry experienced a score decline due to stricter CDP criteria. WAP analyzed trends and identified key improvement areas, helping the client restore their score and enhance their public sustainability narrative. Working closely with the client’s Legal and Marketing teams, WAP guided improvements in data quality and reporting. As a silver CDP ASP, WAP’s direct access to CDP feedback ensures responsive support and on-time project completion.

The European Union (EU) introduced the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) in 2023 as a carbon tariff on high carbon-intensive imports into the EU. Currently in a transitional phase (2023-2025) and set for full implementation in 2026, CBAM is a major development in global carbon regulation.

WAP provides expert CBAM compliance support, helping businesses understand the CBAM framework and its impact on specific industries. Through tailored CBAM assessments and industry-focused recommendations, WAP assists clients with essential value-chain data collection, data processing, and strategy implementation to improve efficiency and achieve compliance. WAP also offers specialized CBAM training to prepare teams for these regulations, and we deliver regular updates on evolving CBAM policies to keep businesses competitive in an ever-changing regulatory landscape.