Saudi Carbon Monitoring provides ESG environmental data readiness in Saudi Arabia, preparing the emissions, energy, water, waste, pollution, compliance and operational-performance data layer for a named qualified ESG or sustainability-reporting partner. A disclosure team needs more than totals: it needs definitions, boundaries, controls, evidence and responsible owners.
You receive a written proposal setting out the readiness scope, deliverables, schedule and price. Request a quotation
We scope, coordinate and manage the readiness work. It does not create an ESG strategy, perform materiality assessment, write a complete report or issue assurance, and the chosen framework, jurisdiction, reporting entity and governance process are confirmed before disclosure decisions are made.
Map disclosures to controlled metrics
Start with the reporting requirements or approved internal metric list. For each environmental item, record the definition, organisational and physical boundary, period, unit, calculation method, source systems, data owner, reviewer and evidence. Identify whether the value is measured, calculated, estimated or qualitative.
IFRS S2 addresses climate-related risks and opportunities and includes governance, strategy, risk-management, metrics and targets requirements. Its application is broader than collecting GHG numbers, and your reporting advisers determine applicability and current requirements.
Reconcile operational and reporting boundaries
Operational teams often organise data by facility or meter, while reports may use legal entities or financial consolidation boundaries. Create a crosswalk that explains inclusions, exclusions, joint operations, leased assets and changes. Do not aggregate sites until identities and periods align.
Metric definitions should remain consistent across the report. “Energy consumed,” “renewable electricity,” “waste diverted” and “Scope 1” can be calculated differently if teams use separate templates. A controlled dictionary prevents contradictory statements.
Test evidence and calculation controls for ESG environmental data readiness
Select sample metrics and trace them to source. Check completeness, units, factors, formulas, manual adjustments, approvals and retained files. Record gaps and estimates visibly. If a claim relies on supplier or contractor information, retain the response boundary and any assurance evidence.
Our carbon-data foundations and environmental KPI design services build these controls. GHG verification readiness applies specifically to the inventory evidence and remains separate from broader report assurance.
Prepare a controlled reporting handover
The reporting partner should receive a data pack with metric definitions, approved values, evidence index, methodology notes, change history, limitations and management approvals. Draft narrative should not overstate what measurements prove. A decrease needs context; a target needs a defined baseline and governance; “verified” needs an actual assurance statement and scope.
Independent assurance is commissioned separately, with the assurer’s criteria, independence and evidence requests respected; readiness work does not determine the assurance conclusion.
Scope inputs and deliverables
Provide the reporting entity, intended framework, disclosure list, prior reports, facilities, metric owners, systems, calculation files, evidence, assurance plans and timetable. Outputs may include the disclosure-to-data matrix, metric dictionary, boundary crosswalk, evidence index, control review, gap log, approval workflow and reporting-partner handover. Saudi Carbon Monitoring is available for projects across Saudi Arabia, including Dammam, Jubail, Riyadh, Jeddah, NEOM and Qiddiya.
Run a disclosure dry close
Choose a draft reporting period and ask every metric owner to submit evidence and approvals through the proposed workflow. The reporting specialist then checks definitions, boundaries and narrative implications, while the data team traces sample values. Record missing information, conflicting versions, late submissions and unclear ownership. This is a process test, not assurance.
Reconcile climate metrics across the GHG inventory, ESG tables, financial-reporting interfaces and website copy. The same Scope 1 total should not have different boundaries in different documents without explanation. Establish one approved source and a controlled release process. Where an environmental claim cannot yet be supported, revise the wording or hold it rather than substituting a weak proxy. A dry close gives management time to make those decisions before publication pressure narrows the options.
Publication gate
Before release, require an authorised sign-off that the metric values, definitions, boundaries, narrative and assurance labels agree. Record open limitations and how they are disclosed. Check that web summaries and graphics use the same approved source as the report. A reporting partner may shape presentation, but source owners and governance remain responsible for the evidence.
Maintain a release register showing which approved values entered each report, website page or management pack. When a correction occurs, the register identifies every output requiring update and prevents inconsistent environmental claims from remaining in circulation.
Frequently asked questions
Who provides ESG environmental data readiness in Saudi Arabia?
Saudi Carbon Monitoring provides the disclosure-to-data matrix, metric dictionary, boundary crosswalk, evidence index and control review, then hands the data pack to your reporting partner.
Is ESG data readiness the same as ESG strategy, and does it include assurance?
No. It prepares environmental evidence; strategy, materiality, governance and report preparation require broader expertise. Independent assurance requires a separate provider with appropriate independence.
Does IFRS S2 apply to every organisation?
Applicability depends on jurisdiction and reporting context. Your advisers confirm current obligations.
Can operational KPIs be copied directly into a report, and how should estimates be disclosed?
Only after checking definition, boundary, period, calculation, evidence and alignment with the reporting requirement. Estimates are disclosed under the chosen framework and methodology, with assumptions and limitations retained in the evidence pack.
How do I start ESG environmental data readiness?
Create a disclosure-to-data map and identify an accountable owner and evidence source for every environmental metric.
What affects the cost of ESG environmental data readiness?
Cost depends on the number of facilities and metrics, the reporting framework, the state of existing evidence and the depth of control testing. Your quotation sets out the scope and price.
How long does ESG data readiness take?
Timing depends on the disclosure list, data availability, the number of metric owners and the reporting timetable. The schedule is set out in your quotation.
Saudi Carbon Monitoring serves projects across Saudi Arabia, including Dammam, Al Khobar, Jubail, Riyadh, Jeddah, NEOM and Qiddiya.
Request a quotation
If you need ESG environmental data readiness in Saudi Arabia, send us your reporting entity, disclosure list and prior reports, and Saudi Carbon Monitoring will prepare the scope and price. Request a quotation