ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) reporting is increasingly important for SMEs: improved risk management, reputation and brand value, access to funding, competitive advantage and operational efficiency. But SMEs still face challenges when it comes to ESG reporting: complex standards, data collection, limited expertise and lack of adequate systems to efficiently collect and manage ESG data. 

Fintech and IT platforms can provide tools for SMEs to gather and report ESG data more efficiently. Those solutions can be ESG reporting software, data integration and collection tools, and monitoring and tracking software. Those tools can help SMEs meet the reporting requirements associated with sustainable finance. They also allow SME’s stakeholders like banks to receive sustainability quality data that is comparable and actionable. 

Companies presenting their tools

• Gprnt - Greenprint - Singapore - Greenprint empowers SMEs to measure, report and act on their sustainability data.
• Project Perseus - UK - Perseus enables automated emissions reporting for every SME in the UK.
• SixPoint Capital Management - US - Sixpoint tech platform provides social impact reporting and mapping to UN SDGs and GIIN IRIS+ metrics.  
• Cascade Debt - Canada - Cascade works with multiple funds to provide independently SME verified data that increases trust, transparency, and collaboration for all counterparties. 
• Palo IT - France / Global - PALO IT designs, develops and scales digital and sustainable products and services to unlock value across the triple bottom line: people, planet, profit.