navigating sustainability compliance and audit

The sustainability landscape is changing rapidly — are you ready?

Sustainability reporting is no longer a future-facing initiative or a “nice-to-have.” It’s here. It’s real. And as regulations evolve and expand, so do the environmental disclosures requirements. For CFOs, controllers, and anyone involved with sustainability reporting, the challenge is not just checking boxes — it’s understanding how to approach ESG disclosures in a strategic way that’s auditable today and scalable tomorrow.

At CompIntelligence, we work with external reporting teams and sustainability professionals and who leverage OneStream’s unified platform to navigate this very shift. Here's what we're seeing, and how you can stay ahead:

What's driving sustainability reporting right now?

Regulatory Pressure
Governments and agencies around the world are continuing to roll out mandates. If companies do business within certain jurisdictions, they will soon be required to file climate disclosures: 

• California Climate Accountability Package: Applies to 4,000+ US-based and international companies, not just those headquartered in the state.

• EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD): Requires extensive sustainability reporting for European and US-based companies and could expand to cover 50,000 organizations worldwide over the next several years.
  

Increasingly, environmental, social and governance factors matter to people:

• Investors are asking, “How are you reducing risk and finding new efficiencies and profit-bearing opportunities?”
• Customers and communities are asking, “Are your operations aligned with our values?”
• Employees are asking, “What are you doing to promote equity and transparency?”

Compliance isn't optional — but you have options

If your company is using OneStream today, you have two paths to sustainability reporting: 

• Option 1: OneStream’s MarketPlace ESG Solution
  Designed for organizations that are looking for an out-of-the-box approach aligned with leading frameworks and automated factor updates. It’s powerful and standardized but may come with higher licensing and implementation costs.
• Option 2: A Custom Sustainability Reporting Model from CompIntelligence
  Built on OneStream, our tailored solution offers flexibility, lower total cost of ownership, and alignment with your unique data structure, KPIs, and regulatory requirements. You may already have licenses you can use.

Either way, we’re here to advise you and guide you through your implementation. We'll meet you where you are today and partner with you to understand exactly what you need. The application we build together will match your current sustainability structure and then serve as the foundation for your future: OneStream ESG will easily grow and adapt to changing regulatory requirements and to your organization’s goals and abilities.

How to move forward

No matter which approach you choose, there are three key questions to ask: 

1. What are our primary objectives for ESG reporting?
   Most companies are focused on compliance first and foremost. But what other goals does your organization have? The right solution can help with risk management, emission reduction, forecasting and planning, investor transparency, and brand reputation, as well.
2. With which ESG frameworks and standards do we plan to align?
   With OneStream, you can manage California, CSRD, TCFD, GRI, SASB, SEC, ISSB, and CDP compliance on a unified platform.
3.  What data will we bring into OneStream?
    How granular will the data be, and how will we source it? Which entities, metrics, and reporting boundaries   are material and in scope?

Final Thought: It's not just about compliance — it's about confidence in your data, your calculations, and your reporting 

Done right, sustainability reporting doesn’t just protect your company from regulatory or reputational risk — it helps you build stakeholder trust, strengthen operational visibility, and drive long-term value.

Would you like help evaluating your options in OneStream? Our mission is simple: understand where you want to go and help you get there with clarity and purpose. 

Explore Your Sustainability Reporting Options Today.