About / Credentials
Credentials, frameworks, and the partnerships that back our work.
The standards, frameworks and accreditations we work to, and the bodies behind them.
01 Frameworks & standards
Standards we work to
Sustainability assurance & reporting
- ISAE 3000 (Revised) — IAASB assurance engagement standard for non-financial information; basis for limited and reasonable assurance reports.
- ISSA 5000 — IAASB sustainability assurance standard, effective for engagements from 15 December 2026.
- IFRS S1 / IFRS S2 — ISSB general sustainability and climate-related disclosure standards.
- GRI Standards — Topic-specific and universal disclosures, GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards.
- ESRS — European Sustainability Reporting Standards under CSRD framework.
- BRSR — Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting (India, SEBI).
- TCFD — Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures recommendations.
- SASB — Sustainability Accounting Standards Board industry-specific metrics.
- AA1000AS — AccountAbility Assurance Standard.
GHG & carbon
- GHG Protocol — Corporate, Scope 2, Scope 3, and Project standards
- ISO 14064-1 / -2 / -3 — GHG quantification, project quantification, and verification
- ISO 14067 — Product carbon footprint
- VERRA — VCS / VM, CCB, SD VISta — Voluntary carbon standards
- Gold Standard for the Global Goals — Voluntary carbon and SDG impact
- CDM — Clean Development Mechanism methodology experience
- OGMP 2.0 — Oil & Gas Methane Partnership reporting framework
Risk & financial
- IFRS 9 — Financial instruments, ECL methodology (PD, LGD, EAD with macro overlays)
- Basel III — ICAAP, Pillar 2, internal capital adequacy
- NGFS scenarios — Network for Greening the Financial System climate stress scenarios
- CBUAE Climate Risk Principles — UAE Sustainable Finance Working Group
Sector standards
- Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) — Performance and Chain of Custody standards
- ResponsibleSteel — Steel certification framework
- EcoVadis — Supplier sustainability assessment
- RSPO, RTRS, Bonsucro — Sector-specific supply chain standards
Management systems
- ISO 14001 — Environmental management systems
- ISO 50001 — Energy management systems
- ISO 45001 — Occupational health & safety
- ISO 9001 — Quality management systems
- ISO 27001 — Information security management
- ISO 20400 — Sustainable procurement
02 Practitioner credentials
What our principals hold
Selected credentials held within the ESGweise practice. Detailed certifications per named principal available on request.
- PMPProject Management Professional
- SCRSustainability and Climate Risk Certificate
- GRI CertifiedSustainability Reporting Professional
- TCFD SpecialistClimate-related Financial Disclosure
- MSCI ESGRatings & Climate Certificate
- ISO 9001 LALead Auditor — Quality Management
- ISO 14001 LALead Auditor — Environmental Management
- ISO 14064 V/VGHG Validator/Verifier
- FRMFinancial Risk Manager (GARP)
03 Firm details
Legal & corporate
- Legal entity
- Esgweise Global L.L.C-FZ
- Jurisdiction
- Meydan Free Zone, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Established
- 2023
- Sister practice
- Riskweise — financial risk advisory ↗
- Software practice
- ESGweise One — SaaS platform ↗