About / Credentials
Credentials, frameworks, and the partnerships that back our work.
We work to international standards under named frameworks, and we name them publicly because buyers should be able to verify the substance behind the claims.
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 ↗