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 22301, Business continuity management
- ISO 20400, Sustainable procurement
- ISO 26000, Social responsibility guidance
- SA8000, Social accountability
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 ↗