Respond with confidence to the sustainability requests that matter most.
EcoVadis
EcoVadis evaluates a company’s sustainability management system, with a strong focus on documented policies, actions, and results related to the environment, ethics, labor and human rights, and sustainable procurement.
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Commonly requested by customers’ procurement teams
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Focuses on sustainability management maturity across key ESG themes
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Rewards strong evidence, policies, certifications, and improvement actions
CDP
CDP is a global environmental disclosure platform used by investors, customers, and other stakeholders to assess how companies manage climate, water, forests, biodiversity, plastics, oceans, and related environmental risks.
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Strong focus on environmental transparency and performance
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Frequently requested by customers and capital markets stakeholders
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Requires detailed environmental data, governance practices, targets, impacts, and risks
CSA
The S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment, or CSA, evaluates companies’ performance across industry-specific governance/economic, environmental, and social criteria.
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Used for sustainability benchmarking and S&P Global ESG Scores
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Strong connection to investor audience, feeding into the Dow Jones Best-in-Class Indices and others
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Requires supporting documentation, public disclosures, and industry-specific data
GRESB
GRESB evaluates ESG performance for real estate and infrastructure assets, funds, and companies, with a focus on management practices, asset-level performance, and investor-relevant sustainability data.
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Designed for real estate, infrastructure, and asset-heavy portfolios
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Used by investors to benchmark ESG performance across properties and funds
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Requires strong asset-level data, operational metrics, certifications, and governance evidence
Survey/Questionnaire Comparison Matrix
| EcoVadis | CDP | CSA | GRESB | |
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| Primary Audience | Customer procurement teams | Investors, customers, supply chain partners | Investors, analysts, rating users | Real estate investors, fund managers |
| Geographic Scope | Global | Global | Global | Global |
| Materiality Lens | Industry + size | Environmental risk and performance | Industry-specific sustainability performance | Investor-relevant asset performance |
| Focus Areas | Policies, actions + scope | Climate, water, forests, nature | Governance, economic, environmental, social | Real estate and infrastructure ESG |
| Disclosure Depth | Evidence-based questionnaire & metrics | Detailed environmental questionnaire | Industry-specific assessment | Portfolio and asset-level reporting |
| Data Requirements | Official Documentation + evidence | Emissions, risks, targets, water data | Public disclosures, KPIs, governance evidence | Asset-level energy, GHG, water, waste |
| Assurance | Not formal assurance, but scored validation | Verification strengthens response | Evidence and disclosure review | Data validation expected |
| Digital Reporting | Web-based portal | CDP Portal | S&P Global CSA Portal | GRESB Portal |
| Key Challenge | Documentation + score optimization | Coordinating complex environmental data | Aligning evidence with public disclosure | Collecting consistent asset-level data |
| Business Impact | Value chain relations, sales | Environmental transparency + customer confidence | Environmental transparency + customer confidence | Capital access + portfolio performance |
How G&A Helps
We help companies respond to EcoVadis, CDP, CSA, and GRESB with a unified approach—aligning data, disclosures, evidence, and internal ownership so each response is accurate, efficient, and connected to broader sustainability goals.
How the Stakeholder Responses Connect
EcoVadis, CDP, CSA, and GRESB serve different stakeholder needs, but increasingly rely on the same foundation: credible data, clear governance, documented policies, measurable progress, and consistent disclosure across sustainability channels.
