Hi there all! Ask some of you may know we recently hosted an Ask Me Anything session on Sustainability Management, specifically - ESRS / ISSB Intelligence and the Sustainability Disclosure Agent. We wanted to share the wealth of knowledge learned ...
Hi everyone! Curious if other Sustainability users have experienced a similar challenge with the Sustainability Roll Forward process. Our situation: During our first roll forward, I missed adding our report file. The Factbook roll forward itself ...
Now more than ever, sustainability and financial reporting teams must collaborate closely to ensure data consistency and accuracy. With Workiva's data sharing capabilities, there is never a question of teams working off different data sets and wit...
As CDP's 2026 scoring deadline looms — September 16, as a reminder — note that CDP published revisions to questions within some modules during the reporting cycle. What changed 2. Identification, assessment, and management of dependencies, impac...
Preparing for the revised ESRS requirements? Skip the rigid, generic templates. You shouldn't have to sacrifice your bespoke branding when making the move to revised ESRS! Instead of starting over, we recommend a smart workflow that pairs your exi...
Earlier this month, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) provided filing guidance for California Senate Bill 253 (SB253) — or Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act — for its deadline of November 10, 2026. What — and where — to file To fil...
Hi Team, we have created an 'overall' process for all 2026 reporting tasks and created sub process groups within this 2026 process to organize all process steps (first and final delivery of an input file, first and final completion of a check file...
Big news for your Scope 3 reporting! Hybrid Calculation Method V2 is now live in Workiva Carbon for Categories 1 & 2, delivering higher data quality thresholds, direct insight into raw CDP source data, and flexible version control across your repo...
Hi Sustainability Community! 👋 We are thrilled that our 2026 CDP Questionnaire experience is officially live! We built this year’s updates to make collaborating and tracking progress smoother than ever. But now that it’s out in the wild, the most ...
As we continue to expand our use of the Workiva platform, ensuring our teams feel confident and equipped is a top priority. To streamline the onboarding process for anyone joining our Sustainability workspaces, we are excited to announce the laun...
As announced elsewhere, you can now create a CDP Questionnaire in Sustainability Explorer to craft responses for 2026 CDP disclosures and update the corresponding questions in your CDP Portal submission — directly from your Sustainability Reportin...
Hello, Currently, we only have quantitative metrics within our Sustainability Program but are looking to explore adding qualitative disclosures.I am interested to hear from others if and how you are add qualitative disclosures to your Sustainabili...
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Hi Community! 👋 Posting today on behalf of my customer, who is focused on an exciting goal: expanding their in-house design and formatting capabilities within Workiva for their upcoming Sustainability Report. They want to get the most out of Worki...
Let’s be honest—gathering accurate Scope 3 data often feels like chasing a moving target. If you’re tired of chasing down suppliers or relying on generic industry averages for your Purchased Goods and Services (PGS) calculations, you are definitel...
Ready to own your Sustainability Program roll forward with total confidence? We know that rolling forward your Sustainability Program and Carbon data means managing a lot of moving parts at once. To help keep things organized and ensure nothing ge...
Hi everyone! I manage my company's sustainability program, so I’m constantly trying to keep a pulse on where all of our data collection efforts stand. I need to be able to quickly answer questions like: What’s overdue? Where are things stuck? Who...
Query regarding: Connect source Workiva files to Sustainability Program valuesWhen we reset the task will it go to Data Preparer or last reviewer?
As mentioned in this month's Sustainability Insider, CDP — formerly Carbon Disclosure Project — recently published their 2026 questionnaire, along with their scoring methodology and reporting guidance. Workiva — a Gold Accredited Solution Provider...
Due to our complex entity structure we need to have the possibility to rename entity codes (dimensions), e.g. in the Sustainability Program. Creating a new entity and archiving the old one in case of changes is not sufficient for us. Thank you!
Ready to own your Sustainability Program Roll Forward? We’ve created a Step-by-Step Roll Forward Guide designed to give you total independence. This video goes beyond the basics, walking you through the full process so you can confidently launch y...
Hello everyone, We are currently in the process of configuring a CSRD report in Workiva and would appreciate insights from other organizations or practitioners who have already gone through this exercise. We are particularly interested in understa...
I know there is a CDP API to fill out responses to CDP, however, I am wondering if any users are using their program/metrics/tasks to first collect data to then bring over to their CDP API. Is there a data collection template available for this pu...
If your Sustainability Explorer includes the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), it now includes the draft version of the simplified Standards from the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG). While the simplified ESRS...
Hi, we came across the restriction beeing able to only add one Data Provider per metric in our ESG Program. This is quite a hindrance and is not reflecting real life processes. The accurate collection of KPIs must not be dependent on one single pe...
Last year our team didn't use the 2025 CDP tool in the Sustainability Explorer as it wasn't launched in time for our full project timeline. However, this year we want to use the 2026 CDP tool in the Sustainability Explorer. We have the 2025 CDP r...
As previously discussed, the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) is drafting updated European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) based on feedback and a drive for simplification from the European Commission (EC); EFRAG is ex...
Is there a way to bulk connect metrics to source files? I need to link approximately 700 metrics, and each source file contains the metric ID, dimension, and program year. Given that this information is already available, is it possible to automat...
When you add a new reporting year in Sustainability Program, you can choose what to copy over from the Program's metrics for the new year — including collected values, data collection tasks, and connected source files. To help simplify Program rol...
Hi Team, I would like to propose an enhancement that would greatly benefit our clients who rely on Workiva for managing their ESG programs. Currently, there is no built-in functionality to track who made specific updates to the ESG program and whe...