Materiality Assessment Consulting Services

Materiality Assessment Services

Identify what matters most to your stakeholders and strategy. ECG’s materiality assessments guide ESG priorities and boost reporting clarity.

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Our materiality assessment consulting helps your organization identify the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) topics that are most relevant to both stakeholder expectations and long-term business success. ECG’s materiality assessment consulting process follows GRI and CSRD standards, providing a structured approach to prioritize what matters most.

Why is a Materiality Assessment Essential?

Materiality assessments form the foundation for credible ESG strategy and reporting—ensuring your focus aligns with internal risks and external impacts.
  • Focus on Stakeholder Priorities: Understand what matters most to investors, employees, customers, and communities through structured engagement.
  • Guide ESG Strategy: Use assessment results to inform your goals, metrics, and investment in sustainability initiatives.
  • Manage Risks and Opportunities: Identify key ESG drivers that influence operational performance, brand value, and regulatory exposure.
  • Support Reporting Frameworks: Align your disclosures with standards like GRI, SASB, and TCFD.

Our Materiality Assessment Consulting Process

We provide a tailored, research-driven process that incorporates peer benchmarking, stakeholder input, and global frameworks.

  • Context & Stakeholder Mapping: Understand your organization’s value chain, regulatory landscape, and stakeholder dynamics.
  • ESG Topic Identification: Generate a candidate list of material topics based on industry relevance and framework guidance.
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Conduct interviews, surveys, or workshops to gather direct input from internal and external audiences.
  • Impact & Financial Analysis: Assess how each issue affects business performance and how your business impacts the issue.
  • Final Report & Grid: Deliver a double materiality matrix and supporting insights for strategy, reporting, and governance.

Why Work with ECG?

Our materiality assessments are designed to be actionable, audit-ready, and aligned with global disclosure mandates.
  • GRI and CSRD Alignment: Meet the requirements of current and emerging sustainability reporting regulations.
  • Internal and External Relevance: Ensure your sustainability efforts reflect business priorities and stakeholder concerns.
  • Decision-Ready Output: Translate complex input into a clear set of prioritized ESG issues and next steps.

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