Tanso AI: ESG reporting with Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has long been incorporated into everyday life, providing support in various areas. For businesses, AI offers numerous advantages, increasing efficiency and optimizing processes.

Challenges in sustainability reporting

New European regulations on sustainability reporting (e.g., CSRD) require companies to publicly disclose their ESG performance as part of their annual reporting. The integration of this information into financial reports transforms what was previously a voluntary effort into a legal obligation, imposing strict traceability requirements. This requires precise data collection and analysis, which is a significant challenge for many companies. Information on indirect emissions in the supply chain is often missing, making a comprehensive assessment difficult. Data quality is also crucial, as only reliable and consistent information ensures accurate reporting. Additionally, CO₂ accounting requires regular updates of conversion factors, such as CO₂ emissions per unit of energy, to provide precise results. Strict audit requirements further complicate documentation, making the process time consuming and complex.

AI support for ESG reporting

AI-powered sustainability tools help process regulatory requirements more efficiently, analyze large datasets, and generate cost-effective, standardized reports that meet increasing transparency demands. AI serves as a valuable support tool that enhances human expertise rather than replacing it. However, it also presents potential risks, making its controlled and industry-specific application essential to ensure efficiency and accuracy.

Tanso AI for more efficient sustainability reporting

Tanso strategically integrates AI to support companies in sustainability reporting. Designed specifically for the needs of manufacturing companies, Tanso AI provides industry-specific recommendations, optimizes processes, increases resource efficiency, and minimizes redundant work through automation. Particularly in data-intensive areas such as carbon accounting, procurement, and logistics, Tanso AI significantly contributes to process optimization by enabling accurate and efficient data processing.

Applications of Tanso AI solutions:

CCF – Automated Emission Factor Mapping

As part of CCF accounting, Tanso offers automated mapping of relevant and up-to-date emission factors for large datasets, such as procurement data with hundreds of product categories. When importing data, AI assists in assigning the appropriate emission factors from our database. This import assistant can reduce the time required for Scope 3.1 emission factor mapping by up to 80%.

DWA – IRO Generation

The Tanso IRO Assistant efficiently supports the identification of company-specific impacts, risks, and opportunities (IROs). It provides initial insights tailored to a company’s locations and business activities. This results in automated templates specifically designed to meet the requirements of the Double Materiality Assessment (DMA), making it easier to get started with fewer hurdles.

CSRD – Simplified Descriptions

The first AI-powered feature in the CSRD process simplifies the understanding of legal texts by directly linking relevant information to corresponding documents. This significantly improves the comprehensibility of regulatory requirements.

CSRD – Writing Assistant

Text generation is the second AI function within CSRD. The processing of text-based CSRD data points is accelerated through AI-generated formulation suggestions. In the first step, AI precisely analyzes the content, identifies correlations, and generates appropriate content. The AI can summarize, formalize, and simplify text while also checking for grammar, spelling, and sentence structure. In Addition, the tool provides translation and automation capabilities, enabling the creation of high-quality texts while saving time.

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