Plan, lead, and accelerate sustainable growth

The focus on climate change, social responsibility, and ethical governance has businesses facing increased scrutiny from regulators, investors, and customers. Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) considerations are now central to corporate strategy, reshaping business operations and competitiveness. Moving beyond compliance can leverage ESG to drive financial performance, innovation, and risk mitigation. Organizations that seamlessly incorporate ESG principles into business functions better navigate regulations, enhance resilience, and create long-term value in a dynamic market.

ESG performance management faces several challenges, including evolving regulations, fragmented data, and inconsistent reporting. Compliance is particularly complex for global businesses as regulatory frameworks continue to shift. The European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) require precise, transparent disclosure, a struggle for many organizations due to limited resources and expertise.

Diverse stakeholder expectations add further pressure to demonstrate sustainability, resilience, and accountability. A lack of uniform ESG metrics complicates planning and benchmarking, making it difficult to align sustainability efforts with financial goals. Furthermore, many companies still perceive ESG as a compliance obligation rather than a strategic catalyst for financial and operational value, impeding leadership buy-in and complicating ROI measurement.

Businesses that adopt a holistic sustainability strategy not only uphold ethical responsibility but unlock long-term economic benefits. Deloitte provides end-to-end sustainability and climate services along with dedicated digital solutions that accelerate ESG integration and sustainability efforts. In partnership with Anaplan, we help clients build scalable planning and reporting solutions that merge vision, strategy, and goals with data-driven insights to future-proof their business and ensure regulatory compliance. 

Deloitte’s comprehensive enterprise business planning framework allows businesses to manage sustainability from goal setting and performance tracking to disclosure. Our robust ESG planning and reporting solutions, built on Anaplan, help clients streamline sustainability initiatives and ensure compliance with regulatory standards such as CSRD and ESRS. Anaplan’s cloud-based scenario planning and analysis platform activates data across the organization and delivers precise, predictive, and real-time insights into sustainability programs. Automated workflows and intuitive dashboards with standardized ESG metrics improve performance tracking and comparability, while seamless integration with financial and operational planning amplifies the company-wide sustainability impact.

Managing ESG programs can be complex, but Deloitte simplifies the journey with a three-step approach that tailors the Anaplan platform to each client’s unique needs.

1.      Ensure ESG compliance: Focus data, processes, and reporting on meeting mandatory regulations.

2.      Leverage ESG for business growth: Leverage data-driven targets and KPIs to align sustainability within strategic plans.

3.      Embed ESG into strategy and operations: Integrate planning, forecasting, and simulation to drive long-term performance and impact.

This step-by-step approach transforms ESG from a regulatory requirement into a strategic performance management tool.

Intelligent, compliance-driven ESG reporting makes for greater agility and transparency. Deloitte’s CSRD 360° Navigator is designed specifically for this purpose. It facilitates ESG compliance by automating data collection and enabling real-time monitoring, scenario analysis, and greenhouse gas target setting – all while ensuring regulatory adherence. The CSRD 360° Navigator is built on Anaplan and seamlessly integrates with other IT systems, consolidating reporting standards like ESRS into an industry-specific management solution. Deloitte’s managed services can also keep CSRD data up to date with the latest regulations.

The alignment of financial and operational plans with ESG principles is essential for long-term resilience and value creation. Deloitte helps integrate ESG initiatives across strategy and operations by empowering proactive sustainability planning with Anaplan. Our ESG performance management solutions allow clients to plan, monitor, measure, and report key sustainability indicators, such as carbon emissions and waste reduction, end-to-end across their organization.

Real-time data insights, predictive modeling, and AI-driven scenario analysis allows businesses to set and track ESG targets, make informed decisions, and align processes with strategic goals. From driver-based planning to sustainable finance and manufacturing, our solutions provide for visibility, ownership, and a clear path to net zero, fostering a more efficient and sustainable value creation chain.

Companies that embrace integrated ESG planning and reporting can unlock growth, enhance market position, and boost efficiency by leveraging data insights to improve performance, reduce costs, and strengthen sustainability.

Key benefits:

• Increased efficiency and resilience: ESG planning enables businesses to adeptly navigate regulatory changes and market shifts, improve decision-making processes to drive innovation, and achieve long-term sustainability objectives.
• Operational alignment and sustainability: ESG planning tools integrated into business processes provide organizations with real-time insights and predictive modeling for seamless alignment, from strategy development to execution.
• Greater impact and cost optimization: ESG initiatives aligned with strategic goals enhance resource efficiency, reduce waste, lower costs, and strengthen risk management, leading to more effective sustainability impact.
• Maximum transparency and data quality: Standardized metrics and automated reporting processes improve visibility, benchmarking, and compliance for enhanced ESG performance that increases both brand equity and stakeholder confidence.
• Future-proof compliance and agility: A scalable ESG planning framework equipped with user-friendly analytics and seamlessly integrated financial and operational plans ensures agility, compliance, and long-term business resilience.

To advance its ESG initiatives, a multinational beverage company partnered with Deloitte. The company set ambitious five-year sustainability goals: reducing carbon emissions, conserving water, empowering farmers, and managing waste. Deloitte used the Anaplan planning platform to enable precise monitoring and real-time insights into these key areas.

In response to evolving sustainability regulations, the company also adopted Deloitte’s CSRD 360° Navigator to ensure compliance with the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). The Navigator streamlines data governance and reporting processes to reduce lead times and enhance decision-making. This integrated approach facilitated efficient tracking of sustainability progress while maintaining comprehensive regulatory compliance.

This collaboration shows the client’s commitment to aligning operational practices with strategic sustainability goals and responsible business practices.

Partner with Deloitte and Anaplan to leverage integrated ESG planning and reporting. Together, we can build a resilient framework that delivers tangible business value and measurable sustainability impact. Contact us today to learn more.