ESG Readiness Score
Score your environmental, social, and governance practices, and see the gaps lenders, buyers, and big customers will ask about.
Example scenario—not a forecast or verified benchmark. Enable JavaScript to edit inputs, view charts, save locally and export your analysis.
Example inputs
- Who is asking you about ESG?
- customers
- We track our energy use, fuel, and estimated carbon emissions at least annually.
- 2
- We have set at least one environmental target (energy, waste, emissions) with a date.
- 1
- We manage waste, recycling, and hazardous materials with a written process.
- 3
- We have had environmental violations, complaints, or permit issues in the last 3 years.
- 2
- We have a written employee handbook with anti-harassment and grievance procedures.
- 4
- We track safety incidents and have a safety program with training.
- 4
- We review pay for equity across roles and demographics.
- 2
- We measure employee turnover and engagement at least yearly.
- 3
- Employee turnover is high or rising.
- 2
- We have a written code of conduct that employees acknowledge.
- 2
- Someone outside the owners (advisor, board, CPA review) regularly reviews our financials.
- 3
- Our financial statements are reviewed or audited by an outside CPA.
- 3
- We have anti-bribery and conflict-of-interest policies.
- 2
- We have a written data-privacy policy and know where customer data is stored.
- 2
- We use MFA, backups, and access controls on core systems.
- 4
- We vet key suppliers for labor, safety, and ethics practices.
- 2
- We can answer an ESG or sustainability questionnaire from a customer within two weeks.
- 2
- We publish (website or fact sheet) our ESG policies and key metrics.
- 1
- A named person owns ESG / sustainability.
- 1
Example results
ESG readiness: 37/100 (Exposed). You could answer 1 of 6 common customer ESG asks today; the gaps start with energy and emissions data.
- ESG readiness score
- 37/100
- Stage
- Exposed
- Common asks you can answer
- 1 of 6
- Environmental
- 38/100
- Social & workforce
- 60/100
- Governance & ethics
- 38/100
- Data & privacy
- 42/100
- Disclosure & reporting
- 8/100
What stands out
Disclosure & reporting: 8/100
Publish a two-page ESG fact sheet with your metrics and policies so you can answer lender and customer questionnaires in days, not weeks.
Environmental: 38/100
Measure a baseline: 12 months of energy, fuel, and waste data, plus an estimated carbon footprint. You cannot answer a questionnaire about what you have not measured.
Governance & ethics: 38/100
Adopt a code of conduct, a conflict-of-interest policy, and at least one outside advisor or board seat that reviews financials.
Social & workforce is a strength (60/100)
Build on this while you fix the weaker areas.
5 questionnaire gaps
Expect to be asked for energy and emissions data; a written code of conduct; a data-privacy policy; anti-bribery and conflict-of-interest controls; a completed ESG questionnaire or fact sheet.
Next actions
- Publish a two-page ESG fact sheet with your metrics and policies so you can answer lender and customer questionnaires in days, not weeks.
- Measure a baseline: 12 months of energy, fuel, and waste data, plus an estimated carbon footprint. You cannot answer a questionnaire about what you have not measured.
- Adopt a code of conduct, a conflict-of-interest policy, and at least one outside advisor or board seat that reviews financials.
- Assemble an ESG evidence folder (policies, metrics, certificates) so the next questionnaire takes hours, not weeks.
Model assumptions & limitations
- Scores are self-reported and the five pillars are weighted equally.
- This is a readiness score, not an ESG rating from any rating agency or framework.
- The 'common asks' list reflects questions frequently seen in SMB supplier, lender, and buyer questionnaires; your counterparties may ask different ones.