About
Sustainability Assurance Services (SAS) was established to meet the growing need for third-party validation of sustainability-related data and reporting. SAS draws on decades of experience to provide tailor-made sustainability assurance services for corporations and certification bodies.
While historically voluntary, sustainability reporting is becoming an ever-increasing expectation and a requirement for organizations. Obtaining third-party validation and assurance on your non-financial information, such as ESG-related (environmental, social and governance) reporting, reduces risk and increases stakeholder confidence in your claims.
Empowering Trust, Ensuring Excellence
At SAS, assurance is more than just a service. It’s a personalized partnership and customized experience that aligns with your organization’s unique needs and goals. This approach means that we take the time to listen, learn, and adapt, ensuring that the sustainability assurance we deliver is not just a checklist item but a strategic asset to help your organization’s journey toward excellence.
With SAS, you’ll discover the difference a true partnership makes. Because when it comes to success, there’s not a one-size-fits-all path–there’s only what fits you.
SAS launched its sustainability practices to help develop more sustainable and resilient businesses, buildings, and operations for its customers and partners. As the world embraced the importance of ESG, SAS knew that evaluation and assurance would be critical to measuring and achieving meaningful results, creating a language for communicating progress, and providing confidence in the data.
Unparalleled Expertise
SAS has built upon its heritage as a management system certification body which was among the first to be accredited to offer environmental and quality assurance to steel and automotive supplier industries. In 2006, the team partnered with the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) to support and influence the development of the LEED review process, and today serves the assurance and validation needs of leading companies across numerous industries.
The SAS team is cross trained in sustainability assurance services and consulting. This means that our team members have extensive knowledge of reporting frameworks and regulations (US and EU) in addition to best practices in assurance services. SAS partners with 3R Sustainability, a consultancy dedicated to helping organizations assess and implement sustainability programs with a goal of increasing business value.
“Getting our sustainability report assured with SAS provided us with the confidence we needed for our first public report. Not only did the audit make me feel better about our sustainability management processes and opportunities for improvement, but it increased satisfaction with all stakeholders and is also expected to enhance our rating with EcoVadis and CDP. I highly recommend working with Gina and the rest of the SAS team.”
Taking the guesswork out of sustainability data and reporting
In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, the importance of sustainability assurance is more crucial than ever. Third-party assurance on sustainability data and reporting enhances stakeholder confidence, reduces risk and chances of “greenwashing”, as well as improves organizational decision making. Assurance can support the continual improvement of an organization’s management system(s) through validation of existing processes and opportunities for improvement.
Build Trust
Working with SAS will ensure the accuracy and reliability of your sustainability information, giving you the confidence to make informed decisions and build stakeholder trust.
Improve Scores
Independent assurance on your sustainability reporting also supports score improvement on raters and rankings including EcoVadis, GRESB, and CDP.