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SustainIQ answers questions on sustainability frameworks, standards, and methodologies — GHG Protocol, CSRD, ESRS, IFRS S2, GRI, SASB, SBTi, EU Taxonomy, SFDR, CBAM, and more. Every response is traced back to its primary source document. No hallucinations, no plausible-sounding guesses, no claims you cannot defend in front of an auditor.

What you can ask about

Climate Science

IPCC AR6 findings, climate sensitivity, radiative forcing, SSP scenarios, and the carbon cycle.

GHG Accounting

GHG Protocol Corporate Standard, Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 emissions, inventory boundaries, and emission factors.

ESG Reporting

CSRD, ESRS, GRI Standards, SASB, IFRS S1 and S2, double materiality, and assurance readiness.

Carbon Markets

Verra VCS methodologies including VM0042 and VM0044, Article 6 mechanisms, ICVCM Core Carbon Principles, and voluntary carbon markets.

Targets & Strategy

SBTi target validation, absolute and intensity-based targets, net-zero pathways, and IFRS S2 transition plan disclosures.

EU Regulation

EU Taxonomy, SFDR, CBAM, EUDR, ESRS, and the European sustainability regulatory framework.

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Climate Science

What does IPCC AR6 say about climate sensitivity?

GHG Accounting

How do I choose between location-based and market-based Scope 2 reporting?

ESG Reporting

What is double materiality under CSRD and how is it assessed?

Carbon Markets

What are the three quantification approaches in VM0042?

Targets & Strategy

How does SBTi validate a near-term emissions reduction target?

EU Regulation

When does EU CBAM move from the transitional to the definitive period?

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Climate Science

What does IPCC AR6 say about climate sensitivity?
How is radiative forcing measured and why does it matter?
What is the difference between SSP1-1.9 and SSP5-8.5 scenarios?
How does the carbon cycle buffer against atmospheric CO2?

GHG Accounting

How do I choose between location-based and market-based Scope 2 reporting?
What are the 15 categories of Scope 3 emissions under the GHG Protocol?
How is a corporate inventory boundary defined using operational control?
What emission factors should I use for Scope 1 stationary combustion?

ESG Reporting

What is double materiality under CSRD and how is it assessed?
How do GRI, SASB, and ESRS overlap and where do they differ?
What counts as a sustainability-related risk under IFRS S1?
How do I build a reasonable assurance audit trail for my sustainability report?

Carbon Markets

What are the three quantification approaches in VM0042?
How does the ICVCM Core Carbon Principles framework evaluate credit integrity?
What is the difference between Article 6.2 and Article 6.4 mechanisms?
How is baseline emissions set under Verra VM0044 for biochar projects?

Targets & Strategy

How does SBTi validate a near-term emissions reduction target?
What is the difference between absolute and intensity-based targets?
How should a transition plan align with IFRS S2 disclosure requirements?
What are the minimum criteria for a 1.5C-aligned pathway?

EU Regulation

When does EU CBAM move from the transitional to the definitive period?
What is substantial contribution under the EU Taxonomy?
How do SFDR Article 8 and Article 9 products differ in disclosure obligations?
What are the PAI indicators under SFDR and which are mandatory?