What’s the difference between traditional and double materiality?

Traditional materiality prioritizes topics based on financial impacts to the company. Double materiality considers both financial materiality and impact materiality—how the company affects people and the environment—aligning with CSRD/ESRS expectations.

How does Veerless run a materiality assessment?

We establish a topic taxonomy and criteria, design stakeholder research (surveys/interviews/workshops), analyze evidence against financial and impact criteria, and deliver a defensible prioritization matrix with governance and roadmap recommendations.

Can you align our assessment to CSRD/ESRS and other frameworks?

Yes. We right-size the approach to your scope and risk, with outputs that map directly to CSRD/ESRS requirements and remain useful for GRI, ISSB/SASB, and internal decision making.

What are typical deliverables and outcomes?

A documented methodology, stakeholder input summary, prioritization matrix with rationale, final material topics list, and guidance for reporting, governance, KPIs, and the multi-year roadmap.

A Practical Approach

Reputation Studies

We make the traditional corporate reputation study shorter,
more strategic, and specific.

The Problems with Corporate Reputation Studies

Time commitment and study length
In short, traditional reputation studies take a huge amount of time and cost an enormous amount from consultants to execute. By the time the study is complete, are its findings even relevant?
Lack of Actionable Insights
Most corporate reputation studies deliver a 100+ page deck of data with very little in terms of answers to “what do we do now” kinds of questions.
data that doesn’t work in a
fast-moving corporate sector
Our world changes quarterly, monthly, weekly, and even daily. The reputation study from last year or even last month may not stand up to the kind of rapid changes your company experiences regularly.

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solving for speed, action, and rapid response

The Veerless Reputation Study Process

Making Reputation Studies Flexible and Future-Focused

Nimble First

Our process moves quickly, giving you the opportunity to adjust the sails as your company’s work changes.

Stakeholder Specific

Don’t measure every stakeholder’s insight every time. Get stakeholder specific at key times and with key topics.

Actionable Insights

Data without action steps attached sits in a SharePoint folder. We provide immediate actions in every engagement.

AI-Enabled

Our quarterly reputation pulse points use our AI-enabled proprietary process to keep your firm ahead of the curve.

Initiative Alignment

Reputation management will always align with your company’s wider business initiatives including sustainability.

Benchmark Obsessed

What your stakeholders think of you means nothing without knowing how your competitors fare as well.

BUILDING STAKEHOLDER INTELLIGENCE

6 Dimensions of Stakeholder Intelligence

In a time when trust, transparency, and purpose shape how organizations are perceived and sustained, Veerless built a new model for corporate reputation measurement: the 6 Dimensions of Stakeholder Intelligence (SQ). Based on deep research conducted with key corporate stakeholders, we know this framework will build ROI and depth of understanding for companies working to better engage with stakeholders.

DATA-DRIVEN STUDY DESIGN

Our custom survey process considers each stakeholder group’s needs and combines global data to evaluate the weight of each materiality topic in an unbiased manner.

INFORMED BY STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT

Our skilled consulting team develops a bespoke stakeholder interview process to engage your stakeholders and dig deep into their perceptions.

ALIGNED WITH CORPORATE PRIORITIES

Our studies consider existing risks and opportunities reflected in financial disclosures and corporate strategy. This process ensures transparency and comparability across different companies and industries.

Start your course for sustainability today.

Go Veerless

Client Case Studies

CASE STUDY

A Strategic Corporate Responsibility Approach

With a growing, innovative leader in biopharmaceuticals from Boston.

CASE STUDY

Bringing ESG Initiatives from Entry to Excellence

At Cologix, one of North America’s leading data center management companies.

CASE STUDY

Aligning Responsibility
with Business Capabilities

At Resideo, a global leader in technology and smart solutions for homes and businesses.

Reputation Studies

The Problems with Corporate Reputation Studies

Time commitment and study length

Lack of Actionable Insights

data that doesn’t work in a fast-moving corporate sector

solving for speed, action, and rapid response

The Veerless Reputation Study Process

Making Reputation Studies Flexible and Future-Focused

Nimble First

Stakeholder Specific

Actionable Insights

AI-Enabled

Initiative Alignment

Benchmark Obsessed

BUILDING STAKEHOLDER INTELLIGENCE

DATA-DRIVEN STUDY DESIGN

INFORMED BY STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT

ALIGNED WITH CORPORATE PRIORITIES

Start your course for sustainability today.

Client Case Studies

CASE STUDY

A Strategic Corporate Responsibility Approach

CASE STUDY

Bringing ESG Initiatives from Entry to Excellence

CASE STUDY

Aligning Responsibilitywith Business Capabilities

data that doesn’t work in a
fast-moving corporate sector

Aligning Responsibility
with Business Capabilities