Diligent ESG supports recurring collection of sustainability inputs and conversion into emissions and disclosure outputs. A useful evaluation follows one facility record through validation, calculation, review and reporting, including the rights attached to licensed factor data.
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Sustainability teams coordinating recurring submissions across business units and suppliers. Confirm purchased modules, API entitlement, service-specific hosting and factor licensing. Published audit-readiness and platform-level security claims do not guarantee acceptance by your assurance provider or establish that every control applies to Diligent ESG.
Worth shortlisting when repeated collection and calculation work creates a substantial reporting burden. Compare the complete contract and implementation effort with a smaller carbon tool using your own reporting cycle, rather than applying vendor ROI figures to your organisation.
Watch for: No public subscription amount verified. Emission factor reuse needs contract review.
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Vendor visuals—not a QHSEtech hands-on test.
Diligent acquired Accuvio in 2021. Published product terms identify Diligent Accuvio and Diligent ESG as a sustainability service; other Diligent governance and risk products are not assumed included.
| Capability | Evidence | Scope and source |
|---|---|---|
| Greenhouse gas calculations | Documented by vendor | The carbon product covers Scope 1, 2 and 3 activity data using an embedded factor library. Validate the chosen method and factor vintage on a sample record. Carbon accounting and pricing request |
| Supplier and employee collection | Documented by vendor | ESG surveys collect stakeholder inputs, including supplier information relevant to Scope 3. Confirm contributor permissions and reminders in the purchased service. Diligent ESG product and demo |
| Validation and traceability | Documented by vendor | The carbon page describes completeness and anomaly checks, calculation transparency and change logs. Demonstrate a correction after review. Carbon accounting and pricing request |
| Reporting data reuse | Documented by vendor | The ESG product describes reusing collected information across reports. Confirm the templates and authoring workflow needed for your reporting cycle. Diligent ESG product and demo |
| Licensed factor portability | Depends on scope | Published product terms restrict export or external disclosure of emissions factors and conversion values unless the agreement permits it. Obtain written confirmation of auditor access and permitted reuse. Diligent ESG product terms |
| Licensed Activity Data and Reports APIs | Depends on scope | The documented REST API can submit supported electricity, fuel, water, waste, travel and other activity records and generate or retrieve greenhouse-gas and quantity reports. It requires a separately requested API licence, company enablement, an API key and suitable role permissions. The current API accepts one activity-usage record per request rather than bulk submission, uses a European service endpoint, and assigns integration development and maintenance to the customer or its third party. Diligent ESG Activity Data and Reports API documentationCarbon accounting and pricing request |
| Security and hosting evidence | Depends on scope | The ESG product page describes a NIST-based security programme and following ISO/IEC 27001 standards. The trust centre publishes certification, SOC 2 and regional-hosting statements for Diligent One Platform; confirm in writing whether Diligent ESG is in the applicable service and report scope. Diligent ESG product and demoDiligent trust centre |
| Framework mapping and ESG workflow automation | Documented by vendor | Diligent ESG describes mapping centralized data to standards including SASB, GRI, TCFD, CDP and WEF, alongside assigned tasks, questionnaires, reminders, goal tracking and configurable workflows. Framework mapping does not determine materiality, reporting applicability or compliance; buyers should confirm current framework versions and approval responsibilities. ESG framework mapping, workflows, reminders and dashboards |
| Board-ready ESG dashboards and benchmarks | Depends on scope | Diligent's board dashboard materials describe carbon-target progress, Scope 1–3 data from Diligent ESG, peer disclosure benchmarks and external ESG scores from S&P Global and Clarity AI. Treat Board Reporting for ESG, market-intelligence feeds and board collaboration as separately scoped Diligent capabilities unless the proposal explicitly includes them. Board dashboard and ESG benchmark scopeBoard Reporting for ESG product announcement and data sources |
| Offline collection | Not verified | No supported disconnected ESG capture workflow was established in the reviewed product sources. |
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Pricing is not publicly available, contact vendor. Request a quote naming ESG modules, entities, contributors, reporting templates, integrations, implementation and support. Confirm contract currency, billing period, minimum commitment and renewal terms. Review licensed emission-factor export rights separately from your own data exports.
Pricing sources checked : Partially verified. Rechecked the product, pricing request, product terms, developer portal and trust centre. No public subscription amount or free trial was verified; API access, product-specific hosting and security evidence remain contractual checks.
Sustainability data collection, greenhouse gas calculations and disclosure workflows within the contracted ESG service.
Ask the vendor to identify the product, region, modules, billing unit, contract term and included services in writing.
Ask which tasks require connectivity and how interrupted submissions recover.
Diligent acquired Accuvio in 2021, and published product terms use both names. Confirm the service named in your quote; the wider Diligent portfolio is not automatically part of an ESG subscription.
The ESG product documents surveys for suppliers and other stakeholders. Test supplier access, missing responses and the link between submitted evidence and the final calculation.
Published product terms restrict factor and conversion-value reuse unless your agreement permits it. Confirm permitted disclosure and auditor access in writing, separately from export of your own records.
Not from the public pages alone. The trust centre describes Diligent One Platform controls and reports; request the current certificate, SOC 2 scope and hosting region that specifically cover the contracted Diligent ESG service.
Drawn from the profiles behind the Alternatives list above: most category tags shared with Diligent ESG first, then the closest overlap in documented capability names, then A to Z. Ratings, search demand and sponsorship are not used; rows are shown A to Z.
Shared category tags: 2 (Carbon Accounting, ESG Reporting).
Differs: price amount published (this profile: no verified amount).
Same: scope, offline and trial.
Shared category tags: 2 (Carbon Accounting, ESG Reporting).
Differs: price amount published (this profile: no verified amount); trial free trial documented (this profile: not established).
Same: scope and offline.
Shared category tags: 1 (ESG Reporting).
Same: scope, offline, price and trial.
Also recorded as Accuvio, Diligent Accuvio. Older entries under a previous name may describe a different release or owner.
Star ratings and review counts from the old catalog are not shown: no source for them was recorded.
