A CSRD-ready dataset across all three scopes
Scope 1, 2, and 3 structured for ESRS.
Audit-ready from your first reporting cycle.
Audit-ready from your first reporting cycle.
ISO 14040, 14044
methodology
methodology
CSRD & VSME
aligned
aligned
Every source
traceable
traceable
Audit-ready
from day one
from day one
What gets in the way
Three reasons most retailers fail
their first CSRD review
The old way costs too much
per product
per product
A footprint takes weeks. It costs thousands of euros. For hundreds of products, the cost adds up to years of work. The old way was built for one product at a time.
Your data is not ready
for LCA
for LCA
Your product data lives in many places. ERP, PLM, supplier files, spreadsheets. None of it was set up for carbon footprint work. Cleaning it up is a project on its own, before the LCA even starts.
Products change faster
than the data keeps up
than the data keeps up
Suppliers change. Materials get replaced. New products launch each season. A static LCA goes out of date the moment any of these happen. By the next report, the numbers no longer match what you sell.
How Root solves it
From scattered spreadsheets
to CSRD-ready
to CSRD-ready
Three scopes, one calculation, structured for ESRS from day one.
01
Connect data
02
Match factors
03
Run calculations
04
Reuse data
Step 1
Bring together the data CSRD needs
CSRD covers all three scopes, each with different data sources. Root brings them all together into one place.
For Scope 3, Root collects product-level data from your ERP, PLM, and supplier systems: materials, weight, origin, production, and transport per SKU. For Scope 1 and 2, Root collects the operational data behind energy use, fuel, refrigerants, and purchased electricity and heat.
For Scope 3, Root collects product-level data from your ERP, PLM, and supplier systems: materials, weight, origin, production, and transport per SKU. For Scope 1 and 2, Root collects the operational data behind energy use, fuel, refrigerants, and purchased electricity and heat.
Step 2
Match every input to a verified
emission factor
emission factor
Root connects every data point to a verified emission factor and documents every match. Where data is incomplete, Root flags the gap rather than filling it silently with a generic proxy.
Auditors get the methodology, the source trail, and the assumption logs, before they ask.
Auditors get the methodology, the source trail, and the assumption logs, before they ask.
Step 3
Run the three-scope calculation, structured for ESRS E1
Root assigns the right Scope 1, 2, or 3 category to every input following the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol.
The output is a methodology-transparent dataset structured for ESRS E1 disclosure requirements: gross emissions (E1-6), targets (E1-4), and the data foundation behind your transition plan (E1-1).
The same calculation produces data for ESRS E2, E3, E4, and E5 environmental disclosures too.
The output is a methodology-transparent dataset structured for ESRS E1 disclosure requirements: gross emissions (E1-6), targets (E1-4), and the data foundation behind your transition plan (E1-1).
The same calculation produces data for ESRS E2, E3, E4, and E5 environmental disclosures too.
Step 4
Year two of reporting starts at 80% done
Once your sustainability data is in Root, every future reporting cycle reuses what's already there.
Methodology, matched emission factors, and source documentation carry forward.
When energy contracts, suppliers, and product data change, your data updates automatically.
Methodology, matched emission factors, and source documentation carry forward.
When energy contracts, suppliers, and product data change, your data updates automatically.
Root doesn't write your CSRD report. It produces every verified number
behind it, ready for ESRS environmental disclosure.
behind it, ready for ESRS environmental disclosure.
Ready for your first
CSRD disclosure?
CSRD disclosure?
What you get
Your CSRD disclosure is something you publish, not something you defend
Your sustainability dataset is documented, traceable, and aligned with the GHG Protocol and ESRS reporting requirements. When your auditor asks how a number was reached, the answer is on file. When investors compare your sustainability disclosure to your financial report, the numbers reconcile.
For the first time, the same dataset that produces your CSRD disclosure also feeds your Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) disclosure, your SBTi targets, your climate transition plan, and the rest of your ESRS environmental disclosures (E2 pollution, E3 water, E4 biodiversity, E5 resource use). One data foundation for every report, footprint, and sustainability claim.
For the first time, the same dataset that produces your CSRD disclosure also feeds your Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) disclosure, your SBTi targets, your climate transition plan, and the rest of your ESRS environmental disclosures (E2 pollution, E3 water, E4 biodiversity, E5 resource use). One data foundation for every report, footprint, and sustainability claim.
Benefits
Three ways CSRD pays back
Year two costs less.
Year three even less
Year three even less
Once your sustainability data is in Root, every reporting cycle reuses the methodology, the matched factors, and the source documentation. CSRD becomes a compounding asset.
Four stakeholders, four different wins
Auditors get methodology-documented data they can sign off. Investors get a sustainability disclosure that reconciles with your financial reporting. Procurement gets a Scope 3 calculation they can use with suppliers. Leadership gets a report they publish with confidence.
You lead the sustainability conversation
When the data sits behind every claim, sustainability becomes a topic you lead with. Your team brings facts to investor meetings, customer conversations, and press inquiries. The story is yours to tell.
Why it matters
The math of doing this manually
doesn't add up
doesn't add up
EU penalties reach 5% of annual revenue. But the financial cost isn't the main one. CSRD reports are published. Assurance opinions are visible to every investor and buyer who looks. Sustainability disclosure has the same audience as financial disclosure.
Source:
Median time per LCA (19 person-days) from
Balaji et al., ACM SIGCAS/SIGCHI COMPASS 2023.
Full process timeline (1 to 12 months per
product) from EPD International.
Balaji et al., ACM SIGCAS/SIGCHI COMPASS 2023.
Full process timeline (1 to 12 months per
product) from EPD International.
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dataset
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dataset from the data you already have.
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FAQs
Find quick answers to the most common questions about Root,
our methodology, data requirements, and timelines.
our methodology, data requirements, and timelines.
Does Root write our CSRD report?
No. Root produces the audit-ready sustainability data behind the report: Scope 1, 2, and 3, methodology-documented, structured for ESRS. Whoever writes your CSRD report (your sustainability team, your consultancy, or your reporting tool) gets data that holds up to third-party assurance.
Will our disclosure pass third-party limited assurance?
Yes. Every calculation follows the GHG Protocol. Every input has a documented source. Every estimate is flagged as estimated, with the rationale on file. The evidence auditors require, like data lineage, factor sources, and assumption logs, is in place by default.
We already use a separate tool for Scope 1 and 2. Can we still use Root?
Yes. Root produces all three scopes from your data. If you already have Scope 1 and 2 data in another tool, that data can serve as the starting point for Root's own Scope 1 and 2 calculations. The output is one structured dataset across all three scopes, calculated and documented in Root.
Does Root cover other ESRS environmental standards beyond E1?
Yes. Root's LCA methodology produces results across multiple environmental impact categories. The same dataset that feeds your E1 climate disclosure also produces data for E2 (pollution: particulate matter, acidification), E3 (water use), E4 (biodiversity: land use impacts), and E5 (resource inflows, recycled content, mineral depletion). Where these standards are material in your double-materiality assessment, Root already has the sustainability data.
How does this connect to our other sustainability work?
The same dataset that produces your CSRD disclosure also feeds your SBTi baseline, transition plan, GRI disclosure, and reduction planning. Your 1.5°C-aligned transition plan needs product-level emissions data behind it, and Root has it. One data foundation for every report, footprint, and sustainability claim.