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Nothing gets filed because somebody assumed it was fine

A disclosure is a statement your company is legally standing behind. The question an auditor asks is never "is this number right". It is "who decided it was right, what did they look at, and when". That answer should already exist.

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Drafted JSJosh Silva 01 Sep · 14:22
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Completed GGGreta Gärtner 03 Sep · 09:40 sent back once, on 02 Sep
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Approved JLJessica Lee 04 Sep · 16:05
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Filed nothing moves without step 3
1The audit trail

Every touch on every number, in the order it happened

Who changed the figure, what it was before, which document they attached, who approved it and when. It is kept per data point and per answer, and it is the thing you hand over when somebody asks how a number got into a filing.

Subject of this trail
Scope 2, market-based 18,420 tCO2e · FY 2025
Used in8 reports, 29 questions VerifierJessica Lee StatusApproved

Nothing on this trail can be edited or removed. A correction is a new entry, not a rewrite.

  1. 04 Sep · 16:05
    JLJessica Lee Approved the value Reviewed against the assurance memo before approving.
  2. 04 Sep · 11:18
    MKMarta Kowal Changed the value
    19,140→18,420tCO2e
    Restated after the assurance memo. 3 narratives and 2 questions flagged for re-check.
  3. 03 Sep · 09:40
    JSJosh Silva Attached a source Assurance memo.docx · ¶ 4.2
  4. 01 Sep · 14:22
    GGGreta Gärtner Moved it to Draft From Not started.
  5. 12 Feb · 08:03
    System Extracted from a document Utility invoices 2025.pdf · p. 12–15
Approved Value changed Evidence added Status changed

Illustration with sample entries, not a product screenshot

2Assignments

Ownership is a name, not a shared inbox

Work lands on a person, not on a team address. Questions, regulations and data points all carry one owner, so the load is visible: who is carrying too much, who has room, and what nobody has picked up yet. Watchers get the updates without getting the job.

Who is carrying what 47 open items · reporting year 2026
GGGreta GärtnerReporting lead 14 2 overdue
MKMarta KowalSustainability 9 on track
JSJosh SilvaLegal 6 on track
JLJessica LeeAssurance 5 on track
AKAda KernFacilities 4 on track
SHSam HaleFinance 3 on track
?Nobody yetwaiting to be assigned 6 unassigned
Questions to answer Regulations to assess Data points to verify
Three kinds of work, one owner each. The bottom row is the one that matters: work nobody has picked up is visible to everybody, instead of sitting unread in a shared inbox.
3Teams and roles

Four roles, and nobody has to be an admin to do their job

Most people in a reporting cycle need to answer three questions and go back to their day job. A smaller group verifies numbers. A smaller group still signs off. Access follows that shape instead of fighting it.

Role
See the workspace
Answer questions
Verify data points
Approve responses
Manage users and teams
ResponderFills in the part they own
Super userOwns a framework end to end
AdminRuns the reporting cycle
System adminConfigures the company
Teams

Group people the way your org already works, then assign to a team rather than chasing an individual.

Modules

Regulations, reports, competitors, documents and communications can each be switched on or off per company, so people only see what they bought.

Single sign-on

Domain-based sign-in, so joining and leaving is handled where you already handle it.

Illustration of the role model, not a product screenshot

4Notifications

Told once, in the place you already are

Assignments, mentions, regulation movements and value changes reach you in the app, in a digest, or in Slack. The useful part is the control to stop them for a few hours when the team is heads-down.

Today4 new
Greta assigned you to verifyScope 2 Emissions (2025)
2m
Aresh mentioned you“operations @lucas please take a look, thanks”
1h
A regulation you watch movedAB 1148 · To review → Monitoring
3h
Value updated on a data point you own19,140 → 18,420 tCO2e
yesterday

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