What's new

We ship frequently. Here's everything that's changed, in order.

v1.4
New Improved
New Feature
Industry Benchmarking (Pro plan)
Compare your ESG metrics against anonymous, aggregated data from 200+ companies in your industry. See your percentile ranking for each metric category and identify your biggest opportunities.
New Feature
TCFD Report Format
Auto-generate reports in TCFD (Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures) format. Available on Starter and Pro plans. Covers all four TCFD pillars: Governance, Strategy, Risk Management, and Metrics & Targets.
Improvement
AI agent now reads your dashboard data in real time
The AI agent can now see your actual metric values, compliance gaps, and historical trends when answering questions. Previously, it had general ESG knowledge but no access to your specific data.
Improvement
Xero integration — multi-entity support
The Xero integration now supports multi-entity setups. Companies with multiple Xero organizations can sync all of them into a single ESG project and see consolidated metrics.
v1.3
New Fixed
New Feature
Compliance Alerts (Pro plan)
Personalized regulatory alerts filtered by your industry, jurisdiction, and company size. Includes SEC climate disclosure rules, EU CSRD updates, and US state-level requirements with plain-English summaries and deadline tracking.
New Feature
Scope 3 emissions — Categories 1–6
Calculate Scope 3 emissions for purchased goods (Cat 1), capital goods (Cat 2), fuel and energy (Cat 3), upstream transport (Cat 4), waste (Cat 5), and business travel (Cat 6). Remaining categories in development.
Fixed
GRI 305 — emission factor regional correction
Corrected the EPA emission factors used for electricity (Scope 2) calculations. Customers in WECC and MRO regions were using the national average instead of regional grid factors. All historical calculations have been retroactively corrected.
v1.2
New Security
New Feature
SASB report format — all 77 industry standards
Generate SASB-aligned reports across all 77 industry-specific standards. The platform automatically detects your industry during onboarding and pre-selects the relevant SASB standard.
New Feature
Xero integration
Connect your Xero account to automatically import financial data for emissions calculations. Supports OAuth 2.0 and works with single and multi-entity Xero setups.
Security
SOC 2 Type II certification achieved
ESG Automated has completed its SOC 2 Type II audit, covering Security, Availability, and Confidentiality trust service criteria. Report available to enterprise customers on request.
v1.1
New Improved
New Feature
AI Chat Agent (Starter and Pro)
Ask questions about your ESG metrics, compliance requirements, and improvement strategies. The agent is trained on GRI, SASB, TCFD, SEC climate rules, and EU CSRD.
New Feature
QuickBooks Online integration
First direct accounting integration. Connect QuickBooks Online to pull energy, fleet, and operational expense data for automatic Scope 1 and 2 calculations.
v1.0
Launch
Launch
ESG Automated is live
Initial launch includes: CSV/Excel data upload, Scope 1 and 2 emissions calculations using EPA/GHG Protocol methodology, basic metrics dashboard, and GRI 2021 report generation. Free, Starter, and Pro plans available.