Speeki provides limited and reasonable assurance for sustainability reports.
Speeki provides Assurance for your Sustainability report according to GRI, CSRD ESRS and IFRS S1 and S2.
Speeki is an independent assurance service provide (IASP) for sustainability reporting. We provide assurance of sustainability reports according to all available standards.
The Speeki audit team has considerable experience on the diverse topics of ESG and sustainability. Combined with global knowledge on the reporting standards, our Speeki Guardian™ solutions should be your solution for assurance of your sustainability reports.
Speeki Guardian™ is fixed price assurance for the annual assurance of your sustainability reports.
Speeki is an impartial and independent auditor and assurance provider.
Speeki, follows The International Standard on Sustainability Assurance (ISSA) 5000, General Requirements for Sustainability Assurance Engagements, which is our guide for all Speeki Guardian™ engagements.
Speeki Guardian™ projects are only entered into when our strict guidelines on conflicts and independence are confirmed. In short, we don't provide assurance to something we were involved in building.
Speeki has expert content knowledge across all areas in ESG & sustainability.
Speeki has deep expertise in all areas of ESG and sustainability. That is more than just environmental and climate change reporting.
We also have expertise on the reporting standards having built our own Speeki platform where reporting is a key feature.
Our auditing expertise supports clients with on-site, off-site and hybrid audits that makes sense depending on the situation.
Audit Expertise from over 15 years of ISO auditing and certification.
We have been involved in auditing and certification for over ten years, being a leading provider of ISO certifications in key ESG areas.
Our auditors, our approach, our methodology and our technology support are unmatched. We have the experts and the business focused approach that makes this process easier.
Global. Any country. Any language. Fixed Price.
Subject to country specific rules about allowing IASP's to deliver assurance, we deliver Speeki Guardian™ globally at a fixed known price.
With our ability to scale our resources quickly, we have the people and technology to provide Speeki Guardian™ solutions across all or any part of your ESG programmes.
Why is Speeki Guardian™ different to a typical Big 4 audit firm?
Firstly, we are 'conflict free' which removes significant risk and complexity in any engagement. We don't provide consulting and we don't have the complexity of the Big 4.
We deliver Speeki Guardian™ with senior assurance leaders who are global experts on ESG and sustainability. We don't use junior staff. We don't send in fresh graduates. We don't charge by the hour and we are not focused on utilisation of people.
We use the Speeki platform to help with our Speeki Guardian™ products. Use of the platform means that we are super efficient, we lead with AI, and reduce the time and complexity of our Speeki Guardian™ projects.
Assurance of your CSRD, ESRS, GRI or IFRS sustainability reports by Speeki Guardian™ has three main benefits.
Fixed Price.
Speeki Guardian™ is fixed price for a three-year assignment.
While we invoice quarterly as we pass milestones in the annual project delivery, our pricing is fixed for three years.
If there are significant changes in your business, we can both adjust, but otherwise, it is fixed.
Certainty is guaranteed.
Not end of year focused.
No one wants a last-minute audit at the end of the year and be on the critical path of your financial and non-financial reporting.
We deliver throughout the year according to a set delivery plan which is highly project managed on our side.
We never want to be on the critical path of your regulatory requirements or rush things to meet deadlines.
Focused on improvement.
While we are here for assurance and issuing our opinion, we also have some additional value.
Speeki Guardian™ includes a report that helps to identify areas of improvement.
Speeki Guardian™ includes quarterly presentations to management and your Board as part of our fee.
Some key features of Speeki Guardian™ for CSRD, ESRS, GRI and IFRS assurance.
A three-year commitment of trust
Speeki Guardian™ is a three-year engagement delivered quarterly. We are your partner in sustainability report assurance, and we see our role as driving your sustainability initiatives with you for the benefit of your stakeholders.
Project Management through the assurance process.
We dedicate a team to take you step-by-step through obtaining assurance with Speeki Guardian™. Our project management team will also help to provide a clear and accurate picture of the timing and resources involved.
Targeted preparatory training.
We provide training on preparedness and the assurance process to all Speeki Guardian™ clients. This is included in our fees and provides support for those companies that are new to the assurance of sustainability reporting. It is especially useful for boards and management teams.
Practical guidance for a dynamic reporting system.
We guide you to implement a systematic approach to assurance. Part of a Speeki Guardian™ project looks at how you complete your annual sustainability reporting and the 'system' that surrounds it. We want the assurance piece to be the least of your worries and will help to structure it in a way that provides that comfort.
Useful reporting for continual improvement.
Speeki Guardian™ provides a detailed report with actionable findings to ensure continual improvement of your Sustainability reporting system. While we can't fix it for you, we can advise you on where your system lacks conformity and give opportunities for improvement.
We use technology and AI in addition to our experts.
While others throw more junior graduates at an audit, we, through Nicole™, our AI driven ESG & Sustainability auditor, and the Speeki platform help the assurance process be faster, more efficient, and less human dependent.
Your assurance provider of your sustainability reports needs to be a trusted advisor and partner.
"Speeki is committed to delivering excellence in Assurance of sustainability reporting according to CSRD, ESRS, GRI, IFRS S1 and S2.
To achieve this goal, Speeki attaches the utmost importance to the following four principles:
-Expertise in our field of ESG & Sustainability
-Professionalism in assurance practices
-Impartiality, independence, and integrity
-Transparency in methodology and processes
- business focused and risk based
Scott Lane, President and General Manager, Speeki, Paris, 2024.
Experienced, committed, and trusted – why choose us?
Speeki is unique in that we truly possess the ESG expertise along with assurance experience. Speeki, through its subsidiary Speeki Europe, is already accredited* to certify against the ISO 37001 Anti-Bribery Management Systems standard. Our many years of expertise in ISO give us the experience to provide sustainability reporting assurance for clients. We are uniquely qualified to provide the assurance services offered by Speeki Guardian™.
*American ANAB and French COFRAC: Comité Français d’Accréditation is the French accreditation body (Accreditation N°4-0609. List of locations and scope available at www.cofrac.fr).
Global coverage with global expertise.
We have significant expertise on sustainability reporting. Our Speeki team has the experience and expertise across all ESG topics covered by your sustainability reports. We have all of this capacity in-house and don't rely on contractors or outsiders.
Sustainability reporting assurance required significant business knowledge on material topics, IRO's and the impact on people and the environment. We are business focused and risk aware.
Experts in practical risk based advice.
*ISO, the International Organisation for Standardisation, is an independent, non-governmental international organisation regrouping 164 national standards bodies such as ANSI in the US or BSI in the UK. These oversee developing international standards through a process of consensus. In 2016, ISO created a Technical Committee, the ISO/TC 309, specifically responsible for developing standards related to the “Governance of Organisations”. (www.iso.org/home.html)
ANAB: ANSI National Accreditation Board is an Accreditation Body based in the United States. (anab.ansi.org/)
COFRAC: Comité Français d’Accréditation is the French Accreditation Body (COFRAC Accreditation N°4-0609. List of locations and scope available at www.cofrac.fr).
We regularly engage all of these roles and many more as part of our engagements
We engage at all levels
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