Karomia’s sustainability intelligence

Sustainability is the paradox of our time. Everyone knows this can't continue much longer: climate disasters are not theory anymore, and planetary boundaries have been crossed. Despite the reality of these risks to businesses, we still cling to the disproven idea that competitiveness and sustainability are opposed.

It’s about time we take a step into reality, away from flawed theories. That’s what Karomia’s sustainability intelligence system does.

It's a system that starts with your specific business activities and markets, and your particular challenges. Whether you're a large enterprise or a small business, it cuts through the complexity and gets you to the next step: pragmatic, direct action. You know what to do.

How do I report with maximum insight and minimum effort?

That’s been the push back: reporting on sustainability is so complex that it creates insurmountable bureaucracy. Well, why not use technology for the benefit of sustainability for a change? Use it to eliminate bureaucracy and develop a clearer picture of where your business stands. That’s what reporting should be: a basis for understanding and improvements, rather than a compliance exercise.

Karomia is the leader in sustainability reporting automation, helping businesses create robust, well-articulated reports across multiple frameworks (e.g., VSME, ESRS, SASB) in hours or days instead of weeks or months. That entire foundation of expertise and technology is the driving force of Karomia's sustainability intelligence system.

In Belgium, we've partnered with Isabel Group to take sustainability reporting one step further. It’s unique in Europe: together, we launched KUBE ESG, an ecosystem that makes it easy for businesses to create and share their sustainability reports with banks and other stakeholders.

How do I decarbonize and make a profit out of it?

All right, you've tackled the car fleet, kicked out that old gas boiler and installed a heat pump. What's next? You need decarbonization initiatives that actually make money and are practical to implement. The information exists: industry analysis, scientific research, and most importantly, what your peers have already tried and tested — with indications of ROI or pay-back periods. Karomia compiles all of this and translates it into specific initiatives tailored to your business. Run the analysis, review the options, and move forward with your decarbonization.

What are my risks?

What really matters for my business? That's where one of Karomia's key innovations comes in: an automated double materiality assessment. We’ve perfected this over the past couple of years. There is no equivalent in the market. It’s been used and audited for many businesses. It helps you comply with CSRD. But here's what's interesting: most of our customers don't use it for compliance. They use it as a strategic compass. It focuses sustainability initiatives on the risk, opportunities and impact that truly matter for your company.

Want to know the concrete vulnerabilities threatening your operations today and tomorrow? In addition to a board-scope materiality assessment, the sustainability intelligence system lets you geo-localize your sites and assess exposure to floods, wildfires, droughts, extreme heat, etc. Once again, you pierce through complexity and bring clarity to what actually matters for your business.

How do I effectively communicate?

Once you've assessed materiality, prioritized initiatives to create a competitive advantage, established a credible decarbonization plan, and prepared your sustainability report for banks and stakeholders, then what? You want to communicate your efforts to a broader audience. That's what makes your business stand out and helps you win. You need a great ESG website that conveys what you do anchored in the reality of your business. Karomia's system creates that for you: incorporating your branding elements, reflecting your company's personality, and backed by the real initiatives and KPIs from your report. You customers will be impressed.

And what about my value chain?

Whether you manage dozens of suppliers or an entire portfolio of companies, understanding their sustainability isn't optional anymore. Maybe you need their carbon footprint for your scope 3. Maybe you want to go further: engage with them to reduce emissions and present a credible plan. Or maybe you need to understand deeper risks: how they treat their workforce, their exposure to climate hazards, their overall ESG maturity.

Karomia's supplier and investor portals give you that visibility. Track which companies have submitted data or reports. Monitor progress over time. Assess ESG maturity across your supplier base or portfolio companies. Run due diligence on risk and opportunity in a changing environment. If you're a holding company, you can follow each business separately. If you're a private equity or VC investor, you get a clear picture of where your portfolio stands — and where it's headed. The point is the same as everything else in Karomia's system: eliminate the complexity, see what matters, and act on it.

Of course Karomia's system goes beyond what's above. It benchmarks your initiatives against peers, so you know where you stand. It assesses whether you're operating in biodiversity-sensitive areas. It helps you tackle topical challenges like policies, pollution, water usage, and the circular economy.

It's all connected. Your materiality assessment informs your decarbonization plan. Your report feeds your ESG website. Your supplier data rolls into your scope 3. Nothing lives in a silo. Where there was only complexity, there is now a path forward. And that's radically different.

The system is practical and action-oriented. Not theoretical. You use it for competitive advantage, risk management, and setting real priorities. Competitiveness and sustainability are no longer opposed.