How Karomia Helped La Lorraine Bakery Group Accelerate Their Double Materiality Assessment
La Lorraine Bakery Group (LLBG), a Belgian family-owned company with over 85 years of expertise in the milling and bakery sector, partnered with Karomia to complete their Double Materiality Assessment (DMA) and begin their CSRD gap analysis. With Karomia’s AI-powered platform, LLBG rapidly identified key Impacts, Risks, and Opportunities (IROs), reduced ESG team workload, and laid a solid foundation for their future CSRD compliance.
LLBG operates in over 30 countries, supplying high-quality bakery products to both retail and foodservice professionals. With sustainability set as a key strategic priority, LLBG formed a dedicated sustainability team consisting of three full-time experts: a Program Manager, a Project Manager, and an ESG Controller.
Sidonie, Sustainability Program Manager at LLBG, leads the group’s ESG efforts. The challenge ahead? Completing a robust Double Materiality Assessment (DMA) and navigating the data-heavy, regulation-rich terrain of CSRD.
“Instead of spending weeks on desktop research, we processed our internal documents through Karomia’s platform and had a clear long list of IROs ready for prioritization in hours."
As CSRD reporting deadlines approached, LLBG knew they needed to move quickly, but without compromising quality. Initially, they considered managing their Double Materiality Assessment manually. However, after hearing from industry peers about the complexity and time burden of manual methods, the team decided a digital solution was the better path forward.
LLBG needed to follow a method that was audit-ready, board-approved, and aligned with CSRD’s strict legal requirements. That’s when LLBG turned to Karomia for structure, support, and speed.
Karomia’s platform enabled LLBG to:
Identify IROs rapidly and accurately: By analyzing existing company documents, Karomia’s AI quickly surfaced a long list of relevant Impacts, Risks, and Opportunities (IROs), significantly reducing time spent on desktop research.
Reduce ESG team workload: With only three people on the sustainability team, efficiency was key. Karomia enabled LLBG to streamline the DMA process without additional hires.
Launch a structured CSRD gap analysis: Building directly from the DMA output, LLBG was able to assess current data availability, uncover gaps, and begin shaping their CSRD report in parallel.
Using Karomia, Sidonie achieved:
1. Increased Internal Buy-In:
Through stakeholder interviews and a structured DMA, Karomia helped LLBG engage internal teams, shifting ESG from a side-topic to a shared priority.
2. Strategic Clarity:
The focus on both risks and opportunities was new and eye-opening for the team. “We had done materiality before,” Sidonie shared, “but looking at it through the CSRD lens brought strategic depth.”
3. Time Savings for Small Teams:
Karomia’s platform reduced the workload of LLBG’s compact ESG team, enabling them to focus on execution rather than chasing documents or figuring out frameworks.
4. Audit-Ready Confidence:
By helping document the entire process and aligning it to the latest CSRD criteria, Karomia gave LLBG peace of mind, knowing they’re not just compliant, but confidently prepared for audits.
"I could’ve trained for weeks to understand what to report, but it was still just a pile of paper. I could ship those papers to Karomia and they turned them into a fantastic future for us. We could answer all data requests in any format. Now our job is just deciding which documents to upload."
“Instead of spending weeks on desktop research, we processed our internal documents through Karomia’s platform and had a clear long list of IROs ready for prioritization in hours."
“The Karomia platform processed 89 documents in hours and highlighted the key IROs. It saved me weeks of manual work and made sure we were ready for the auditor.”
"Karomia made the challenging task of our Double Materiality Assessment manageable and efficient, saving us time and resources while ensuring everything was done right."
