What is a Double Materiality Assessment, and why do enterprise companies need it?

A Double Materiality Assessment (DMA) helps organizations identify their most significant sustainability-related impacts, risks, and opportunities. Enterprise companies need it to comply with regulations like the CSRD, meet investor demands, and build a foundation for strategic risk management. A dedicated platform streamlines this process, reducing assessment time by over 50% while ensuring a fully documented, audit-ready output.

How does Novisto’s materiality solution differ from using consultants or spreadsheets?

Unlike manual spreadsheets or expensive, static consultant reports, Novisto provides a centralized, digital, and continuous process. Our platform automates scoring, creates an unchangeable audit trail, and integrates the assessment directly with your broader ESG strategy, providing a level of efficiency and defensibility that traditional methods cannot match.

Does Novisto’s software help with CSRD/ESRS compliance?

Yes. Novisto Materiality is designed to seamlessly meet the rigorous Double Materiality Assessment requirements of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) through a guided, compliant-by-design workflow.

How does the materiality assessment connect to strategic risk management?

An effective materiality assessment is the critical first step to identifying and prioritizing risks. Novisto allows you to use your finalized assessment as a foundational input, feeding directly into our Risk modules for a holistic, integrated view of your enterprise-wide exposure.

Is the methodology behind the assessment defensible for an audit?

Absolutely. We replace methodological uncertainty with a robust, standardized scoring logic powered by GIST Impact. Combined with our unchangeable audit trail that logs every decision, Novisto provides the objectivity and bullet-proof documentation that auditors, regulators, and stakeholders demand.

What makes Novisto the most comprehensive materiality software on the market?

Novisto is the only solution that manages the entire DMA process—from initial data collection to a final, transparent audit trail—in a single, unified platform. It is the natural entry point to a mature ESG practice, creating a seamless connection between compliance, risk management, and strategic reporting.

The Novisto Platform

NOVISTO RISK

Materiality

AI-Powered Double Materiality Assessment Software

Future-proof your business with a clear view of your most critical sustainability risks and opportunities. Novisto Materiality is the most comprehensive AI-powered assessment software for complex organizations.

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Trusted by global sustainability leaders

Go from manual assessment to strategic clarity

Transform the chaotic, manual Double Materiality Assessment into a centralized, digital, and continuous process, backed by a proprietary quantitative engine and ESG experts offering in-house guidance.

50%reduction in data collection time
100%coverage of climate taxonomies

Novisto Materiality

The audit-ready foundation of your ESG and risk programs

At the core of Novisto Materiality is a robust scoring engine that replaces manual guesswork with a repeatable, science-backed methodology. By automatically calculating impact and financial scores, it provides the objective, defensible clarity required to confidently pass third-party audits.

Primary Data Collection

Collect and submit relevant and standardized primary data through a guided, AI-powered, in-platform workflow.

Double Materiality Scores

Automatically generate impact and financial materiality scores using a standardized, science-based methodology.

Stakeholder Engagement

Deploy streamlined, in-platform surveys to internal and external stakeholders to validate the assessment.

Materiality Decisions

Review, refine, and approve your final assessment with a complete, unchangeable audit trail that logs every decision.

Governance & Assurance

Ensure compliance and credibility with automated audit trails, formal approval workflows, and complete data lineage for every materiality decision.

How It Works

All your Materiality Assessments–all in one place

1. PLAN

Map your material topics

From initial scoping to audit-ready reports, we cover your entire materiality journey. Leverage a standardized methodology to define your list of topics, impacts, risks, and opportunities for assessment.

2. CAPTURE

Collect data your way

Forget fragmented spreadsheets. Novisto provides a guided, in-platform workflow for collecting qualitative and quantitative primary data, streamlining the foundation of your assessment.

3. CALCULATE

Calculate with confidence

Instantly generate impact and financial materiality scores using our powerful quantitative engine. Our embedded, science-backed methodology replaces guesswork with a repeatable, defensible process.

4. REPORT

Turnkey regulatory compliance

Navigate the complexities of the CSRD and other global standards with an automated workflow designed for compliance. Novisto ensures your DMA is investor-grade, standardized, and audit-ready.

5. ANALYZE

Turn assessments into strategy

Go beyond compliance to see materiality trends across your organization, spot emerging topics before they become disclosures, and benchmark your results against peers—so your assessment informs strategy, not just reporting.

6. ACT

From strategy to action

Identify the sustainability topics most critical to your business and feed them directly into the broader Novisto platform. Use your assessment as the foundation for strategic risk management, reporting, and performance improvement.

7. ASSURE

Validate data at every step, streamline assurance readiness, and build audit-proof confidence throughout.

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One digital solution for sustainability data capture, transformation, validation and reporting - built for enterprise.

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Centralize ESG data collection, reporting, and disclosure across every framework you need.

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NOVISTO CARBON

Automate carbon accounting across Scopes 1, 2, and 3 for accurate, audit-ready emissions data.

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NOVISTO RISK

Identify and manage material risks and opportunities across your business and value chain.

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Turn trusted ESG, carbon, and risk data into insights, benchmarks, and board-ready decisions.

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FAQ About Materiality Assessments

A Double Materiality Assessment (DMA) helps organizations identify their most significant sustainability-related impacts, risks, and opportunities. Enterprise companies need it to comply with regulations like the CSRD, meet investor demands, and build a foundation for strategic risk management. A dedicated platform streamlines this process, reducing assessment time by over 50% while ensuring a fully documented, audit-ready output.