ESG reporting for SMEs: report smarter, win more business

Customers are asking for your ESG data more often and in more detail than ever before. For many SMEs, this can feel like an unwanted burden. But handled the right way, it’s actually an opportunity: to stand out, win business, and open doors to new markets.

Compera is built to help SMEs manage ESG reporting efficiently and use it to their advantage. Here are four things it enables you to do.

1. Report your emissions and ESG data to customers without the hassle

Customers are asking for your ESG data more often, and in more formats than ever before. Without a structured approach, that means answering the same questions repeatedly, in different Excel templates, for different buyers.

Compera lets you enter your emissions and ESG data once, structured around VSME, the EU’s voluntary sustainability reporting standard for SMEs, and share it with multiple customers from a single place. No more starting from scratch every time a new request arrives. Your data stays consistent, up to date, and ready to share at any point in the year.

2. Collect ESG data from your own suppliers

ESG visibility does not stop at your own operations. If you work with suppliers, you may need data from them too, whether for customer reporting, internal risk management, or ESG and quality certification processes.

Compera lets you send structured data requests to your suppliers and collect their responses in a consistent, comparable format. This gives you a clearer picture of your supply chain and makes it easier to document the supplier oversight that quality management frameworks require. It also means you are not caught off guard when a customer asks how you manage risk further down the chain.

3. Get a professional VSME report you can share with confidence

VSME is the EU’s voluntary ESG reporting standard designed specifically for SMEs. It is quickly becoming the reference point for what customers, banks, and investors expect from smaller companies when it comes to ESG disclosures.

Compera automatically generates your VSME report in a polished, professional format. Share it with customers as part of a tender process, present it to your bank when applying for green financing, or send it to investors who want to understand how you manage ESG risks. One report covers all of these needs, and it is always based on the same underlying data you have already entered into the platform.

4. Get a head start on qualifying for the defence industry

Defence is one of the fastest-growing sectors in Europe right now, and ESG credentials are becoming a genuine qualification requirement for companies seeking contracts in the defence supply chain. Procurement processes increasingly expect structured ESG data, documented supply chain oversight, and evidence of how environmental and social risks are managed.

Compera helps you build that foundation now. By getting your data structured and your VSME report in order now, you put your business in a stronger position to meet those requirements when opportunities arise, and before your competitors have caught up.

How ESG-ready is your business?

The four areas above cover what Compera helps you do. But before you get started, it is worth taking stock of where you stand today.

We put together a quick checklist to help you assess your company’s current ESG capabilities across eight key areas, from emissions tracking to value chain visibility. It takes two minutes, and it gives you a score and a clear sense of where to focus first.

Ready to turn ESG reporting into an asset?

Compera makes it simple for SMEs to report ESG data, collect it from suppliers, and use it to open new doors, from customer tenders to defence contracts. Get in touch with us.

29 April 2026