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The current regulatory requirements on sustainability, establish the obligation to report a non-financial disclosure for public-interest entities, namely, single entities or parent companies with more than 5hundred employees and which have closed the fiscal year above specific thresholds. Right now, there is an ongoing review of the non-financial Reporting Directive, which could broaden its scope, starting from 2022. The ESG regulatory framework defines the macro-areas involved within the non financial disclosure. Considering that regulations on sustainability applies to different sectors, entities are called upon to perform a materiality assessment, in order to map and rank, each relevant sustainability topic for the company itself and for its stakeholders. In relation to the different ways of reporting, the Companies can choose to prepare a separated document, or to disclose sustainability aspects directly within the Annual Report. The first way is the most followed by Italian insurers, with some exceptions that prefer an integrated approach. The differences between the two approaches, are easily observable by looking at the index of the document. In the light of those considerations, it is crucial to equip Insurance Companies, falling under the scope of non financial disclosure directive, with a tool that can guarantee high flexibility in the definition of the structure and contents of the document. On the other hand, the entities that are willing to prepare a voluntary disclose on sustainability, but with low confidence with non financial disclosure, can benefit from a standard market template. For this reason, we have implemented a standard template for the voluntary disclosure, with standard layout and contents, calibrated on the peculiarities of the insurance sector, but however easily customizable for each entity. Considering the regulatory framework described until here, its future developments and an always greater awareness of ESG company culture, we have developed a unique solution that integrates the best available technologies and a specific expertise in the insurance sector. The solution offers advanced functionalities, both in terms of data collection and collaborative reporting for the preparation of non financial disclosure (both voluntary and not). Now let’s see how ESGeo’s data collection works