How long does an assessment take?

Typically three to five weeks depending on the number of sites and systems. It is intended to inform decisions before a reporting cycle, not to become the programme itself.

Will you tell us we are not ready to report?

Yes, where that is the case, along with what would have to change. Publishing numbers you cannot evidence is a larger risk than delaying voluntary disclosure.

How does a esg assessment & gap analysis engagement start?

With a short discovery conversation and a written view of scope, risk and the decisions to be made. That view is useful to you whether or not the work continues.

How is a esg assessment & gap analysis engagement priced?

Scope and, where relevant, rules of engagement are agreed in writing before any work begins, and the engagement is a fixed fee for that scope or phased with a cost envelope per phase — so you know the cost and the boundaries up front. Larger pieces of work are broken into phases with findings delivered early rather than a single invoice at the end.

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ESG Assessment & Gap Analysis

We assess your ESG position honestly across data, controls, governance and disclosure, and state the gap to the standard you are actually being held to. The point is not a score but a clear-eyed view of what exists, what is missing and what would have to change before a reporting cycle begins. We look behind the headline metrics to whether the underlying data is produced under controls that would survive assurance. Where you are not ready, we say so plainly and set out what readiness would require.

In short

ESG assessment and gap analysis measures your current position against the frameworks and expectations that apply to you. It gives you an honest reading of the distance still to travel before the numbers you publish can be defended.

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What we do

The work inside esg assessment & gap analysis.

Applicable requirements

We establish which frameworks, regulations and stakeholder expectations genuinely apply to you, rather than measuring against everything in circulation. Knowing the standard you are held to is what keeps the remediation proportionate to the obligation.

Data availability review

We test whether the underlying data actually exists at the quality that disclosure requires, down to source and unit. This is where most programmes come unstuck, because a metric that cannot be traced to a reliable source cannot be assured however well it is presented.

Control and process gaps

We assess whether ESG data is produced under controls that would withstand independent assurance, not just whether a number can be assembled once. The outcome is a register of where process and review are missing, so the gaps can be closed before an assurance provider finds them.

Prioritised remediation

We sequence gap closure against reporting deadlines, effort and dependency, so the most consequential work happens first. A ranked plan keeps a limited team focused on what changes the disclosure rather than what is easiest to tick off.

What you receive

Deliverables, in writing.

Documented output your teams keep and can act on without us in the room.

Applicable framework and expectation baseline
Data availability and quality findings
Control and process gap register
Prioritised remediation plan with timelines

When this work helps

You may be facing this.

A first mandatory disclosure is approaching
Investor questionnaires are answered inconsistently
ESG numbers cannot be traced to a source

How an engagement runs

Discover, assess, design, deliver.

01
Discover
Understand your sector, stakeholders, existing commitments, and the requests you are receiving. We establish who is asking you for ESG information and what you have already committed to publicly, so the work answers real pressure rather than a generic checklist.
02
Assess
Review material topics, current data, governance, and the gap to the reporting you need to produce. We report plainly where your current numbers would not withstand scrutiny and what it would take to close the gap.
03
Design
Define metrics, ownership, data flows, controls, and a reporting approach you can repeat. The design fixes how each number is produced and who owns it, so reporting becomes a repeatable process rather than an annual scramble.
04
Deliver
Implement the measurement and governance changes, and review disclosures against the evidence. We test every public claim against its source before publication, so what you disclose is what you can defend.

Where we work

Delhi, India — and wherever the work is.

Fidova provides ESG consulting from Delhi, India, and works with organisations internationally, including those reporting under global frameworks and responding to customer, investor, and supply chain requirements from other markets.

Engagements run in English, are scheduled around your time zone, and can be delivered remotely end to end, with on-site time planned where a phase genuinely benefits from being in the room.

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Often needed alongside this.

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ESG Reporting & Disclosures

ESG reporting and disclosures produce statements that are complete, comparable and traceable to evidence. Every figure should carry a defined source and a control behind it, not just a plausible number on the page.

Sustainability Reporting

Sustainability reporting communicates environmental and social performance to investors, customers and regulators with consistent data. Consistency across sites and years is what lets readers compare, and comparability is where most reports quietly fail.

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