We are proud to share that we have been featured in Verdantix's Buyer's Guide: ESG & Sustainability Due Diligence Services (2025), which profiles global providers helping organizations navigate today's evolving sustainability and ESG landscape.
The guide highlights how due diligence services are increasingly vital as businesses aim to mitigate risks, ensure compliance and unlock long-term value from their sustainability initiatives.
Our strengths – highlighted by Verdantix
Verdantix recognizes us for our ability to combine broad sustainability due diligence capabilities with local expertise, underpinned by our long-standing reputation in testing, inspection and certification.
Key findings highlighted by Verdantix in the guide include:
- Global reach strengthened by local expertise: operating in 115 countries with over 2,500 offices and laboratories, we deliver truly global services tailored to local needs. Our model brings together international sustainability expertise with experienced local auditors to ensure relevance and impact in every market
- Partnership ecosystem for enhanced services: we collaborate with accredited consultants and technology partners to provide specialized insight across human rights, environmental compliance and governance. Our partnerships with sustainability reporting software providers, such as C-MORE, Diginex and Worldly, further enhance our ability to support supply chain risk assessments, sustainability data collection, analysis and reporting
- Ethics, impartiality and independence: with over 145 years of history, we uphold the highest governance and ethical standards through strong committees and regular internal reviews
IMPACT NOW for sustainability
Our due diligence offering is embedded in IMPACT NOW for sustainability, our sustainability services framework designed to help businesses act with confidence and deliver measurable outcomes. IMPACT NOW for sustainability is organized around four key pillars: Climate, Nature, Circularity and ESG Assurance. It empowers organizations to accelerate their transition to a more sustainable future.
Guiding business leaders in 2025
As the Verdantix Buyer's Guide makes clear, sustainability risks are material business concerns and a growing priority for C-Suite leaders worldwide. By leveraging our global expertise, local knowledge and trusted partnerships, businesses can strengthen resilience, manage risks and capture new opportunities.
Access the Verdantix Buyer's Guide: ESG & Sustainability Due Diligence Services (2025)
About Verdantix
Verdantix is an independent research and advisory firm that supports a global client base including some of the world's most innovative corporations, technology and services vendors and investors. The firm empowers decision-makers through three primary service streams: Research, Data and Advisory. Its expertise spans sustainability, ESG, climate risk, operational excellence, real estate and risk management. Verdantix also provides platforms such as the Vantage Portal, which delivers insights tailored for practitioners working on ESG, net zero, real estate, risk and industrial operations.
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About SGS
SGS is the world’s leading Testing, Inspection and Certification company. We operate a network of over 2,500 laboratories and business facilities across 115 countries, supported by a team of 99,500 dedicated professionals. With over 145 years of service excellence, we combine the precision and accuracy that define Swiss companies to help organizations achieve the highest standards of quality, compliance and sustainability.
Our brand promise – when you need to be sure – underscores our commitment to trust, integrity and reliability, enabling businesses to thrive with confidence. We proudly deliver our expert services through the SGS name and trusted specialized brands, including Brightsight, Bluesign, Maine Pointe and Nutrasource.
SGS is publicly traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange under the ticker symbol SGSN (ISIN CH1256740924, Reuters SGSN.S, Bloomberg SGSN:SW).
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