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Sami joins SGS !Sami, France's most widely used carbon & ESG management solution, is proud to announce that it is joining SGS, the world’s leading Testing, Inspection, and Certification company.

ESG Hub - Your Carbon Hub now feeds your ESG regulatory reporting automatically!Our new feature automatically sends climate data from your Carbon Hub to the accurate, ready-to-use ESRS data points in your ESG Hub. No more double entries, make way for data intelligence!

CSR 2025 software: a complete guide to choosing the right solution for your businessDiscover our 2025 guide to RSE/ESG software to choose the right solution for your business. Key functionalities, CSRD/VSME compliance, and a comparison of the best platforms to structure your sustainable development approach.

Understand and pass your EcoVadis assessment Discover how to pass your EcoVadis assessment: a complete guide to understanding CSR scoring, preparing your application and improving your environmental and social performance.

ESG Hub - Consult your stakeholders to list IROsInvolve your expert stakeholders in the listing of your IROs

ESG Hub - Manage your users, their roles and permissionsOur new user management system containing a variety of roles and access to the ESG Hub, as well as to project modules

Carbon Hub - Management of units on several levels with visualization of the organization chart Represent your organizational structure accurately in Sami with our new unit management system and its dynamic organization chart

Omnibus: the main proposals of the European Commission on the simplification of sustainability textsHere are the main changes proposed in the Omnibus legislation on CSRD, CSDDD and Taxonomy.

Sami acquires Good Steps to become a European champion in carbon and ESG management toolsSami acquires Good Steps! We explain to you why.

Understand everything about the European green taxonomyWhat is the European green taxonomy? How to include it in the CSRD report?

Understand everything about the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)What is the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)? What products are affected? We explain everything to you in this article

VSME: Complete Guide to the Voluntary Sustainability Reporting Framework for SMEs (Omnibus Update)Discover the definitive VSME 2025 guide following the Omnibus Directive. Master voluntary sustainability reporting adapted to SMEs and transform your ESG obligations into a strategic advantage.

CSRD: how to prepare for the audit of the sustainability report?What do the auditors check in the sustainability report? And how do you prepare for the audit? The answers in this article.

“This CSRD project allows us to enrich our CSR roadmap”In this interview, the CSR director of the EBRA press group, Rémy Ramstein, takes stock of the CSRD project launched in November 2023.

CSRD Software: A Complete Guide to Choosing the Best Solution in 2025Discover our complete guide to CSRD 2025 software: a detailed comparison of Sami, Sweep, Tennaxia, Greenly, Zei, and Toovalu. Find the ideal solution for your sustainability reporting in accordance with the European directive.

Carbon Hub - A new collection configurator for simplified and complete collection! We've improved the collection configurator to make it easier to understand and gather information.

Carbon Hub - Enter the economic cost of an action (capex/opex) and visualize the budget for your action planWe integrate into the platform the estimates of the estimated costs and benefits of implementing certain reduction actions and allow the visualization of the evolution of the economic cost of the action plan from year to year.

The best carbon footprint software in 2025: how to choose the ideal solution for your businessDiscover the best carbon footprint software in 2025. Compare Sami, Sweep, and Greenly to effectively measure and reduce your carbon footprint. Complete guide for SMEs and large groups.

Manually estimate the impact of an action and assign tagsNous continuons à développer des fonctionnalités de personnalisation du plan d’action pour répondre aux besoins de nos utilisateurs avancés

Customize your collectors (new features)Allow consultants to simply customize increasingly complex collection forms.

Customize your collectors for effective data collection!Nous avons ajouté une nouvelle fonctionnalité permettant de personnaliser certains collecteurs simples directement sur notre plateforme

CSRD : everything you need to know about impacts, risks and opportunities (IROs)What are IROs? How can they be identified and evaluated? The explanations in this article.

Understand everything about the new European regulation “ESPR” on ecodesignWhat will the European ESPR regulation on ecodesign change? We explain everything to you in this article.

Olympic and Paralympic Games: how to reduce the carbon footprint of international travel?International travel for the Paris Olympics and Paralympics is expected to generate twice as many emissions as the carbon budget set by the organizers for travel.

Discover our new CSRD module!A complete suite based on the official methodology to enable you to carry out your CSRD reporting faster, whether independently or with the help of a consultant.

Building a Transition Plan Aligned with the CSRDIn this article, we will detail how to build a transition plan that complies with the information required by the CSRD.

Understanding the CSDDD, the European corporate sustainability due diligenceWhat is the CSDDD? Which companies are affected and what are their future obligations? We explain everything.

Emissions related to electricity consumption in a carbon footprintHow to count emissions related to electricity consumption in a carbon footprint? We explain everything to you in this article.

Uncertainties in measuring the carbon footprintWhere does uncertainty come from in calculating a company's carbon footprint? How is it measured? How is it integrated into our Sami platform? We explain everything to you in this article.

The carbon footprint, a tool for economic performanceProfitability of GHG reduction actions, competitiveness, protection against transition risks. Achieving a carbon footprint offers numerous economic benefits.

Which life cycle assessment (LCA) for which strategy? Which LCA should you choose if you want to compare your products? Or compare your product with those of your competitors? Or prepare for the implementation of environmental labelling? Explanations in this article.

LCA and carbon footprint: what are the differences?What are the main differences between a LCA and a carbon footprint? We take stock in this article in 10 questions.

Analytical carbon accounting: turning carbon footprint into strategic toolHow to make the carbon footprint a strategic tool for your business? We explain to you what the Sami software allows in the analysis of your emissions.

Sami is certified B Corp! Sami is certified B Corp, and is now one of the more than 350 French companies that have joined this community of committed actors.

Climate risks: a major challenge for companiesHeat waves, floods but also transition or liability risks. The climate risks that weigh on businesses are multiplying. How do you identify them? How to adapt?

The 25 questions every company has about CSRD!Discover our special CSRD FAQs in this article!

CSRD: understanding everything about the ESRS E1 “Climate Change” ! What is the objective of the CSRD ESRS E1 “Climate Change”? What information are companies going to have to disclose? We're taking stock.

ESRS: understanding European reporting standardsWhat are the new reporting standards wanted by the European Commission? How can you best prepare for it? We enlighten you!

CSRD : How to succeed in your double materiality assessment?What is double materiality? How to do a double materiality assessment in the context of CSRD? All the answers in this article.

What is the European Green Deal? The Green Deal is the European roadmap to fight global warming. It is a plan of unprecedented magnitude. What is its content? What are the sectors where the transformations are going to be the most profound? Where are we at? We take stock in this article.

The carbon footprint, an essential tool for business strategyThe carbon footprint is essential for a corporate climate strategy: identifying and reducing its emissions, managing climate risks. Our explanations.

The Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi): definition and applicationThe Science Based Targets initiative: what is it and how do you apply it to your business?

All about emission factors (EF)Discover our article on emission factors and on our Sami database of over 100,000 emission factors!

ISO 9001: A comprehensive guide to the quality management system (2025)Discover the ISO 9001:2015 standard and its 2024 climate amendment: requirements, certification, costs, benefits and comparison with other ISO standards. Complete and up-to-date guide.

B Corp 2025 : Tout Savoir sur la Certification et les Nouvelles ExigencesB Corp 2025 : découvrez le nouveau référentiel de certification, ses 7 thématiques d'impact et le processus d'évaluation personnalisé. Guide complet pour les entreprises qui souhaitent valoriser leur impact positif et répondre aux exigences environnementales.

Understanding the CSRD: extra-financial reporting obligationsWhat are the obligations of the CSRD? How to prepare for extra-financial reporting? What companies? Discover our practical sheet!

Understanding everything about life cycle assessment (LCA)What is a LCA, or life cycle assessment? What is it for? How do you assess the environmental impacts of a product? We explain all this to you.

Understanding everything about the carbon footprintWhy do a carbon footprint? How to do it? With what activity data or what emission factors? This guide is made for you!

CSR Label: A Complete Guide to Choosing the Best Label for Your Business in 2025Discover the main CSR labels in France - LUCIE, Engaged RSE, B Corp - their advantages and the process of obtaining them. Practical guide to choosing the right certification for your business.

What is the definition of 1 2 3 Scopes?The various carbon accounting methodologies divide GHG emissions into Scopes 1, 2 and 3. Definition and feedback on this term.

GHG Protocol: a comprehensive guide to the international carbon accounting referenceFind out everything about the GHG Protocol, a global reference for measuring greenhouse gas emissions: definition, scopes, implementation and comparison with other methodologies.

Carbon footprint of an electric car: myths and realityIt seems that the electric car is “clean” and “zero emissions”. Is that really the case? Far from myths, discover its carbon footprint!

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