Interoperability

Collect once. Disclose everywhere.

Regulatory frameworks overlap, but they never align perfectly. Most platforms give you separate templates for each and leave you to reconcile manually.

Our engine maps data points at paragraph and sub-paragraph level. It operates at three levels: framework to framework, QB to framework, and QB to QB. Built-in mappings for ESRS, GRI, SFDR, ISSB, EU Taxonomy, and VSME. You can build your own on top

Illustration of Generation Impact Global's interoperability platform, showcasing data integration and simplified reporting across standards

QB-EDGE

Questionnaires

Any Framework

Direct entry into ESRS, GRI, SFDR, etc.

VitAI

AI extraction from documents

Interoperability engine

Framework to Framework

ESRS – GRI – SFDR – ISSB – EU Taxonomy – VSME
Data point maps across all connected frameworks

QB to Framework

QB-EDGE responses map to framework disclosures
Answer once, populates the relevant framework

QB to QB

Responses in one questionnaire populate overlapping questions in another
Five similar questionnaires, one set of answers

ESRS to GRI

Data-point-level mappings reflecting EFRAG-GRI cooperation.

GHG emissions

E1-6

GRI305

Core figures equivalent. Scope 3 diverges on categories.

GHG emissions

E1-1

No match

No GRI equivalent. ESRS-only collection need.

Employee diversity

S1-15

GRI 405-1

Common data auto-populates. Requests incremental gaps only.

ESRS to ISSB

Same data serves European and international audiences.

Climate governance

E1-1

ISSB S2-4

Single source of truth

Financial impact

E1-9

ISSB S2-6

Distinguishes double vs financial materiality

GHG emissions

E1-6

ISSB S2-8

Unified EU and international collection

SFDR to ESRS, GRI, EU Taxonomy

PAI indicators mapped to ESRS, GRI, and EU Taxonomy.

GHG emissions (PAI)

PAI 1,2,3

E1-6

GRI 305

Collected once, populates all three

Board gender diversity

PAI 13

S1-15

GRI 405-1

Provided once, distributed everywhere

Fossil fuel exposure

PAI 4

EU Tax. Art. 8

Feeds into Taxonomy alignment

VSME to ESRS, GRI

EFRAG’s simplified SME template (v1.2.0). SME data maps upward to ESRS and across to SFDR PAI.

Energy and GHG

VSME B3

E1-5, E1-6

GRI302, 305

Simplified data maps upward

Workforce

VSME B8

S1-6, S1-7

GRI 2-7, 401

Feeds into SFDR PAI where applicable

Governance

VSME B11

G1-4

GRI 205-3

Simplified to full disclosures

Interoperability between questionnaires

Organisations collect ESG data through multiple instruments. When a portfolio company responds to one questionnaire, the platform identifies every other instrument requiring the same data point. The response populates all of them. Five similar questionnaires from five investors: one set of answers.

Built-in

Major framework mappings

User-configurable

Client and custom questionnaires

Industry instruments

Open-ES, GRESB, and similar

How the interoperability engine works

Framework to Framework

Pre-built, data-point-level mappings across ESRS, GRI, SFDR, ISSB, EU Taxonomy, VSME. Paragraph and sub-paragraph granularity. Bidirectional.

QB-EDGE to Framework

QB-EDGE responses map directly to disclosure requirements. A portfolio company answering a due diligence questionnaire populates ESRS, SFDR, or GRI disclosures.

QB-EDGE to QB-EDGE

Overlapping questions across instruments are mapped. A response in one questionnaire populates corresponding questions in every other.

User-configurable

Build custom mappings for client questionnaires, internal structures, or emerging frameworks.

New framework onboarding

Adapt new standards not yet in the system. Framework builder defines and connects to existing mappings.

Governance lifecycle

Draft, approved, deprecated. Standards evolve; mappings update without breaking connections.

Cross-solution

Operates across Reporting, QB-EDGE, and all GIG solutions. No additional configuration.

Why interoperability matters now

The global sustainability reporting landscape is converging. EFRAG and ISSB have published joint alignment guidance. National regulators from Singapore to Brazil to the UK are adopting international standards. ISSB is becoming the baseline outside Europe, while the EU connects SFDR, Taxonomy, and CSRD into an integrated architecture.

For organisations operating across borders, interoperability at the data-point level is what allows you to collect once and satisfy obligations wherever they arise: European, international, or national.