Client stories
What happened when disclosures met evidence testing
These notes come from completed readiness reviews and assurance engagements. Names of companies are withheld where confidentiality agreements require it.
“They spent two days with our utility meters and freight invoices before touching the glossy report. That discipline caught a Scope 2 boundary error we would have published.”
“The readiness assessment was blunt about our missing overtime records. Useful, though it pushed our assurance kickoff back six weeks.”
“Our audit committee wanted limited assurance on six GRI indicators before the AGM pack. Network SolutionsAI delivered the conclusion letter on the date in the engagement memo, with a clear exception for one contractor safety metric we could not substantiate.”
“I appreciated that they refused to ‘help polish’ the narrative section while assuring it. The separation kept our board comfortable signing.”
Extended story: consolidating three plants into one GHG inventory
A metals processor near Tainan asked for GHG inventory assurance covering Scope 1 and 2 across three plants that had previously reported separately. Activity data lived in three different maintenance systems; emission factors were mixed between supplier letters and generic tables.
We mapped each energy stream to a single inventory workbook, sampled meter readings against utility invoices, and recalculated combustion emissions for two boilers. One plant’s diesel generator hours were understated by nearly 18% against fuel purchase records—an adjustment that moved the consolidated total enough to change the year-on-year narrative.
The limited assurance conclusion was issued after management restated the inventory. The engagement took eleven weeks including two site visits and one follow-up for generator logs.
Extended story: readiness before a first ISSB-aligned note
A family-owned exporter preparing its first climate-related note asked for a readiness assessment rather than immediate assurance. Interviews with finance, operations, and HR revealed that water withdrawal figures were estimated from design capacity, not measured intake.
Our report recommended installing or calibrating meters and delaying assurance on water metrics by one cycle. Management accepted the delay; they later commissioned a full ESG reporting assurance audit on a narrowed metric set the following year.