Know where you stand before you plan where you're going.
An audit establishes the facts: what you currently measure, what you are exposed to, and where the gaps sit. The roadmap turns those facts into a sequence of action across the next two to three years.
In short
A sustainability audit reviews a company's current environmental, social, and governance performance, data systems, and regulatory exposure against applicable requirements and sector benchmarks. Prakrti conducts these audits for Indian manufacturers and translates the findings into a sequenced roadmap covering data, compliance, and reduction priorities over roughly two to three years.
What the audit covers
We review what data your company currently collects — energy, emissions, water, waste, workforce — and how it is collected, whether that is reliable meter data or a rough annual estimate. We map your regulatory exposure: BRSR status, CBAM product coverage, sector-specific rules, buyer-imposed ESG requirements. And we benchmark your current disclosures, if any, against what peers in your sector are reporting and what buyers are increasingly asking for.
The output is a clear-eyed statement of where the company stands, including the gaps that are uncomfortable to state plainly — missing Scope 3 data, no formal climate risk assessment, disclosures that do not match underlying practice.
From findings to roadmap
The roadmap sequences action against those findings by urgency and dependency. Data infrastructure work — building a GHG inventory, setting up recurring data collection — typically comes first, because most other initiatives depend on it. Compliance deadlines (a BRSR filing date, a buyer's data request deadline) get sequenced against that data build-out. Reduction and strategic initiatives follow once the baseline is established.
Each roadmap item carries an owner, a rough timeline, and a dependency note, so it functions as an internal planning document rather than a summary report that sits in a drawer.
Who uses the roadmap
The roadmap is written to be handed to a plant head for the operational items, a CFO for the capital items, and a board or investor for the overall trajectory. Each audience needs a different slice of the same document, not a separate report.
Common questions
What is included in a sustainability audit?
A review of current data collection practices across energy, emissions, water, and waste; an assessment of regulatory exposure including BRSR and CBAM where relevant; and a benchmark of current disclosure practices against sector norms and buyer expectations.
How is a sustainability audit different from a compliance audit?
A compliance audit checks adherence to a specific existing regulation or standard. A sustainability audit is broader, assessing data maturity, strategic positioning, and forward regulatory exposure, and typically produces a roadmap rather than a pass or fail result.
How often should a sustainability audit be repeated?
Most companies benefit from a full audit every two to three years, with lighter interim reviews when regulatory requirements change materially or after a significant operational change such as a new facility or product line.
What comes after the audit?
The audit findings feed directly into a roadmap that sequences data infrastructure, compliance deadlines, and reduction initiatives, typically starting with whichever data gaps block the largest number of downstream requirements.
Get a clear picture of where you stand
Tell us your sector and current reporting status. We will scope an audit sized to your actual exposure, not a generic checklist.
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