Know who owns the work
Bring responsibilities for people, energy, safety, purchasing and other relevant practices into focus.
For SMEs
Practical sustainability for growing businesses.
Make a useful start with the people, records and resources you already have. A relevant scope helps you focus on the responsibilities that matter for your business.
A manageable starting point
Build on what is already there.
Use practical evidence
Existing bills, records, policies and recent examples help describe how your business operates.
Plan achievable improvements
Find gaps you can act on, assign responsibility and decide what progress to check.
The SME pathway
A narrower edition, with a clearly defined scope.
SME Essentials is being developed as a proportionate assessment pathway for smaller organisations. We confirm its availability and suitability before you begin.
The pathway is intended for independently owned organisations and controlled groups with fewer than 250 workers, subject to context and eligibility checks. This is a NatureSynth pathway rule, not a statutory definition of an SME.
Your activities shape the depth
Manufacturing, hazardous operations, land impacts and other relevant exposures may require more detailed questions.
Your result identifies its coverage
An SME Essentials result covers that edition. It does not imply the same coverage as full Core or Integrated assessment.
Review options are discussed upfront
Any recognition pathway requires the applicable active scheme, evidence and authorised review. An assessment purchase does not guarantee an award.
Getting ready
A simple conversation to begin.
Your business
What you do, where you operate and any parent or group arrangements.
Your priorities
Customer requests, operational issues or decisions that prompted the assessment.
Your records
The documents and examples available, and who can explain them.
Your capacity
The people and time you can commit to the work.
Your next step
Build the right foundations.
Tell us about your business and its activities so we can discuss a proportionate starting point.