At the onboarding stage we do our best to answer 11 questions about your company, based on publicly available information we can find. We ask you to verify and complete any missing information, then we begin generating your Regulatory Assessments. These assessments help determine which of the 4,000+ ESG regulations in our system apply to your business, so you can focus on what matters, not everything that exists.
Step 1: Extracting Questions From Regulations
Every time a new regulation enters our system, we extract the key questions that determine whether it applies to your company. Think of it like a mini decision tree for each regulation.
Example For Argentina’s child labor law, we ask:
- Do you operate in Argentina?
- Do you employ anyone under the age of 16?
These questions are then added to our global catalog and the answers are used to build each company’s assessment profile.
Verified by Human Experts
This process is backed by our Global Regulatory Compliance and Market Access teams. These Product & Sustainability compliance experts professionals have:
- Worked with our AI experts to train our models to perform accurate regulatory assessments
- Reviewed and validated vast samples of regulatory matches to verify accuracy
- Defined the standards for quality and accuracy
- Ensured the logic reflects real-world application
You can trust your results are grounded in regulatory expertise and 1,000’s of hours of validation, not just AI.
Step 2: Grouping and Optimizing the Questions
We analyse thousands of regulatory questions across jurisdictions and group similar ones together.
For example:
- “Is your company based in Ireland?”
- “Is your organization headquartered in Sri Lanka?”
becomes:
- “Where is your company headquartered?”
This allows us to reduce redundancy and focus on the questions that matter most.
Step 3: Your Assessment Profile
Your answers populate your Assessment Profile - a structured, dynamic view of your company’s key attributes. This profile powers all future assessments, so we ensure with you that nothing is missed or incorrect via our two step process:
- We infer it automatically
- You verified it
Note: Only admins can edit the Assessment Profile. If you spot something that needs updating, reach out to your workspace admin.
Step 4: Matching Regulations to Your Company
Full reassessments on any profile update
Whenever your Assessment Profile changes, we re-evaluate all regulations to make sure your results stay accurate.
Each regulation is assigned one of three statuses:
- Relevant
- Not relevant
- Needs more info
We include a brief explanation for each decision so you know exactly why it was made.
Targeted updates for Needs more info items
If new information comes in that relates to a regulation marked as Needs more info, we as you for more information and reassess that regulation specifically. It will shift to Relevant or Not relevant if there’s now enough data to decide.
Profile changes can reopen old assessments
If a field is changed or removed, previously assessed regulations may revert to Needs more info. This ensures we never base your results on outdated assumptions.
The 11 Questions We Ask (and Why)
These questions might seem simple on the surface, but each one plays a specific role in helping us accurately assess whether regulations apply to your company. Here's the thinking behind them:
1. Where are your products or services offered?
This tells us where you do business across countries, regions and markets. Knowing where your products or services are made available (online or in person) helps us identify which regulations apply based on commercial presence or where you earn revenue.
2. Where do you employ people? (Including remote workers)
We ask this because labor and employment regulations are often tied to where your employees are located, not just your headquarters. Even remote workers count. This helps us assess if national or regional labor laws apply to you, or if you have a manufacturing or office presence in a particular region.
3. Is the company private or publicly listed?
This one’s simple but powerful. Public companies face different reporting and governance obligations than private ones, especially around ESG transparency and investor disclosures.
4. . Where is your company registered?
This refers to your statutory or official headquarters, not necessarily where your team works day-to-day. You will often have additional reporting obligations in that country.
5. How many people do you employ worldwide?
Your global headcount helps us understand the scale of your operations. Some laws apply only if you employ a certain number of people, especially around sustainability reporting, worker protections and supply chain oversight.
6. Primary industry
We ask this to get a sense of what sector(s) you operate in. Some regulations apply only to specific sectors (e.g. manufacturing, tech, textiles, food & agriculture). While it’s not always easy to pin down an industry, this gives us directional guidance for filtering.
7. Global annual turnover
Many regulations use revenue thresholds to determine whether a company is in or out of scope. Your total annual turnover helps us filter out rules that apply only to companies above or below a certain size.
8. Does your company handle batteries?
Battery-related environmental and responsible sourcing regulations are increasing globally. If you produce, import or sell batteries (even inside products), you may have specific obligations around supply chain due diligence and reporting.
9. Commodities check: Do you use any of the following?
We ask if you use or sell timber, cattle, cocoa, coffee, rubber, soy or palm oil because these are often tied to regulations on deforestation, due diligence and responsible sourcing.
10. Does your company handle packaging?
Packaging waste is highly regulated, especially in the EU and other regions pushing for packaging reduction and recycling policies at a corporate level.
11. Do you use critical raw materials or conflict minerals?
If your manufacturing involves materials like cobalt, lithium, tin or tantalum, especially if sourced from high-risk areas, you may be subject to due diligence or traceability laws. This question helps us surface those rules early.
You're In Control
We know regulations aren’t one-size-fits-all, and you’ll always hold more knowledge about your company’s nuances . That’s why we give you control to:
- Add a regulation If you know it’s relevant, you can override the assessment and add it to your list.
- Remove a regulation If you know it doesn’t apply, take it off your list, adding a reason will help us better understand your company.
- Give feedback Tell us how accurate the results feel. Your input helps us improve over time