Floodlight vs Workiva
Enterprise ESG and financial reporting platform automating disclosure workflows across CSRD, SEC climate rules, ISSB, GRI, and CDP. Used by 6,000+ organisations for connected reporting.
Satellite-verified emissions data
Emissions figures derived from independent atmospheric satellite observations, not reported disclosures or emissions factors.
Workiva produces no original data of any kind - it is a reporting automation platform.
Asset-level monitoring
Emissions and risk scores tied to individual facilities, buildings, or assets - not rolled-up sector or company averages.
Independent third-party verification
Data produced without reliance on issuer self-disclosure; independently reproducible and auditable by third parties.
Continuous / near-real-time monitoring
Emissions tracked on an ongoing basis with alerts for anomalies; not a once-a-year snapshot.
Scope 1 direct emissions
Direct emissions from owned or controlled sources including combustion, process emissions, and fugitive releases.
Workiva can display client-provided Scope 1 data but does not calculate, measure, or verify it.
Scope 3 / PCAF financed emissions
Financed emissions across lending and investment portfolios aligned with PCAF data quality scores 1-3.
Methane and fugitive emissions detection
Detection of methane leaks, venting, and flaring events often missed by factor-based inventories.
CBAM embedded emissions reporting
Facility-level embedded emissions per CN code for EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism importer reporting.
Physical climate risk assessment
Asset-level exposure scores for flood, heat stress, wildfire, sea-level rise, water stress, hurricane, and other perils.
Transition risk assessment
Exposure to regulatory carbon costs, stranded-asset risk, and technology disruption under decarbonisation scenarios.
Climate Value-at-Risk (Climate VaR)
Probabilistic financial loss estimate under named climate scenarios, in the same units as market and credit VaR.
CSRD / ESRS E1 compliance
Data mapped to CSRD ESRS E1 data-point IDs including E1-5, E1-6, and E1-9 financial-effects table.
Workiva is a leading platform for assembling and filing CSRD reports.
SFDR / Principal Adverse Impact (PAI)
PAI indicators for Article 8 and 9 funds including GHG intensity, biodiversity, water, and social metrics.
ISSB / IFRS S2 alignment
Climate-related disclosures structured for IFRS S2 cross-industry metric categories.
SEC climate disclosure (US filers)
Support for Scope 1 and 2 verification requirements under the SEC climate rules for US-listed companies.
Workiva is strong for SEC climate disclosure filing workflows.
Full audit trail and data provenance
Every figure traceable to satellite overpass, model version, and confidence band - reproducible by external reviewers.
Workiva's document version control and sign-off audit trail is a genuine strength for disclosure teams.
Limited assurance (ISAE 3410)
Methodology and documentation pack sufficient for limited assurance opinion without supplementary procedures.
Workiva's workflow integration with Big Four assurance teams is a recognised strength.
Big Four auditor compatibility
Pre-reviewed control matrix and sandbox API used by Big Four assurance practices for climate disclosure engagements.
REST API access
Programmatic access to all data via documented REST API with pre-trade and portfolio query modes.
Automated regulatory reporting
Pre-built report templates for CSRD, ISSB, SFDR, and PCAF that auto-populate from the data layer.
Workiva is the market leader for multi-framework ESG reporting automation.
Honest verdict
Where Floodlight wins
Workiva is a reporting and disclosure automation platform - it does not produce any original data. It ingests data that clients provide and formats it for regulatory filings. Floodlight produces the underlying satellite-verified emissions and climate risk data that gives Workiva disclosures their evidential foundation. Without a source like Floodlight providing independently measured GHG figures, Workiva reports are only as good as the activity data clients enter. Floodlight also provides CBAM embedded-emissions data and physical climate risk that Workiva has no capability to generate.
Where Workiva wins
Workiva is the market leader for connected ESG and financial reporting automation. Its strength is in the disclosure workflow - pulling data from multiple systems, maintaining audit trails across document versions, managing review and sign-off workflows, and publishing across multiple regulatory frameworks simultaneously (CSRD, SEC, GRI, CDP, ISSB) in a single platform. For large organisations with complex multi-jurisdiction reporting obligations, Workiva's document management and control environment is best-in-class.
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