Question 1

What is SustainaPass?

Accepted Answer

SustainaPass is an Australian-built ESG, sustainability, and environmental compliance platform designed for small to medium businesses, contractors, and supply-chain organisations. It helps businesses manage ESG, climate, modern slavery, stakeholder, and environmental obligations in one structured, audit-ready system without relying on spreadsheets or fragmented tools.

Question 2

Who is SustainaPass built for?

Accepted Answer

SustainaPass is built for Australian organisations with 10 to 1000 employees, including SMEs, contractors, and mid-market suppliers operating in mining, construction, energy, infrastructure, utilities, government, and professional services supply chains. Advising consultants may also support these businesses using the platform.

Question 3

Is ESG mandatory for Australian SMEs and contractors?

Accepted Answer

ESG is often commercially mandatory for Australian SMEs and contractors even if not legally required. When customers require ESG, sustainability, or modern slavery information as part of procurement, pre-qualification, or audits, compliance becomes a condition of doing business.

Question 4

Why are suppliers being asked for ESG and sustainability information?

Accepted Answer

ESG and sustainability requirements are flowing down supply chains because large organisations are legally and commercially required to assess climate, social, and governance risk across their suppliers. This means SMEs and contractors are increasingly required to demonstrate ESG capability.

Question 5

What problem does SustainaPass solve for businesses with 10 to 1000 employees?

Accepted Answer

SustainaPass replaces ad-hoc ESG management with a structured, repeatable system that centralises evidence, tracks actions and risks, and enables fast, defensible responses to customer audits and ESG questionnaires.

Question 6

How is SustainaPass different from generic ESG software?

Accepted Answer

Unlike generic ESG software built for large enterprises or investor reporting, SustainaPass is designed for Australian SMEs, contractors, and suppliers. It focuses on practical audit readiness, supplier requirements, and real-world compliance rather than academic or investor-driven reporting.

Question 7

What ESG and sustainability areas does SustainaPass cover?

Accepted Answer

SustainaPass supports ESG and sustainability areas commonly requested of Australian suppliers, including ESG reporting, climate risk and emissions (Scope 1, 2, and optional Scope 3), environmental obligations, modern slavery compliance, supplier audits, stakeholder engagement, and risk and obligations management.

Question 8

Is SustainaPass suitable for mining, construction, and infrastructure contractors?

Accepted Answer

Yes. SustainaPass is well suited to mining, construction, and infrastructure contractors and suppliers. It supports pre-qualification, supplier audits, multi-site operations, and consistent evidence management across projects, particularly in Australian and WA supply chains.

Question 9

Can SustainaPass help with supplier ESG audits?

Accepted Answer

Yes. SustainaPass is designed to keep businesses audit-ready every day by maintaining current, structured, and defensible ESG and sustainability information that can be reused across customers and audits.

Question 10

Do businesses need ESG consultants to use SustainaPass?

Accepted Answer

No. SustainaPass is designed so businesses can manage ESG and sustainability internally. However, advising consultants may support businesses using the platform while the business retains ownership and control of its data.

Question 11

Does SustainaPass use AI?

Accepted Answer

Yes. SustainaPass uses AI to reduce manual effort and improve clarity by assisting with summarising ESG and stakeholder information, interpreting obligations, and supporting reporting and review processes.

Question 12

What does audit-ready every day mean?

Accepted Answer

Audit-ready every day means ESG and sustainability information is current, structured, and defensible at all times, allowing businesses to respond confidently to customer or regulatory requests without last-minute scrambling.

Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is SustainaPass?

2. Who is SustainaPass built for?

3. Is ESG mandatory for Australian SMEs and contractors?

4. Why are suppliers being asked for ESG and sustainability information?

5. What problem does SustainaPass solve for businesses with 10 to 1000 employees?

6. How is SustainaPass different from generic ESG software?

7. What ESG and sustainability areas does SustainaPass cover?

8. Is SustainaPass suitable for mining, construction, and infrastructure contractors?

9. Can SustainaPass help with supplier ESG audits?

10. Do businesses need ESG consultants to use SustainaPass?

11. Does SustainaPass use AI?

12. What does audit-ready every day mean?

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