The Questionnaire

The Questionnaire

The questionnaire complies with the most important standards and requirements in the ESG area. It consists of a core questionnaire and several sector-specific questionnaires. 

The questionnaires differ in scope - tailored to the requirements of different company sizes and different sectors. 

You simply select the questionnaire that suits your company best. This ensures that you cover all your relevant ESG topics - in the right breadth and depth, and collect exactly the right amount of data. 

We are constantly developing the questionnaire. This ensures that it always remains up to date, even if regulations and requirements change.

Your advantages

• The clear structure of the questionnaire makes it easy for you to collect and manage the ESG data relevant for your company.

• The questions help you to identify what is important in the area of ESG. You can be sure that you have collected all the necesssary data. 

• You can share your data with the banks you have selected. The questionnaire covers all the data areas that the banks need from you in the ESG area.
• By completing the questionnaire, you fulfil the criteria of the Austrian ESG data collection standard.
• The questionnaire is the basis for your individual ESG strengths and weaknesses analysis. You can find out more here.

Support in completing the questionnaire

You may not have all the information you need to complete your questionnaire for the moment. In this case, colleagues who have the relevant knowledge or access to the necessary data can provide assitance. You can add them as users on the OeKB > ESG Data Hub and assign them the relevant questions. This makes it easy for them to enter the data.

Here are some departments and functions that can help you answer the questionnaire.

• Human resources
• Energy engineers and energy technicians
• Internal controlling and financial accounting
• Environmental officers
• Management assistants

Here is an overview of documents that you can use to answer the questionnaire:  

• Sustainability reports
• Corporate strategy & mission statement
• Management systems and internal manuals
• Financial reports
• Energy bills
• Environmental reports and internal overviews
• Analyses of insurance reports

Not all ESG data available yet?

We have provided the ‘Do not answer question’ function for this purpose. If you are not yet able to answer a question on the OeKB > ESG Data Hub, you can still complete the questionnaire. As soon as you have the data available, you can add it at any time.

Tailored to the size of the company

We have adjusted the number of mandatory questions to the size of the company. After all, small and medium-sized companies have to fulfil fewer ESG requirements than large companies. This is reflected in the scope of the questionnaire.

The sector-specific questionnaires

Sector questionnaires allow you to provide additional and specific ESG information for your sector. 

Sector-specific questionnaires are available for real estate, tourism, agriculture and forestry for all company sizes.

For small, medium-sized and large companies, there are also questionnaires for the energy supply, construction, light industry, heavy industry, mining/oil/gas and chemicals/pharmaceuticals sectors.

For large companies, there is also a sector questionnaire for the transport and warehousing sector. 

The advantage for you: The special features of your company's sector are taken into account. And thus also the requirements of the banks you can share your questionnaire with.