Digital Sustainability Reporting Technologies in South Africa’s Consumer Goods Sector

South African consumer-goods companies face mounting pressure from regulators, investors, and consumers to demonstrate credible sustainability performance. Digital Sustainability Measuring and Reporting Technologies (DSMARTs) offer a proven way to transform these compliance demands into operational efficiencies, cost savings, and enhanced brand credibility. Our June 2025 survey report distils insights from 21 in-depth interviews with sustainability managers, consultants, technology vendors, and policy experts to map the current state of DSMART adoption in the FMCG sector.

What you’ll learn:

• Strategic value drivers: How carbon tax, EU CSRD/CSDDD, investor scrutiny, and consumer demands are catalysing DSMART uptake.

• Maturity-based tool deployment: Why SMEs still rely on spreadsheets while multinationals move to ERP modules, specialized platforms, and AI/ML analytics.

• Building organisational readiness: Governance models, cross-functional sponsorship, and phased pilots that overcome budget, skills, and data-integration barriers.

• Measurement & reporting adaptability: Best practices for real-time IoT/SCADA integration and alignment with GRI, ISSB, and TCFD standards.

• Efficiency & assurance gains: How DSMARTs can cut manual reporting time, improve data accuracy, lower audit costs, and boost stakeholder trust.

• Innovation roadmap: Next steps for AI-driven predictive analytics, blockchain-enabled traceability, and digital twins for scenario modelling.

Whether you’re planning your first energy-monitoring pilot, designing a centralized data-lake architecture, or exploring advanced analytics, this survey report provides a clear, phased framework and actionable recommendations to guide your DSMART journey.

Download the survey report and start turning your sustainability data into strategic value today.

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