ESG Reporting
ESG workforce reporting with SAP SuccessFactors
Zalaris helps you unlock ESG insights directly from SAP SuccessFactors - enabling transparency across pay equity, diversity, performance, wellbeing and workforce impact. Build the data foundation needed for reliable, explainable ESG reporting.
Reliable workforce ESG reporting at scale
Zalaris helps you turn SAP SuccessFactors data into meaningful ESG metrics, strengthening the transparency investors expect and the brand trust your people value. We align and structure your workforce data to deliver clear, explainable reporting across diversity, pay equity, organisational health and sustainability performance.
Why organisations choose Zalaris for ESG workforce reporting
Strengthen your brand, build investor confidence, and unlock meaningful workforce insights by using SAP SuccessFactors as the foundation for credible ESG reporting.
Unified workforce ESG data
Consolidate HR and payroll information into one structured ESG reporting framework for clarity and consistency.
ESRS-aligned workforce metrics
Report on diversity, pay equity, training, turnover and workforce structure using SAP SuccessFactors People Analytics Stories.
Investor-grade reporting quality
Deliver transparent, explainable ESG disclosures that meet expectations from boards, regulators and sustainability investors.
Intuitive People Analytics dashboards
Use clear, interactive dashboards in SAP SuccessFactors Stories for fast insights and an easy user experience for HR, ESG and leadership teams.
Stronger pay equity & governance
Identify pay equity trends and support responsible workforce governance with reliable, well-structured data.
Scalable reporting foundation
Extend from single-country to multi-country ESG reporting using a consistent, future-ready data model that grows with your organisation.
Deliver Workforce ESG Insights That Matter
Organisations face increasing expectations from boards, investors and regulators to disclose clear, credible workforce ESG metrics. Zalaris helps you turn SAP SuccessFactors data into a consistent reporting foundation - enabling transparent insights across diversity, pay equity, training, turnover, wellbeing and organisational health.
Using SAP SuccessFactors People Analytics Stories, we structure and harmonise the workforce data needed for ESRS-aligned reporting, ensuring your HR and payroll information is clean, comparable and ready for review.
Our approach brings together data from SuccessFactors and external payroll systems to give you a unified workforce ESG view and the clarity required for stakeholder reporting.
Zalaris delivers intuitive, interactive ESG dashboards that make it easy for HR, ESG and leadership teams to explore trends, identify risks and support a more accountable sustainability narrative. With deep experience across HR, payroll and multi-country environments, we build a scalable reporting foundation that strengthens transparency, brand trust and investor confidence.
Introducing Zalaris's ESG Reporting Package:
The ESG Reporting Package covers the core workforce disclosure requirements defined under the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). Zalaris configures SAP SuccessFactors People Analytics Stories to support the following ESRS S1 workforce metrics:
Included Scope (ESRS S1 Workforce Disclosures)
- ESRS S1-6: Characteristics of employees
Workforce demographics, gender distribution, contract types, full-time/part-time status. - ESRS S1-7: Characteristics of non-employees
Temporary workers, contractors and other non-employee categories. - ESRS S1-8: Collective bargaining coverage
Share of employees covered by collective agreements. - ESRS S1-9: Diversity metrics
Gender, age distribution, seniority, and representation across leadership levels. - ESRS S1-13: Training and skills development
Training hours, participation, employee development metrics. - ESRS S1-16: Remuneration metrics
Equal pay indicators, pay ratios, and structured pay transparency data.
FAQs: HCM Business Transformation Advisory with Zalaris
Workforce ESG reporting refers to the disclosure of key people metrics that describe an organisation’s diversity, pay equity, training, wellbeing, turnover and workforce structure. These indicators form part of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) and global sustainability frameworks, and are increasingly required by boards, investors, regulators and employees.
Workforce ESG reporting matters because it:
- Demonstrates transparency on how people are treated
- Builds brand trust and investor confidence
- Supports sustainability and CSRD disclosures
- Helps organisations identify risks and inequities
- Enables comparable, data-driven insights across regions
Organisations must ensure their HR and payroll data is accurate, structured and aligned to ESRS S1 requirements to provide credible workforce ESG insights.
SAP SuccessFactors supports workforce ESG reporting through People Analytics Stories, which provide interactive dashboards and reporting structures aligned to ESRS S1 indicators. With the right configuration, SuccessFactors can report on:
- Workforce characteristics (gender, age, employment type)
- Diversity and representation metrics
- Turnover, mobility and retention
- Training hours and development participation
- Remuneration ratios and pay transparency indicators
- Collective bargaining coverage
Zalaris helps organisations activate these capabilities, structure the required data and harmonise inputs from SuccessFactors and external payroll systems to deliver reliable, audit-ready ESG metrics.
SuccessFactors can support a broad scope of ESRS S1 workforce disclosures, including:
- ESRS S1-6: Workforce demographics (gender, age, contract type, FTE status)
- ESRS S1-7: Non-employee worker data (contractors, temporary workers)
- ESRS S1-8: Collective bargaining coverage metrics
- ESRS S1-9: Diversity metrics across job levels, management tiers and seniority
- ESRS S1-13: Training hours, skills development and workforce learning metrics
- ESRS S1-16: Remuneration metrics, including equal pay indicators and pay ratios
Zalaris configures People Analytics Stories to support these metrics in a consistent, explainable format for ESG and CSRD reporting.
EU Pay Transparency (EU 2023/970) establishes structured pay-data foundations -such as job architecture, pay ranges, comparator groups and gender-based pay insights - that are directly relevant to broader ESG reporting.
Organisations that prepare for EU Pay Transparency gain:
- Cleaner job and pay structures
- More accurate gender pay-gap insights
- Better workforce data quality
- Stronger governance needed for ESRS S1-16 remuneration disclosures
Zalaris helps extend these pay transparency foundations into wider ESG and CSRD reporting through the ESG Reporting Package.
Workforce ESG reporting requires a combination of HR and payroll data, including:
- Gender, age, nationality and job classification
- Contract type, employment status and FTE values
- Pay and remuneration components
- Bonus, variable and incentive pay
- Training participation and learning hours
- Management vs non-management structures
- Turnover and mobility metrics
- Collective bargaining coverage
- Pay-equity indicators and pay ratios
Zalaris ensures HR, payroll and organisational data is structured consistently to support accurate ESG reporting across multiple EU countries.
Yes. SAP SuccessFactors can support multi-country ESG reporting when data structures are harmonised. Zalaris provides the multi-country enablement needed to:
- Standardise job architecture and pay structures across regions
- Harmonise HR and payroll data from multiple systems
- Support country-specific variations in ESRS workforce reporting
- Build a scalable data model for future regulations and CSRD growth
- Provide unified dashboards for ESG, HR and leadership teams
This allows global organisations to tell a consistent ESG story across all operating regions.
Most organisations can deliver foundational workforce ESG metrics using existing modules such as:
- Employee Central
- People Analytics (Stories)
- Learning (for ESRS S1-13 training metrics)
However, organisations aiming to report on remuneration and pay-equity metrics under ESRS S1-16 typically require access to payroll and compensation data. This is usually delivered through:
- Employee Central Payroll (ECP) or integrated third-party payroll data
- SuccessFactors Compensation (for salary, bonus, and variable pay insights)
Zalaris harmonises data from SuccessFactors and external payroll systems to ensure you can produce accurate, complete ESRS-aligned disclosures across all required workforce metrics.
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