This page covers two things: how Article-4 operates as a sustainable business, and how the platform helps your organisation meet its own sustainability reporting obligations under CSRD, ESRS, and CSDDD.
GHG Protocol — Scope 1, 2 & 3
Direct emissions
No owned offices, vehicles, or physical hardware. Fully remote team operating across Norway and Europe.
Purchased electricity
Cloud-native on AWS eu-central-1 (Frankfurt) — Amazon has committed to 100% renewable energy across all operations. Vercel is a certified climate partner.
Value chain emissions
Serverless architecture — compute runs only on user request, no idle infrastructure. No hardware manufacturing or shipping in our supply chain.
Cloud provider sustainability references: AWS Sustainability · Vercel Climate Partner
ESRS S — People and communities
Accessibility
Targeting WCAG 2.1 Level AA across the full platform. Keyboard navigation and screen reader support built-in.
Language inclusion
Full Norwegian (Bokmål) support for all compliance training. Swedish and Danish coming in 2025.
Privacy by design
GDPR rights built into every account. Data minimisation. No advertising. No third-party tracking.
Fair pricing
Per-seat pricing that scales with the organisation. No usage-based fees that penalise training adoption.
Verifiable evidence for ESRS S1 and G1 disclosures
Under CSRD, companies must report on workforce training and skills development (ESRS S1) and business conduct (ESRS G1). Article-4 generates timestamped, auditable evidence of compliance training that can be attached directly to your sustainability report.
ESRS standards Article-4 evidence covers
Policies on own workforce — AI literacy policy as evidence
Actions on material impacts — documented training completion
Training and skills development — hours, completion rates, scores by role
Business conduct — compliance training as governance evidence
7 years
Retention period
Meets CSRD audit requirements
CSV
Export format
Ready for your auditor
Full log
Data included
Name, role, score, date, cert ID
ESRS G — Business conduct and transparency
Data Processing Agreement (GDPR Art. 28)
Publicly available DPA covering all sub-processors, data categories, retention periods, and controller/processor obligations.
Platform Transparency
Full disclosure of infrastructure, security posture, environmental commitments, accessibility status, and service levels.
GDPR user rights (Art. 15–22)
Every account includes in-platform tools to export data, correct information, restrict processing, or delete the account.
Procurement or ESG audit enquiries
If you need specific information for a supplier questionnaire, ESG audit, or CSRD due diligence process, contact us directly.
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