ESGRapporter
CTO & Co-Founder
Period: 2024-2026
Now: ESGRapporter ApS.
Summary
In the early summer of 2024, I was approached by three people through a former Lifeguard investor. They were working on the idea behind ESGRapporter but lacked the technical foundation for the project, and I had been recommended for the role. On July 29th 2024, we founded ESGRapporter ApS with the ambition of making ESG reporting more accessible to ordinary businesses and non-specialist users.
Description
The demand for ESG reporting increased significantly due to new EU regulations and a growing focus on documenting companies' environmental, social, and governance efforts. Many businesses suddenly faced extensive reporting requirements without having the internal resources or specialist knowledge needed to handle the process.
In the early summer of 2024, I was approached by three people through a former Lifeguard investor. They were working on the idea behind ESGRapporter but lacked the technical foundation and a profile experienced in digital platforms, UX, and product development. I was recommended for the role, and on July 29th 2024 we founded ESGRapporter ApS.
The market was already filled with solutions focused on data collection, compliance, and enterprise-level reporting. However, we identified a gap: there were very few user-friendly platforms where ordinary companies and non-specialists could create ESG reports themselves without being experts in ESG, legislation, or reporting structures.
The vision behind ESGRapporter was therefore to create an “ESG for dummies” platform — a solution where users could build reports step-by-step through a more intuitive process while also having the ability to present the final report in a visually polished and professional format.
My role covered technical architecture, frontend, backend, UX, design, and product development. At the same time, I worked with structuring the reporting flow, user experience, and automation of parts of the report generation process.
The project drew heavily on the experience I had previously gained from working with complex platforms, onboarding flows, and user-centered digital product development.
My tasks
My role in ESGRapporter was broad and covered strategy, product development, UX, and the technical implementation of the platform.
I was responsible for the technical architecture as well as frontend and backend development. In addition, I worked with UX, information architecture, and user flows with a focus on making ESG reporting more understandable and accessible for companies without specialized ESG knowledge.
A significant part of the work involved transforming complex reporting requirements and abstract ESG concepts into concrete and user-friendly workflows. This included onboarding flows, dynamic forms, report structures, export functionality, and presentation design.
We used AI to help users formulate and improve descriptive report text based on their own input. The purpose was not to fully automate ESG reporting, but to make the writing process more accessible for users who were not used to writing report content themselves.
The project required both technical understanding, product insight, and the ability to balance compliance, design, usability, and commercial considerations.
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Skills used
- Apache/ NGINX
- Bootstrap
- CSS/ CSS3
- Forge
- Github
- HTML/ HTML DOM/ HTML5
- InDesign
- Laravel
- LinkedIn Marketing Solution
- MySQL
- Photoshop
- PHP
- REST API
- SEM+SEO
- Slack
- Tailwind CSS
- Trello
- Vanilla JS
- XML
- ChatGPT
- OpenAI API
