ESG microlearning for professionals who need to understand CSRD, SFDR, greenwashing, forced labour and sustainability risk — without taking a full course.
Written by Jordi Lesaffer, an ESG risk consultant.
What it looks like
Learn ESG concepts fast.
Build ESG awareness across departments.
Test knowledge on regulation, claims and risk.
Miss a day and the streak resets, same as any habit worth keeping. Right answers earn XP, XP unlocks levels, and levels unlock harder questions as you move through the eight units.
The core vocabulary every ESG conversation starts with — stakeholders, materiality, CSR, shared value, and what the three letters actually mean.
Scope 1/2/3, net zero, and the environmental footprint every company now has to count and report.
Value chains, forced labour, and the human side of every supply chain — plus CSDDD, the law that turns human-rights due diligence into a legal obligation.
Corruption, whistleblowing, and how a board is supposed to keep a company honest.
CSRD, ESRS, GRI, and the alphabet soup behind every sustainability report you will ever read.
SFDR, the EU Taxonomy, and how money gets labelled "sustainable" — or doesn't.
What a company is legally allowed to say about its own sustainability credentials — and what crosses the line.
The institutions, milestones, and history behind everything above.
30 very hard questions across every unit — thresholds, edge cases, the fine print. Unlocks once all eight units are done.
SustainWise is a free ESG-learning app with short daily lessons that turn CSRD, SFDR, greenwashing rules and forced-labour supply-chain risk into knowledge you actually remember. It is made for professionals who need to understand ESG regulation without taking a full course.
Professionals who need to understand ESG and sustainability regulation, teams building ESG awareness across departments, and organisations that want to test knowledge on regulation, claims and risk. The path starts with the core ESG vocabulary, so you can begin without prior ESG background.
Eight units form one learning path: ESG & CSR Basics; Climate & Environment; Human Rights & Supply Chains; Governance & Anti-Corruption; Reporting Standards; Sustainable Finance; Claims & Greenwashing; Context & History. An Expert Challenge of 30 very hard questions unlocks once all eight units are done.
Flip each flashcard to reveal its definition, then rate yourself "Still learning" or "Got it". Answer the quiz: a wrong pick still shows the correct definition and why. Sort the confusable pairs, the terms people mix up most. Finish a lesson to grow your streak and XP. Modules unlock one at a time, in order.
SustainWise is built around one short session a day, about 15 minutes. Miss a day and the streak resets; right answers earn XP, and levels unlock harder questions as you move through the units.
SustainWise is free. It is available on Android through Google Play, and as a web app at app.sustainwiseapp.com that runs in your browser.
Jordi Lesaffer, an ESG risk consultant and founder of NOVARISQ Consulting in Brussels. The questions are modelled on real screening and due-diligence work and focus on EU regulation: CSRD, CSDDD, SFDR, EmpCo and the EU Forced Labour Regulation.
Yes, get in touch. Tailored ESG training for your organisation can be discussed, built on the same content covered in the app. Email jordi.lesaffer@novarisq.com.
SustainWise comes out of NOVARISQ Consulting, an ESG and reputational risk consultancy based in Brussels.
Get in touch to discuss tailored ESG training for your organisation, built on the same content covered in the app.
Contact meOr email directly: jordi.lesaffer@novarisq.com