The largest construction group in Central and Eastern Europe relies on Materiality Master for more transparency, less manual effort and clear processes in the ESRS-compliant Double Materiality Assessment.
Key Highlights:
- Transparency for all stakeholders and traceability for external auditors
- Significantly less manual effort
- Intuitive use & quick start
About STRABAG
STRABAG SE generated a turnover of €19.2 billion in 2024, employs around 86,000 people and operates in over 50 countries worldwide. The company covers the entire construction value chain – from building materials production and planning to construction and execution, operation, renovation and demolition. Sustainability is a strategic core component of the company’s orientation.
STRABAG has continuously developed the process since the first Materiality Assessment was carried out. Since 2024, the implementation has been fully compliant with the ESRS requirements of the CSRD.
Initial situation & requirements
To implement the new reporting obligations, STRABAG was looking for a new digital solution to carry out the Double Materiality Assessment.
Key requirements for a new tool:
- Traceable and consistent history
- Flexible and differentiated access rights
- Consistent data storage without version risks
- Efficient, automated documentation
Introduction of Materiality Master
The switch to the AI-supported Materiality Master Software could be carried out without significant process adjustments. STRABAG was able to use the tool productively immediately, as the onboarding process was smooth and consistently positive. Registration and the creation of additional users were straightforward and without delays. Thanks to the intuitive design of the tool, no extensive training was required, so that productive use was possible immediately.
Particularly relevant modules for STRABAG:
- IRO analysis as a central working tool
- Materiality matrix for internal and external communication
- Individual adjustments and function requests, which were quickly implemented by the Materiality Master team, increase the variety of uses
Results & Added Value
Through the central bundling of all information in the Materiality Master, STRABAG was able to increase transparency for all involved stakeholders, significantly reduce the risk of different document versions and noticeably reduce manual effort. At the same time, the auditability of the results by external third parties was significantly strengthened.
An example from practice: Automation in the tool eliminates a large part of the functionality checks. The effort for quality assurance is thus significantly reduced.
Strategic importance & outlook
The Materiality Master Software is now an integral component of the annual Materiality Assessment at STRABAG. Materiality Master makes a decisive contribution to fulfilling the CSRD requirements, in particular the ESRS-compliant Double Materiality Assessment.
Feedback & further development
Customer feedback is valuable. That is why we at CSR Tools and Materiality Master are very grateful for the trusting cooperation with STRABAG. Concrete hints and suggestions for improvement from our partners and customers help us to make the product even better. Among other things, more flexibility in the processing of individual IROs and good ideas for the further development of the AI assistant were mentioned. This feedback serves as a valuable orientation for the future optimization of the software and is already being incorporated into further development.
Note by CSR Tools on the software
Materiality Master is a joint product of CSR Tools and Tartaruga Studio (Switzerland). CSR Tools bears the overall professional and content responsibility – including methodology, content design, and quality assurance of the results. Tartaruga Studio is responsible for the technical conception and implementation, in particular the development, operation, and technical advancement of the solution.
Thus, Materiality Master combines the content expertise of CSR Tools in the field of Materiality Assessment and sustainability reporting with the technology and implementation competence of Tartaruga Studio to provide a professional, powerful, and practical application.
