--- title: "What's New in Lucanet ESG Reporting?" description: "Come and explore the new features and improvements of our solution Lucanet ESG Reporting!" source_url: https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/whats-new/whats-new-esg-reporting language: en last_updated: 2023-08-24 --- # What's New in Lucanet ESG Reporting? Come and explore the exciting new features of our solution ESG Reporting! We update our CFO Solution Platform on a regular basis to offer you the latest features and improvements. {% info-box %} The versions of all solutions that you are currently using and those of the CFO Solution Platform are displayed when you select **About Lucanet** from the **Help** section in the CFO Solution Platform. {% /info-box %} ## Recently Released Features ### New in Version 260512 (Release date 2026-05-19) Apart from bug fixes and performance enhancements, the release contains the following new features: #### AI-Supported Import of Footprints into Emissions Module {% warning-box %} This functionality can currently only be provided **upon request**. If you are interested in using this functionality, please contact [esg@lucanet.com](mailto:esg@lucanet.com). {% /warning-box %} You can now use our **AI-supported workflow to import GHG data** saved in an MS Excel table. The imported GHG data is generated as **footprint suggestions** in the **Emissions module** by AI. After the import, you can **review** and either **accept** or **reject** the footprint suggestions. For the **review**, you can access the following: - A summary of generated footprints, e.g. **13/15 footprints created** - All AI-generated footprint suggestions in a table - Footprints that could not be created - The AI confidence score, including a tooltip that displays the four weighted factors used in the calculation: semantic match quality, region match, year match, and emission factor specificity. You can then either **accept or reject** individual footprints or multiple footprints at once, or make adjustments before accepting the footprint suggestion, such as to the **Scope** and **Category** mappings, footprint name, location, sector and sub-sector, etc. When editing a footprint, you can refer to the source Excel row number and sheet name. After having finished the edits, you can confirm the review to create your footprints, or save the review as a draft to continue later. {% idea-box %} **Good to know:** - You can cancel an import, also while the Excel file is uploading or being processed. - The review is accessible to the ESG user who uploaded the file, and to ESG Data Collectors with access to the ESG report and reporting entity. - Imported footprints display source details (file name, sheet name, row number). {% /idea-box %} Dialog to review imported footprints For more information, see [Filling Out the Emissions Module](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/documentation/esg-reporting/collect-data-esgrep/esg-data-collection-esgrep/fill-out-emission-module.md). #### Additional Guidance for ESG Data Collectors **ESG Administrators** can now add company-specific, additional notes on **questions** in the **Questionnaire Builder**, both when configuring the Questionnaire and during data collection. Customized additional guidance is displayed for **ESG Data Collectors** as well as **Reviewers** alongside the standard guidelines, and a visual indicator distinguishes company-specific notes from standard guidelines. Additional guidance is preserved when an ESG report is duplicated. When an ESG Administrator **adds or modifies additional guidance** after a reporting entity has already **submitted** their ESG report, or the ESG report has been approved, the ESG report reverts to the **In Progress** status. For more information, see [Using the Questionnaire Builder](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/documentation/esg-reporting/questionnaire-builder-esgrep/using-questionnaire-builder.md). #### Reopening Approved ESG Reports on Reporting Entity Level Previously, when reopening an ESG report after it had been approved to enable one reporting entity to change and re-submit their report data, all other reporting entities also had to submit their report data. As of this release, ESG Administrators can reopen an ESG report for specific reporting entities. The option is available in the **Data Collection** page and restores edit access for the assigned data collector(s). For more information, see [Reopening an ESG Report](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/documentation/esg-reporting/reopening-aggregated-esg-reports.md). ### New in Version 260305 (Release date 2026-03-05) Apart from bug fixes and performance enhancements, the release contains the following new features: #### Export of EU Taxonomy Reports It is now possible to **export EU Taxonomy reports**. ESG Administrators can export EU Taxonomy reports as Excel files directly from the desired report page in the **Reports and Activities** workspace. The export functionality generates an Excel file containing four worksheets: - The **Summary** worksheet displays aggregated proportions of **Turnover**, **CapEx**, and **OpEx** for taxonomy-eligible and taxonomy-aligned economic activities with breakdown by environmental objectives: - Climate change mitigation - Climate change adaptation - Water - Circular Economy - Pollution - Biodiversity - The **Turnover, CapEx, and OpEx** worksheets display detailed activity breakdowns with calculations for each individual economic activity. The exported file follows the EU Taxonomy reporting template structure, includes the reporting period and currency from master data, and consolidates activities with the same EU Taxonomy code into single rows. When the export is complete, the file is automatically downloaded in your browser. Option to export EU Taxonomy data For more information, see [Exporting Data](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/documentation/esg-reporting/export-data-esgrep.md). #### Reporting Standard ESRS 2.0 Available When creating a new ESG report in the **master data** configuration, you can now choose the **[ESRS 2.0](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/glossary.md#esrs-20) reporting standard** as a third option alongside ESRS and VSME. ESRS 2.0 is based on the draft published by the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG). As the final version is not yet released, you can use this reporting requirement for now to test and prepare for these requirements, if needed. **ESRS 2.0** provides the same questionnaire structure as the standard ESRS hierarchy: **General Disclosures**, **Environmental**, **Social**, and **Governance**. However, compared to ESRS, the ESRS 2.0 structure is shorter and less complex. The process of data collection, aggregation, and reporting is the same as for ESRS, except for the fact that it is not possible to map the **Double Materiality Assessment** results. ESRS 2.0 report guideline option in master data For more information, see [Creating an ESG Report](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/documentation/esg-reporting/master-data-esgrep.md). #### New Languages for ESRS and VSME Available The following translations have been added for the **VSME** report guideline: **Spanish**, **Polish**, and **Dutch**. Additionally, the **ESRS** report guideline is now available in **Italian**. #### Character Limit for Data Collection Increased The text fields for collecting data for the ESG report questionnaire or the EU Taxonomy report now support **1,000 characters** instead of 500 characters, i.e., you can now enter explanatory text containing up to 1,000 characters for your collected data. ### New in Version 251208 (Release date 2025-12-17) Apart from bug fixes and performance enhancements, the release contains the following new features: #### Enhanced Report Duplication Lucanet ESG Reporting now offers improved duplication capabilities for ESG reports. When duplicating an ESG report, the user assignments to the roles **reviewers** and **editors** as well as the **answers saved in the original questionnaire and the emissions module** are automatically copied to the duplicated report. This enhancement significantly reduces manual setup time and ensures consistency across multiple reporting periods or organizational units. This enables you to replicate complex reporting structures with all associated permissions and assessments in a single operation, streamlining the preparation process for recurring ESG reports. For more information, see [Working with Duplicated ESG Reports](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/documentation/esg-reporting/duplicate-report.md). #### Marking Questions as Complete Lucanet ESG Reporting now includes a **Mark as Complete** feature that gives you greater control over the status of completion for each question of the ESRS or VSME Questionnaire. You can explicitly mark questions as complete when answers are ready for review, making answers either read-only to prevent accidental changes, or making the answers available to a reviewer, if one is assigned. In case you are consulting aggregated responses during data collection, status indicators indicate the completion status of each question across all reporting entities: **green** when all reporting entities have marked a question as complete, and **yellow** when completion is pending. You can deactivate the **Mark as Complete** checkbox at any time to make edits when needed, ensuring clear tracking of question status throughout the data collection and review process. For more information, see [Editing Data | Lucanet Support](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/documentation/esg-reporting/collect-data-esgrep/esg-data-collection-esgrep/editing-data.md).