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Materiality analysis software: criteria and provider comparison

The Double Materiality Assessment analysis is the starting point for your CSRD reporting. DMA software helps you structure your entire sustainability process. But which of the many tool providers on the market is best suited for you?  

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  • Dieser Artikel wurde am 31. March 2026 aktualisiert.
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n light of the ESG requirements, many companies are currently taking an in-depth look at the various regulations and reporting standards. To prepare you as well as possible, we are providing you here with a guide to selecting the right software for your Double Materiality Assessment.

In addition, we share our extensive know-how from over 700 successful ESG matchings for SMEs and corporate groups, and offer you a tailored software comparison based on your specific criteria – from a pool of more than 60 providers.

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What is a Double Materiality Analysis?

A materiality analysis is a strategic tool that helps companies identify the topics that have the greatest impact on their business activities and their stakeholders. It enables a targeted focus on the aspects that are crucial for the company’s long-term success and sustainable development.

The materiality analysis forms the basis for all sustainability activities of a company and defines the relevant content both for CSRD reporting or the voluntary VSME variant (more information on VSME tools) as well as the areas within the company that will be focused on in the future. It is independent of current laws (keyword “Omnibus”) the standard for getting started in sustainability management. 

What are the components of a materiality analysis? 

The materiality analysis consists of the following five main components:

Matchilla - DWA-Kriterien Identification of relevant topics
Capturing potentially relevant topics from internal and external sources, including industry reports, stakeholder surveys and media analyses. This first step can be carried out by an internally formed task force or external ESG consulting.

Matchilla - Auflistung Wesentlichkeitsanalyse Interaction with all stakeholders
Involving various interest groups (such as customers, employees, investors, NGOs, etc.) to assess the relevance of the identified topics. This creates a feedback system that shows whether the materiality analysis was carried out correctly from an external perspective and whether the company is on the right track.

Matchilla - Auflistung DWA Einsatz Prioritisation of topics
Assessing and prioritising the topics according to their relevance to the company and their impact on stakeholders. This determines which measures achieve the greatest impact or what level of effort is required to achieve the most significant results.

Matchilla - Wesentlichkeitsmatrix Creation of a materiality matrix
Visualisation of the prioritised topics in a matrix that shows their importance for the company and their relevance for stakeholders.

Matchilla - Matching-Plattform DMA Integration and ESG reporting
Structured integration of the material topics into corporate strategy and reporting to ensure transparency and accountability.

Which fields of action are considered in the DWA?

Matchilla - Wesentlichkeit Handlungsfelder Energy consumption and efficiency
(e.g. electricity and heat demand, energy-saving potential and other areas from energy management)

Matchilla - Wesentlichkeit Handlungsfelder Water consumption and wastewater management
(e.g. freshwater demand, wastewater volume, pollutants)

Matchilla - DWA-Abfall Waste generation and disposal
(e.g. type and quantity of waste, recycling rates and other areas from waste management))

Matchilla - Wesentlichkeit Handlungsfelder Emissions and air pollutants
(e.g. CO₂, particulate matter, volatile organic compounds)

Matchilla - Wesentlichkeit Handlungsfelder Raw material consumption
(e.g. use of non-renewable resources)

Matchilla - Wesentlichkeit Handlungsfelder Hazardous substances and environmental risks
(e.g. storage, leakage risks, safety precautions)

Matchilla - Wesentlichkeit Handlungsfelder Packaging materials and their environmental impacts
(e.g. material types, reusability, recycling and other areas from the )

This analysis forms the basis for targeted environmental measures and supports prioritisation when selecting software solutions, e.g. in environmental management or ESG reporting.

What is the difference between single and double materiality?

Single materiality (inside-out perspective) refers to the relevance of topics that are primarily viewed from the company’s perspective. It is about what impact a company has on the environment, society, and other external factors. This form of materiality therefore looks at how the company’s activities and decisions affect the outside world.

Double materiality is a sustainability reporting concept that is used in particular in the context of the EU directive on the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). It takes into account both the impacts a company has on the environment and society (inside-out perspective) and the influence of external factors on the company itself (outside-in perspective).

Matchilla - DWA-Kriterien Single materiality
Focus on internal company relevance

Matchilla - Auflistung Wesentlichkeitsanalyse Double materiality
Considers both the impacts the company has on the environment and society and the influences that act on the company from the outside.

Software for the materiality analysis: What can it do?

Conducting a materiality analysis is very complex, especially for newcomers to reporting, as the entire value chain must be taken into account. Although CSRD and ESG reporting are still relatively new, many companies have already carried out a simple and also a double materiality analysis in order to gain a comprehensive overview.

The service package and product value of DMA software (DMA stands for Double Materiality Assessment) is a guided process that transitions from the theory of double materiality to practical implementation.  In other words, you can fall back on templates and structures in the software and don’t start from scratch. Stakeholder involvement and collaboration can take place directly via a central tool instead of countless emails, saving considerable resources.

If you’re just getting started with your sustainability reporting and haven’t carried out a materiality assessment yet, leave us a note in the Match Assistant and we’ll filter the right providers for you.

Materiality assessment software comparison – how to find the right tool providers

As you can see from this and all our other sustainability articles, at Matchilla we deal very intensively with ESG, CSRD, materiality assessment and much more. We screen the market for our platform users successively and carefully. Our database includes over 60 CSRD software providers that also offer double materiality analysis in modules.

Why are you matching CSRD software and not DMA software?

From our experience, we know that by now there are excellent software solutions that offer both double materiality analysis and subsequent CSRD reporting in well-coordinated modules. Optional consulting/support is also offered. With the right combination, you’ll save an enormous amount of time later in the process!

How does the individual software comparison work in the matching?

Through our matching, we identify for you in a shortlist (we call it the Matchboard) the three providers of software solutions that best match your specific situation and requirements. It only takes a few minutes of your time.

This comparison of tool providers is non-binding, free of charge, and anonymous vis-à-vis the providers.

Want to know which software is best for implementing double materiality analysis? Simply fill out the Match Assistant.

DMA software matching – tailored to your specifications

Providers in the matching: 63 (last update: 22 July 2025)

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Heiko Stötzel
Heiko Stötzel Global Head Group Social Responsibility, SSI Schäfer


Finding a suitable software application is easy and super fast with Matchilla. Making contact, defining specifications, and after just a few days the results were there. This way, we also got information about software we hadn’t even heard of before. Real added value. Thank you, Matchilla.

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Ulli Theves is Head of ESG Software Matching at Matchilla and an expert in technical solutions in the sustainability sector. In the MatchZINE, he shares his expertise and regularly publishes news and useful information on the topic of ESG.

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