The Credential

The Signal.

The Future Skills credential.

The independently verified, disclosure-grade credential that proves your workforce Future Skills gaps are closing. To investors, regulators, and future talent.

Not a training certificate. Not a self-assessment. A verified organisational capability score that you can defend to an auditor.

What makes it different

Not a certificate. A credential.

Independently verified

Third-party auditable, not self-reported. Your workforce capability is assessed and verified by industry experts against the Explorer-to-Pioneer maturity framework.

Disclosure-grade

Designed to drop directly into mandatory and regulatory filings. CSRD ESRS workforce disclosures, ISSB governance evidence, SBTi execution capability, UK SRS, CDP questionnaires.

Organisational-level

Not individual certificates. The Signal measures workforce capability at team, department, and organisational level. It proves your company can deliver, not just that individuals attended a course.

Mandatory and Regulatory Ready

Drops straight into your disclosures.

The Signal Credential is designed to align with the frameworks that matter. Here is how it maps to each.

CSRD

ESRS workforce skills disclosures. The Signal provides the verified data that proves your people have the capability to deliver on what you report.

ISSB

IFRS S1/S2 global baseline for sustainability disclosure. The Signal proves board and workforce climate competence against ISSB requirements.

SBTi

Execution capability proof. Setting a target is a commitment. The Signal proves your workforce can deliver it.

UK SRS

Replacing legacy frameworks with ISSB-aligned standards. The Signal provides the workforce readiness evidence the new framework requires.

SECR

Energy and carbon literacy across operations. The Signal verifies your teams can collect, interpret, and act on the data you disclose.

CDP

Investor and procurement-grade evidence. The Signal improves your CDP score by proving capability behind the numbers, not just filling in the questionnaire.

CMA

Green claims substantiation. The Signal proves your workforce understands the science behind the claims your business makes.

SFDR

Financial product-level ESG disclosure. The Signal proves your teams can classify and substantiate Article 6, 8, and 9 product categorisation.

ESOS

Mandatory energy audits for UK companies with 250+ employees. The Signal verifies your operational teams can identify and implement efficiency measures.

Modern Slavery Act

Supply chain human rights disclosure. The Signal proves your procurement and legal teams have the capability to conduct genuine due diligence, not tick-box compliance.

EU CSDDD

Supply chain environmental and human rights due diligence. The Signal verifies your cross-functional capability to implement due diligence systems that withstand regulatory scrutiny.

SEC Climate

US climate disclosure rules. The Signal proves board-level climate competence and workforce capability to deliver credible transition plans.

CA SB 253/261

California mandatory GHG emissions and climate risk disclosure. The Signal verifies the people behind the data across Scopes 1-3.

EPR

Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging, batteries, electronics and textiles. The Signal proves your product, procurement and finance teams can design for end-of-life and account for EPR fees.

PPWR

EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. Mandatory recyclability, reuse, recycled-content and reduction targets. The Signal verifies your packaging, procurement and operations teams can hit the 2025-2030 targets.

CBAM

EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. The Signal proves your procurement, finance and trade teams can model CBAM exposure, redesign sourcing, and report under the regime.

EU AI Act

World's first comprehensive AI regulation. High-risk obligations live August 2026. The Signal verifies your IT, product and legal teams can identify high-risk AI use, document conformity, and govern responsible deployment.

EU ETS

EU Emissions Trading System Phase IV. The Signal proves your operations, finance and manufacturing teams can plan, hedge and reduce against ETS allowance pricing.

EUDR

EU Deforestation Regulation. The Signal proves your procurement and supply chain teams can trace, verify and document compliance for deforestation-linked commodities.

EU Empowering Consumers

Bans generic green claims without independent evidence. The Signal proves your marketing, product and legal teams can substantiate green claims to consumer-law standards.

MEES 2030

UK Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards. The Signal verifies your facilities, finance and procurement teams can plan, fund and execute building retrofits at portfolio scale.

PPN 006

UK Procurement Policy Note 006. The Signal verifies your procurement and bid teams can deliver against the environmental and social-value filters in central government procurement.

NHS Net Zero

Mandatory net-zero by 2045 for NHS direct emissions, with extending requirements on the £80bn supply chain. The Signal verifies your healthcare procurement, supply chain and clinical operations teams can deliver.

GRESB

Real Estate Assessment used by $7T+ in institutional capital. The Signal proves your asset, finance and sustainability teams can deliver year-on-year benchmark improvement.

The Difference

The Signal vs. the alternative.

The Signal
Traditional approach
Independently verified by industry experts
Self-assessed or self-reported
Organisational-level capability measurement
Individual course completion certificates
Disclosure-grade, aligned to CSRD/ISSB/SBTi
Generic ESG training badges
Year-on-year maturity delta tracking
Point-in-time snapshot
Measures capability movement, not attendance
Measures hours completed
Covers Green Skills, AI Skills, and Mindset
Single-topic certifications
The Journey

How you earn The Signal credential.

1

SkillSignal™ Baseline

Map your workforce capability across Green Skills, AI Skills, and Mindset. Understand where every team sits on the Explorer-to-Pioneer scale.

2

Targeted Upskilling

Close the gaps with programmes matched to your maturity level. Fluency Labs, Masterclasses, Reskill Academies, and Impactathons. Measurable capability movement, not attendance.

3

The Signal Credential

Verified annually. Year-on-year maturity delta. Disclosure-grade data. The independently verified proof that your Future Skills gaps are closing.

The Proof

Companies already on the journey.

Arsenal FC
Arsenal FC
97%of employees committed to reducing their carbon footprint

21 Climate Champions identified across the organisation aligned with SBTi announcement.

Creating a shared responsibility across the team.

Hannah Mansour, ESG Director

Dyson
Dyson
94%of engineers inspired and upskilled

16 net new Future Skills identified and developed for Engineering cohort focused on circularity.

Reskilling at a critical point in our careers.

Senior Product Portfolio Manager

Shoosmiths
Shoosmiths
100%board recognition of ESG capability

3.8 actions per attendee. 93% attended follow-up 1:1 mentoring.

Highly relevant and refreshingly practical.

Max Finney, Head of ESG

THE·TEAM
THE·TEAM
106employees surveyed globally

32 Future Skills mapped with pathways built. 95% agreed upskilling is critical.

This is what happens when sustainability stops being a side conversation.

Karima Green, SVP Global Impact

Ready to prove it?

Start with a free skills gap report to see where your organisation sits today. Then let us show you the path to The Signal.