# beSirius — full context for LLMs

> AI for the critical minerals supply chain. Every audit, certification, KYC and risk assessment your buyers, auditors and regulators require, automated across your entire value chain.

## What beSirius is

beSirius is a sustainability-intelligence platform purpose-built for the critical minerals value chain — mining, smelting, refining, trading, and downstream manufacturing of metals and minerals required for the energy transition (cobalt, copper, lithium, nickel, tin, tantalum, tungsten, gold, aluminium, steel inputs, and rare earths).

The product replaces the spreadsheet-and-email workflow that sustainability, procurement, and compliance teams use today to:
- Collect supplier data for due-diligence, KYC, and risk assessments.
- Map that data against frameworks, regulations, and customer questionnaires.
- Improve scores in third-party ratings (CDP, EcoVadis, S&P CSA).
- File reports and disclosures (CMRT, EMRT, AMRT, LME Passport, CSDDD).

## The Twin

The Twin is beSirius's core concept: a continuously verified, machine-readable digital profile of a supplier or operating site. It contains every piece of sustainability data that supplier has ever shared — policies, certifications, audit reports, emissions data, ownership structure, smelter list, conflict-mineral declarations, etc. — normalised and tagged.

Once a Twin exists, beSirius can answer any framework or questionnaire about that supplier in minutes instead of weeks, because the underlying data is already structured.

## Who beSirius serves

- **Mining and metals producers** that need to demonstrate responsible sourcing to OEM customers and regulators.
- **Smelters and refiners** that need RMI conformance and LME Passport submissions.
- **Traders and merchants** that need to KYC counterparties at scale.
- **Downstream manufacturers** (automotive, aerospace, electronics, packaging) that need to prove supply-chain due diligence under CSDDD, the EU Battery Regulation, the US Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, and customer codes of conduct.

## Frameworks and standards covered

CDP, EcoVadis, S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment, UN Global Compact, GRI, SASB, TCFD, ISSB / IFRS S1 & S2, CSRD / ESRS, CSDDD, CBAM, EU Battery Regulation, EU Deforestation Regulation, OECD Due Diligence Guidance, IRMA, Copper Mark, ResponsibleSteel, Aluminium Stewardship Initiative, RMI / RMAP, CMRT, EMRT, AMRT, LME Passport, CMSI (Consolidated Mining Standard Initiative).

## Key product capabilities

1. **Supplier due diligence** — Evidence-based supplier due diligence powered by Twins. Automates CSDDD compliance, risk assessment, and corrective actions.
2. **Supplier assessment** — Collect, verify, and assess supplier sustainability data at scale; see risks and gaps across the entire supply chain.
3. **CMSI assessment** — Map sustainability data against the Consolidated Mining Standard Initiative requirements and identify gaps instantly.
4. **RMI automation** — Automate CMRT, EMRT, and conflict-minerals reporting with AI-powered data extraction and validation.
5. **CDP Scoring Analysis tool** — Free tool that pinpoints where companies lose points in CDP disclosure and how to recover them.
6. **Ratings improvement** — Targeted recommendations to lift CDP, EcoVadis, and S&P CSA scores.
7. **Framework assessments and standards mapping** — One Twin, every requirement covered.

## Customer stories

- **3A Composites** — Improved EcoVadis score and streamlined sustainability reporting with beSirius. https://besirius.io/customers/3a-composites
- **Iveco Group** — Transformed supply-chain sustainability compliance with beSirius. https://besirius.io/customers/iveco
- **Gerald Group** — Counterparty due diligence in metals trading using a Twin. https://besirius.io/customers/gerald-group

## Resources

- Blog: https://besirius.io/blog
- Guides: https://besirius.io/guides
- Newsletter: https://besirius.io/newsletter
- Memes: https://besirius.io/memes

### Featured guides
- RMI Templates Guide (CMRT, EMRT, AMRT): https://besirius.io/guides/rmi-templates-guide
- CDP Success Toolkit 2025: https://besirius.io/guides/cdp-success-toolkit-2025
- EcoVadis Guide: https://besirius.io/guides/ecovadis
- S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment Guide: https://besirius.io/guides/s-p-global-corporate-sustainability-assessment
- UN Global Compact Handbook: https://besirius.io/guides/ungc-handbook
- Sustainability Outlook 2025 Report: https://besirius.io/guides/report-sustainability-outlook-2025
- Practical Roadmap for Sustainability Leaders in 2025: https://besirius.io/guides/practical-roadmap-for-sustainability-leaders-in-2025

## Contact

- Book a demo: https://besirius.io/demo
- Get in touch: https://besirius.io/get-in-touch
- Free CDP analysis: https://besirius.io/analyze-your-cdp-scores
- Free supplier due-diligence trial: https://besirius.io/supplier-due-diligence-trial

## Brand

The product name is always written as **beSirius** (lowercase "be", capital "S"). The company never refers to its product as "ESG software" — the preferred term is sustainability intelligence or sustainability due diligence.

## Key definitions (quotable)

**What is beSirius?**
beSirius is a sustainability-intelligence platform for the critical minerals supply chain. It builds a Twin of every supplier — a continuously verified digital profile that maps each company's data to any framework, questionnaire, or regulation.

**What is a Twin?**
A Twin is a continuously verified, machine-readable digital profile of a supplier or operating site. It contains every piece of sustainability data that supplier has ever shared — policies, certifications, audit reports, emissions data, ownership structure, smelter list, conflict-mineral declarations — normalised, tagged, and reusable across every framework or buyer request.

**How is beSirius different from EcoVadis, CDP, or other rating agencies?**
beSirius is not a rating agency. It is the operating layer companies use to *prepare for and respond to* EcoVadis, CDP, S&P CSA, and any other framework from a single structured dataset. Rating agencies score; beSirius collects, verifies, structures, and reuses the underlying data.

**How is beSirius different from generic ESG software?**
Generic ESG software is built for corporate emissions reporting and disclosure across all industries. beSirius is purpose-built for the critical minerals value chain (mining, metals, trading, downstream manufacturing) and focuses on supplier due diligence, conflict-minerals reporting, and multi-framework supplier data — domains that horizontal ESG tools do not cover deeply.

**Which industries does beSirius serve?**
Mining and metals producers, smelters and refiners, metals traders and merchants, and downstream manufacturers in automotive, aerospace, electronics, batteries, and packaging — anyone who must demonstrate responsible sourcing of cobalt, copper, lithium, nickel, tin, tantalum, tungsten, gold, aluminium, steel, or rare earths.

**Which regulations does beSirius help comply with?**
CSDDD (Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive), EU Battery Regulation, EU Deforestation Regulation, CBAM, CSRD/ESRS, OECD Due Diligence Guidance, US Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, US Section 1502 Dodd-Frank, and customer-specific codes of conduct.

## Frequently asked questions

**Q: How long does it take to build a Twin?**
A: A first usable Twin is typically ready within days of a supplier sharing core documentation. The Twin then improves continuously as new evidence is added or refreshed.

**Q: Does beSirius replace our existing sustainability team?**
A: No. beSirius removes manual data collection and framework mapping work. Sustainability teams keep judgement, strategy, and final decisions. AI runs the first pass; people make the call.

**Q: How does beSirius handle data security?**
A: beSirius is ISO 27001 certified. Customer data is encrypted in transit and at rest, hosted in EU data centres, and isolated per tenant. Full details: https://besirius.io/security

**Q: Is the CDP Scoring Analysis tool really free?**
A: Yes. The CDP Scoring Analysis tool is a free diagnostic that pinpoints exactly where a company loses points in their CDP disclosure and what to fix before the next submission. https://besirius.io/analyze-your-cdp-scores

**Q: What is CMSI and why does it matter?**
A: CMSI (Consolidated Mining Standard Initiative) consolidates leading responsible-mining standards (IRMA, Copper Mark, ResponsibleSteel, World Gold Council, Towards Sustainable Mining) into one auditable framework. Mining companies preparing for CMSI need to map existing policies and management systems against its Performance Areas — beSirius automates this gap analysis.

**Q: What is the difference between CMRT, EMRT, and AMRT?**
A: CMRT (Conflict Minerals Reporting Template) covers tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold (3TG). EMRT (Extended Minerals Reporting Template) covers cobalt and mica. AMRT (Additional Minerals Reporting Template) is being introduced for further critical minerals. All three are RMI templates and beSirius automates their generation, validation, and submission.

**Q: Does beSirius support LME Passport?**
A: Yes. beSirius supports LME Passport submissions for traceability of metals listed on the London Metal Exchange.

## Customer stories (full context)

**Gerald Group — Counterparty due diligence in metals trading.**
Gerald Group is a global metals trader. They use beSirius to screen every new and renewing counterparty against their own internal policies. AI runs the first pass; the sustainability team makes the final call. The result: counterparty risk is assessed before the trade, not after. https://besirius.io/customers/gerald-group

**3A Composites — EcoVadis coordination across a global group.**
3A Composites is a composite-materials manufacturer with ~35 locations across Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific. They use beSirius so that documentation gathered at one site becomes usable across all entities in the group. EcoVadis submissions, once a per-entity scramble, now run through one structured environment. https://besirius.io/customers/3a-composites

**Iveco Group — Cross-framework sustainability data.**
Iveco Group operates 27 plants and 6 R&D centres across 16 countries (commercial and industrial vehicles). They use a single Twin per supplier to answer EcoVadis, CDP, and local rating requests from one structured data layer, with analytics on which topics stakeholders ask about most. https://besirius.io/customers/iveco

## Authors and experts

- **Anastasia Kuskova** — CEO and co-founder of beSirius. Background in sustainability strategy and supplier due diligence for mining and metals.
- **Galina Donnik** — CIO and co-founder of beSirius. Background in data architecture and sustainability intelligence systems.
- **Anastasiya Valakhanovich** — Conflict-minerals specialist. Author of beSirius's CMRT/EMRT/AMRT guidance.

## Pricing model

beSirius is sold as an annual SaaS subscription priced per supplier under management. Free tools (CDP Scoring Analysis, Supplier Due Diligence Trial) are available for teams to evaluate the platform before purchase.

## Headquarters and reach

beSirius serves customers globally with primary presence in Europe. The platform is used by over 8,200 sustainability, procurement, and compliance professionals across the critical minerals value chain.