E-04. EVIDENCE CARD AND ASSESSMENT REPORT — TEMPLATE
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  Template to be completed and adopted by the parties; requires legal and tax review for each specific implementation.

- Version: 1.0
- Date drafted: 25 September 2026
- Status: template to be completed and adopted
- Operator: [TO BE COMPLETED]
- Approved by: [TO BE COMPLETED]
- Date adopted: [TO BE COMPLETED]
- Date of application: [TO BE COMPLETED]

Scope: Recording a metric and findings.

Related Q&A: Q&A: ESG Star 2–3, 7, 9 — https://tardigrada.ai/qa

Evidence card: ID [ ]; criterion [ ]; unit/site [ ]; boundaries [ ]; period [ ]; metric and unit [ ]; result [ ]; base year and baseline result [ ]; change and calculation method [ ]; method and version [ ]; sources and dates [ ]; data owner [ ]; limitations/uncertainty [ ]; evidence level 0–3 [ ]; N/A justification [ ]; verifier and competence [ ]; date and scope of check [ ]; correction history [ ].

Type of information: planned benefit [ ] / observed result [ ] / verified result [ ] — tick one.

For social impact: group [ ]; number of unique people [ ]; activity [ ]; outcome [ ]; how change is measured [ ]; partner contributions [ ]; attribution limitations [ ]; data protection and form of aggregation [ ].

Assessment report: ID [ ]; standard version [ ]; engagement scope [ ]; method and sample [ ]; set of cards [ ]; gaps [ ]; critical findings [ ]; organisation's position [ ]; resolution of comments [ ]; decision and its scope [ ]; decision-maker [ ]; date [ ]; review by [ ]; conditions for earlier update [ ]; permitted claim [ ]; licence status "not granted" or number of a separate activation [ ]; appeal and outcome [ ].

SOURCES
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3. Commission Recommendation (EU) 2025/1710 — VSME (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reco/2025/1710/oj) — Voluntary sustainability reporting for SMEs. The identity and subject of the document were checked; no compliance audit of the whole matrix against every VSME disclosure was performed.
4. ISO 26000 — social responsibility (https://www.iso.org/iso-26000-social-responsibility.html) — ISO describes the standard as guidance, not a basis for certification.
5. ISO/IEC 17029 — verification principles (https://www.iso.org/news/ref2448.html) — Official description of competence, impartiality and consistency of verification bodies; TarDigRada has not been assessed against the full standard.

Public sources are substantive references. They do not imply patronage, accreditation or endorsement of the project. Before signing, the templates must be completed and checked against the specific business.

Project and content author: Ada Margo — TarDigRada.ai