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This article provides a clear overview of the latest updates released for the Authenticate platform.

1. ESG comparison report – coming soon

• A new ESG comparison report is being developed to allow users to compare their ESG performance against other organisations that have completed the Authenticate ESG assessment.
• By default, results will compare against all ESG assessments performed in the previous year, with the option to change the reporting period.

The report currently includes:

• Count of companies included in the comparison
• Overall scores vs average
• Overall outcomes (Foundational / Transitional / Transformation) vs average
• Section scores vs average (Environmental – Strategy, Environmental – Results, etc. × 9)
• Section outcomes vs average

Coming soon: Users will be able to drill down into each question to compare:

• Individual question scores vs average
• Response percentages
• How their response influences section and overall maturity outcomes

Note: Available in Release 12.

2. Fixes and improvements

2.1. Assessments

• Updated the logic for calculating assessment action scores. Maximum score is now based on question criticality: Sum(Critical answers × 3 + Non‑critical answers × 2).

2.2. Certificates

• Historic days value increased from 30 to 60, keeping certifications in the expired column for longer.

2.3. Documents

• Fixed an issue preventing inactive documents from being shared when sending new requests.

2.4. ESG assessment

• Updated the PDF of sample questions in the ESG guidance area.

2.5. Quality record

• Added five new fields to the product quality record (available only to users with the Product Quality Record Sugar feature).

2.6. Specifications

• Created an email notification for assignees when a specification is submitted for review. This is only sent if the submitting user is not an assignee (i.e., changes are not made by the parent company).
• Increased the character limit for specification corrective actions to 3000 characters.
• Added display of the data set name applied to a specification request in the header.

2.7. Assessment scheduler

• Added the ability to create a new project when sending assessments from a proposal.
• Added the ability to close assessment proposal requests when no longer required.
• Proposal status now automatically updates to Completed once the associated assessment is finished (Passed / Failed / Completed).
• Progress counts added to the listings page to show overall progress.
• Added an alert when a proposal is accepted for a third‑party company that cannot access the assessment template. The template will now be automatically shared to allow the assessment to be raised.