SEDG & ASEDG, explained

What is the Bursa Malaysia SEDG?

The SEDG (Simplified ESG Disclosure Guide) is a guide published by Bursa Malaysia, the Malaysian stock exchange, to help companies — especially the SME suppliers of listed issuers — disclose ESG information in a simplified, standardised form. As large Malaysian companies report their own sustainability data, they need consistent information from their supply chains, and the SEDG gives their smaller suppliers a common template to answer with.

It is a disclosure guide, not a listing rule imposed on SMEs — the mandatory sustainability reporting that applies to Bursa-listed issuers is a separate matter. For an SME, the SEDG is the practical, proportionate way to respond.

What is the ASEDG?

The ASEDG is the ASEAN-level Simplified ESG Disclosure Guide — the regional counterpart to Malaysia's SEDG, intended to give SMEs across Southeast Asia the same simplified disclosure structure. In EcoDiligence, ASEDG applies to the ASEAN member states other than Malaysia: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Malaysia uses its own national SEDG.

Singapore is worth a note, because it has a second track running alongside this one. The SGX listing rules bind listed issuers — a long-standing, materiality-led comply-or-explain sustainability report, with the climate layer moving onto the ISSB baseline. ASEDG is what the SMEs in those issuers' supply chains are meant to use. If the request you are answering came from a Singapore-listed customer, ASEDG is almost certainly the right shape of answer — but that page explains which of the two is yours.

The shared structure: three tiers across E, S and G

Because SEDG and ASEDG share the same design, the practical experience is the same wherever you are in ASEAN. Disclosures are grouped under Environmental, Social, and Governance and organised into three tiers so a company reports as much as it is ready for:

EcoDiligence handles the Basic tier for you and adds a curated set of Intermediate and Advanced questions as an optional layer, so you can go deeper without reading the full guide.

Who they are for

SEDG and ASEDG are aimed at small and medium enterprises across ASEAN— most often SMEs that supply larger, listed companies and receive ESG or sustainability questionnaires as part of procurement. If that describes you, a profile carrying the SEDG/ASEDG indicators is a direct way to respond. For the broader “a customer sent me a questionnaire” situation, see our step-by-step guide.

SEDG / ASEDG and VSME — you get both

You do not have to choose between frameworks. EcoDiligence always produces a VSME-structured Passport — the EU's voluntary SME standard and a widely recognised baseline — and, for a Malaysian or ASEAN profile, additionally maps the same data to the SEDG or ASEDG structure. The climate figures in your report also line up with the global IFRS S2 baseline. One set of answers, mapped to whichever framework a given stakeholder recognises.

With a complete Passport: SEDG Basic — strong (16 of 16 indicators, fully or in part; SEDG (Malaysia) and ASEDG (ASEAN)). Across all levels, up to 29 indicators are addressed fully or in part, including SEDG (Malaysia) and ASEDG (ASEAN) levels (29 under SEDG, 28 under ASEDG, from the questions shown for each). Structural estimate for a complete Passport, not a compliance or audit score. How we map frameworks

How EcoDiligence produces your SEDG / ASEDG report

Create your free Passport to see your Basic-tier indicators, or view Pricing for the Pro plan and the downloadable report. See Methodology for how the underlying figures are calculated.

Frequently asked questions

This page summarises the Bursa Malaysia SEDG and the ASEAN-level ASEDG for orientation only and is not legal advice. SEDG and ASEDG are simplified disclosure guides for SME suppliers, distinct from the mandatory sustainability reporting that applies to listed issuers; details may change. For the official Malaysian guide, see bursamalaysia.com. EcoDiligence ESG Passports are self-reported summaries structured for ESG disclosure workflows, built on the EFRAG VSME Basic Module with optional IFRS S2 climate inputs. Content is not independently assured and does not constitute compliance, certification or an audit.