Legal Notice

In accordance with applicable legislation governing information society services and electronic commerce, users are informed that this website and the ESGora SaaS platform are owned and operated by José Salmerón Corbellini, Tax Identification Number (NIF) 75784704A, trade name ESGora.

Country of establishment: Spain.

Legal contact email: admin@esgora.eu.

Hereinafter referred to as the Owner.

This Legal Notice governs access to and use of the website, applications, services, content and functionalities offered under the ESGora brand.

ESGora is a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform designed to support companies, consultants and other organisations in the preparation, management, analysis and generation of sustainability reports, including reports aligned with the Voluntary Sustainability Reporting Standard for SMEs (VSME) published by EFRAG.

Use of the platform implies acceptance of this Legal Notice, as well as any other legal and contractual documents applicable to the services provided.

Access to certain ESGora functionalities may require prior registration, subscription to a paid plan, or acceptance of specific terms.

Users undertake to use the platform lawfully and in compliance with applicable regulations, provide accurate and up-to-date information where required, refrain from using the platform for unlawful, fraudulent or bad-faith activities, and refrain from attempting to access, alter, interfere with or compromise the security of systems, networks, databases or services related to ESGora.

The Owner may suspend or restrict access to the platform where use contrary to these conditions is detected or where such use may affect the security, availability or integrity of the service.

All intellectual property rights, industrial property rights and other proprietary rights relating to the website, platform, software, designs, interfaces, databases, documentation, texts, graphics, logos, trademarks, audiovisual elements and other content belong to the Owner or its respective licensors.

Use of ESGora does not imply the assignment, transfer or granting of any intellectual or industrial property rights beyond the limited right necessary to access and use the subscribed service.

The reproduction, distribution, modification, reverse engineering, decompilation, mass extraction of data or any other form of exploitation not expressly authorised by the Owner or the legitimate rights holders is strictly prohibited.

The ESGora name, trademark and associated distinctive signs are protected under applicable intellectual and industrial property laws.

ESGora may incorporate, use or integrate software, libraries, standards, technological frameworks or resources developed by third parties.

In particular, the platform uses components related to the VSME Standard published by EFRAG and certain components distributed under the MIT License or other open-source software licences.

Rights relating to such components remain the property of their respective owners and are governed by their corresponding licence terms.

The use of such components by ESGora does not imply ownership of them nor modification of the licensing conditions established by their authors.

EFRAG, its affiliated bodies and third-party component owners do not sponsor, certify or endorse ESGora unless expressly stated otherwise.

ESGora provides technology tools intended to facilitate the collection, organisation, calculation, analysis and generation of sustainability-related information and reporting.

Reports, recommendations, metrics, indicators, benchmarking analyses and content generated through automated systems or artificial intelligence functionalities are provided for informational and support purposes only.

The platform does not provide legal, financial, accounting, tax, audit, assurance or independent verification services.

Users remain solely responsible for reviewing, validating and approving any information, calculations, reports or documents generated before their use, publication or disclosure to third parties.

ESGora may incorporate artificial intelligence functionalities intended to assist users through interpretation of information, content generation, recommendations, summaries and contextual guidance.

Outputs generated by artificial intelligence are produced automatically and may contain errors, omissions, inaccuracies or incomplete information.

Users are solely responsible for verifying the accuracy, suitability and regulatory compliance of any content generated through such functionalities before relying on or using it.

Artificial intelligence functionalities are support tools only and do not replace professional, technical or legal advice.

The platform may provide benchmarking functionalities based on public sources, sector statistics, aggregated data or information supplied by third parties.

Such comparisons are indicative only and may be subject to methodological, temporal, geographical or sector-specific limitations.

The Owner does not guarantee the availability, timeliness, completeness or suitability of the data used in such comparative analyses.

The Owner shall make reasonable efforts to maintain the availability and proper functioning of the platform.

However, uninterrupted availability of the service and the absence of errors, interruptions, technical incidents, vulnerabilities, delays or limitations cannot be guaranteed.

The Owner may carry out maintenance, updates, improvements or modifications to the platform whenever necessary.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Owner shall not be liable for business decisions made based on information obtained through the platform, errors or omissions introduced by users, improper use of the services, loss of profits, revenue, business opportunities or indirect damages, interruptions caused by third-party technology providers, failures in communications networks, internet services or external systems, outcomes resulting from the use of artificial intelligence functionalities, or regulatory interpretations made by users or third parties.

The Owner’s total aggregate liability arising from the provision of the services shall, where permitted by law, be limited to the amounts actually paid by the customer during the twelve (12) months preceding the event giving rise to the claim.

Nothing in this Legal Notice shall exclude or limit liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

The platform may contain links to third-party websites or resources.

The Owner does not control and assumes no responsibility for the content, services, policies or practices of such third parties.

The inclusion of external links does not imply endorsement, partnership or recommendation by the Owner.

The processing of personal data carried out through ESGora is governed by the applicable Privacy Policy.

The use of tracking technologies and information storage mechanisms is governed by the applicable Cookie Policy.

The Owner may amend this Legal Notice whenever necessary to reflect legal, technical, operational or commercial changes.

The version published on the platform or website at any given time shall be deemed the current and applicable version.

This Legal Notice shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Spain.

Where mandatory consumer protection laws or other mandatory legal provisions apply, such provisions shall prevail over any conflicting terms contained herein.

Any dispute arising from or relating to access to, use of or interpretation of this Legal Notice shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the competent courts of Spain in accordance with applicable law.

Where the legal relationship is strictly business-to-business (B2B) and applicable law permits, the parties expressly submit to the Courts of Madrid, Spain, waiving any other jurisdiction that may otherwise apply.