Emify vs In-house hire
Hiring a sustainability coordinator costs A$322k in Year 1. Emify Growth costs A$74,880.
A full-time sustainability coordinator brings expertise and commitment — but at a full loaded cost most mid-market companies can't justify. Here's the honest comparison.
Emify
A$74,880
per year
In-house coordinator
A$322,063
Year 1 fully loaded cost
| Feature | Emify | In-house coordinator |
|---|---|---|
| AASB S2 full disclosure draft | Depends on experience | |
| NGER annual report | Depends on experience | |
| Supplier engagement (100+ suppliers) | Bandwidth-limited | |
| Regulatory change monitoring | 24/7, automated | Best effort |
| Available 24/7 | ||
| Scales with reporting obligations | ||
| AU data residency | N/A | |
| Audit-ready evidence pack | Manual | |
| Peer benchmarking | Occasional | |
| Human relationship & judgement | ||
| Represents company externally | ||
| Recruitment timeline | 48 hours | 3–6 months |
Where Emify wins
- A$247k cheaper in Year 1 — every dollar stays in the business
- Available in 48 hours, not 3–6 months
- Eight specialists vs one generalist — no single point of knowledge failure
- Scales instantly as reporting obligations expand
- 24/7 regulatory watch — no missed ASIC guidance or NGER amendments
- Audit trail built in — no 'where did this number come from' in a crunch
Where In-house coordinator may suit you
- Human judgment for genuinely ambiguous situations
- External stakeholder relationship management
- Cultural leadership and sustainability culture-building
- Board-level credibility as a named spokesperson
Our honest take
Emify replaces the data-wrangling, document-processing, supplier-chasing and report-drafting that consumes 80% of a coordinator's time — at a fraction of the cost. Many customers run Emify alongside a part-time sustainability lead or General Counsel, giving them expert human judgment on top of automated execution. The question isn't Emify OR a coordinator. For most companies at this stage, it's Emify INSTEAD of spending A$322k on a hire they couldn't get right anyway.