Effortlessly gather, measure, and report emissions and ESG data required for CSRD, ensuring compliance with accuracy and speed.
What is the CSRD?
Starting in early 2025, the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) will require 50,000+ companies with an EU presence to report ESG risks and opportunities, with the same level of assurance as financial data. This directive sets a new standard for the breadth and depth of sustainability reporting, requiring companies to go beyond carbon emissions and report on waste, pollution, water, and biodiversity.
Who will need to report?
The CSRD will apply to the following companies:
- All EU-based public companies (excluding micro-enterprises), regardless of their size.
- Large EU-based private organizations, which are defined as companies that meet two or more of the following criteria:some text
- 250 or more employees.
- Annual revenues of €50 million or more.
- A balance sheet total of €25 million or more.
- Non-EU parent companies that generate €150 million or more in annual revenues within the EU and have either:some text
- A branch in the EU that generates €50 million or more in annual revenues.
- A subsidiary in the EU that is either listed on an EU-regulated market or meets the large company criteria above.
What will you need to report?
All companies will need to complete:
- Double Materiality Assessment: Companies must report both on how sustainability matters affect their financial performance (financial materiality) and on how their activities impact the environment and society (impact materiality).
- Disclose data on the following areas some text
- Governance: How sustainability is governed within the organization, including roles, responsibilities, and procedures for monitoring ESG risks and opportunities.
- Strategy: How sustainability is integrated into the company’s business model and strategy, including impacts on and from sustainability-related risks and opportunities.
- Impact, Risks, and Opportunities: A description of how the company’s activities affect the environment and society, as well as how external sustainability factors present risks or opportunities to the company.
- Metrics and Targets: Quantitative data on sustainability performance, including targets for improving the company’s ESG footprint over time.
- Topical standards: In addition to the general disclosures, companies must report on relevant ESG topics using the 10 Topical Standards under three main categories: Environmental, Social, and Governance. These will cover climate related risks, pollution, water and marine resources, biodiversity, resource use, workforce, workers in your value chain, affected communities, and governance standards related to sustainability.
Audit Assurance: All sustainability reports must be subject to a limited audit assurance to ensure the reliability of the disclosed data.