The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD, Directive (EU) 2022/2464) modernises EU sustainability disclosure. In-scope companies report annually under the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) with double materiality, mandatory assurance, and digital tagging.
Directive (EU) 2022/2464, adopted in December 2022, expanding sustainability reporting requirements to approximately 50,000 companies operating in the EU.
Key concepts
A topic is disclosed if it is financially material or has a material impact on people or the environment.
Twelve mandatory standards — two cross-cutting, five environmental, four social, one governance.
Limited assurance from launch, moving to reasonable assurance once feasibility is confirmed.
Reports tagged to a common ESRS XBRL taxonomy for machine readability.
Featured articles
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The European Sustainability Reporting Standards are the most detailed sustainability disclosure regime in the world. A structured overview of all twelve standards under CSRD.
CSRD vs ESRS: what's the difference?
CSRD and ESRS are often used interchangeably but they are not the same thing. A clear comparison covering scope, timing, obligations and how the two work together.
Glossary terms
Frequently asked questions
Who is in scope of CSRD?+
Large EU companies (meeting two of: >250 employees, >€50m turnover, >€25m balance sheet), listed SMEs, and non-EU parent companies with substantial EU activity.
What is double materiality?+
Companies must assess both how sustainability issues affect their financial performance (financial materiality) and how their activities affect people and the environment (impact materiality).
When does CSRD reporting begin?+
First reports were due in 2025 for financial year 2024 by the largest companies already subject to NFRD. Other groups phase in through 2029.
Related regulations
- CSRDDirective (EU) 2022/2464
The directive itself.
- ESRSDelegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2772
Adopts the first set of ESRS.
- Omnibus2025 CSRD Omnibus proposal
Proposed adjustments to scope and timing under discussion at EU level.
Industry-specific guidance
Process heat, purchased electricity and upstream materials dominate manufacturers' footprints — and the sustainable-finance opportunity is proportionally large.
Transport and logistics operators sit at the intersection of Scope 1 fuel use and their customers' Scope 3 category 4 emissions — making them a priority for both green loans and SLLs.
For food & beverage, upstream agriculture and land use dominate the footprint — putting the sector at the sharp end of SBTi FLAG guidance and the EU Deforestation Regulation.
Embodied carbon in materials, on-site fuel use and the in-use energy performance of buildings converge to make construction one of the largest single levers in the transition.
For banks and investors, sustainability is a system-level challenge — measured, priced and disclosed across the entire balance sheet.
For retailers, purchased goods and the use-phase of sold products account for the vast majority of emissions — turning supplier engagement and product design into the primary levers.
Related platform capabilities
Comparisons
The CSRD is the EU directive; the ESRS are the technical standards it mandates. One creates the reporting obligation, the other tells you how to report.
Carbon reporting is one piece of sustainability reporting. Sustainability reporting covers the full spectrum of environmental, social and governance topics.
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- Directive (EU) 2022/2464 (CSRD) — EU / European Commission
- ESRS Delegated Act — EU / European Commission
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