CSRD Compliance: Secure Your Businesses Future
The EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) sets mandatory sustainability reporting standards for large EU companies. If your SME sits in their supply chain or wants a seat at their table, being CSRD-ready gives you a serious competitive edge.
Last reviewed: April 2026
The benefits of CSRD compliance for your business
CSRD compliance keeps you out of regulatory hot water. But smart businesses know that's just the baseline, the real benefits are what happen next.
Start gaining more brand credibility
CSRD reporting gives your sustainability claims teeth. No more hoping customers believe your green marketing.
Build a solid foundation of trust
CSRD compliance shows you're serious about transparency, which means investors, partners, and customers can trust what you're saying.
Open doors to new opportunities
Impact investors and sustainability-focused partners actively seek out CSRD-compliant companies. Get ready for some door knocking.
CSRD regulation: Are you affected?
Be compliant & prepared
The EU has cast a pretty wide net with who is applicable to these new rules, and the chances are you're swimming right into it.
Wave 1 companies already reporting
(Reporting continues from 2025)
f you were already in scope under the original CSRD (500+ employees), your reporting obligations continue under transitional arrangements. You are not off the hook just because the thresholds changed.
Reporting timeline: 2025 onwards
Large EU Companies
(Reporting from 2028)
The new mandatory threshold is 1,000+ employees AND net turnover exceeding €450M. Both conditions must be met. If your business falls below either figure, mandatory CSRD reporting does not apply to you directly.
CSRD reporting timeline: 2028
Large non-EU companies
(Reporting from 2028)
Large non-EU businesses generating €150M+ turnover in the EU through a subsidiary or branch that meets the revised thresholds are still in scope. Geography does not get you out of it.
CSRD reporting timeline: 2028
SMEs and supply chain
(Voluntary from 2026)
Mandatory CSRD reporting does not apply to SMEs. But your large clients and investors will ask for your sustainability data regardless. The voluntary VSME standard is how you answer them.
CSRD timeline: Voluntary