{"id":7297,"date":"2022-11-28T13:44:32","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T11:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elte.org.gr\/?p=7297"},"modified":"2022-11-28T13:44:32","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T11:44:32","slug":"corporate-sustainability-reporting-csrd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elte.org.gr\/en\/2022\/11\/28\/corporate-sustainability-reporting-csrd\/","title":{"rendered":"Corporate sustainability reporting (CSRD)"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div>\r\n<div>\r\n<h2>Overview<\/h2>\r\n<p>EU\u00a0law requires certain large companies to disclose information on the way they operate and manage social and environmental challenges.<\/p>\r\n<p>This helps investors, civil society organisations, consumers, policy makers and other stakeholders to evaluate the non-financial performance of large companies and encourages these companies to develop a responsible approach to business.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/EN\/TXT\/?uri=CELEX%3A32014L0095\">Directive 2014\/95\/EU<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 also called the Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD)\u00a0\u2013 lays down the rules on disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large companies. This directive amends the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/EN\/TXT\/?uri=CELEX:32013L0034\">Accounting Directive 2013\/34\/EU<\/a><\/p>\r\n<h2>Proposal for a Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)<\/h2>\r\n<p>On 21\u00a0April\u00a02021, the Commission adopted a\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.ec.europa.eu\/publications\/sustainable-finance-package_en\">proposal for a Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)<\/a>,<\/em> which would amend the existing reporting requirements of the NFRD. The proposal<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>extends the scope to all large companies and all companies listed on regulated markets (except listed micro-enterprises)<\/li>\r\n<li>requires the audit (assurance) of reported information<\/li>\r\n<li>introduces more detailed reporting requirements, and a requirement to report according to mandatory EU\u00a0sustainability reporting standards<\/li>\r\n<li>requires companies to digitally \u2018tag\u2019 the reported information, so it is machine readable and feeds into the European single access point envisaged in the\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.ec.europa.eu\/capital-markets-union-and-financial-markets\/capital-markets-union\/capital-markets-union-2020-action-plan_en\">capital markets union action plan<\/a><\/em><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>EU sustainability reporting standards<\/h2>\r\n<p>The\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.ec.europa.eu\/publications\/sustainable-finance-package_en\">Commission\u2019s proposal for a Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)<\/a> <\/em>envisages the adoption of EU\u00a0sustainability reporting standards. The draft standards would be developed by the\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/efrag.org\/\">European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG)<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p>The standards will be tailored to EU policies, while building on and contributing to international standardisation initiatives.<\/p>\r\n<p>The first set of standards would be adopted by October\u00a02022.<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>See the\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.ec.europa.eu\/publications\/reports-development-eu-sustainability-reporting-standards_en\">EFRAG reports on development of EU sustainability reporting standards<\/a><\/em><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Related links<\/h2>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.ec.europa.eu\/sustainable-finance_en\">Sustainable finance<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/qanda_21_1806\">Frequently asked questions on the CSRD proposal<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/op.europa.eu\/publication\/manifestation_identifier\/PUB_EV0220277ENN\">Study on the Non-Financial Reporting Directive<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/EN\/TXT\/?uri=CELEX:52021DC0199\">Report on the review clauses in Directives 2013\/34\/EU, 2014\/95\/EU, and 2013\/50\/EU<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/EN\/TXT\/?uri=CELEX:52021SC0081\">Staff working document accompanying the report on the review clauses in Directives 2013\/34\/EU, 2014\/95\/EU, and 2013\/50\/EU<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.ec.europa.eu\/publications\/reports-development-eu-sustainability-reporting-standards_en\">EFRAG reports on development of EU sustainability reporting standards<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.ec.europa.eu\/publications\/commission-guidelines-non-financial-reporting_en\">Commission guidelines on reporting climate-related information<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corporate sustainability reporting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elte.org.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elte.org.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elte.org.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elte.org.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elte.org.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7297"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/elte.org.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7303,"href":"https:\/\/elte.org.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7297\/revisions\/7303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elte.org.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elte.org.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elte.org.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}