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ESRS and CSRD: the standards, the law and who must report

CSRD creates the duty, ESRS describe the content, and national transposition decides the detail. This subject maps the standards end to end and settles whether a company or a group reports at all, at which level and from which financial year.

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10 Aug 2026

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Who Must Report Under CSRD After Omnibus I? The 2026 Scope Guide

A decision guide to the employee and turnover thresholds, individual and group scope, subsidiaries, issuers, credit institutions, insurers, third-country groups and national …

Decision guide · 12 min
ESRS Explained: What the Standards Require, Who Must Apply Them and How to Start

A complete practitioner map of ESRS 1, ESRS 2 and the ten topical standards, including the CSRD link, double materiality, boundaries, assurance, …

Decision guide · 13 min
CSRD vs ESRS: What Is the Difference?

The legal directive and the reporting standards explained, including national transposition, scope, timetable, assurance and the practical route from EU law to …

Comparison · 10 min
ESRS Reporting Boundaries: Financial Consolidation, Own Operations and the Value Chain

A practical method for classifying subsidiaries, joint arrangements, investments, leases and upstream or downstream relationships before applying metric-specific rules

Decision guide · 17 min
ESRS for Non-EU Groups and ESRS-40a: Scope, Exemptions and Emerging Requirements

A route-by-route guide to third-country groups, EU subsidiaries and branches, consolidated exemptions, Article 40a and the ESRS-40a Exposure Draft

Explainer · 16 min
ESRS Value Chain Cap Explained: Protected Undertakings, Supplier Requests and Reporting Relief

How reporting undertakings and suppliers should classify request purposes, map voluntary-standard datapoints and preserve value-chain reporting without shifting disproportionate burden

Decision guide · 15 min

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