Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive Services

Introduction

Bureau Veritas helps organizations bridge skills gaps, streamline data management, and design robust reporting structures. By addressing these needs, BV empowers organizations to comply with CSRD requirements and to provide stakeholders with transparent sustainability information - a testament to our commitment towards sustainable progress.

BV offers a range of services to assist clients in navigating the CSRD requirements. These services include training, advisory, pre-assurance, and assurance.

Training: Our tailored training is industry agnostic and aims to empower all key contributors to the business’ CSRD efforts and to translate it into meaningful and efficient processes and operations
Advisory: Our modular end-to-end advisory services guide clients through ESG diagnostics, stakeholders onboarding, double materiality analysis, gap assessments, action plan and reporting preparation, ensuring seamless compliance.
Pre-assurance & Assurance: Our experts provide pre-assurance and assurance services, review double-materiality approach, data robustness and consistency, internal controls, compliance to EU taxonomy, and alignment with ESRS standards.

Large companies with more than 1,000 employees and exceeding one of the following thresholds for two consecutive years:

Net revenue of €50million or more.

Balance sheet total of €25million or more.

CRITICAL USE CASE

Bureau Veritas empowered a global company with operations in 41 countries and 28,500 employees to conquer CSRD compliance challenges. Leveraging ISO 26000, we assessed their CSR maturity and conducted an EFRAG-based double materiality analysis to pinpoint critical sustainability issues. Our tailored action plans paved a seamless path to CSRD excellence, resulting in a robust strategy driving meaningful ESG advancements beyond mere compliance. Through customized solutions and steadfast partnership, Bureau Veritas catalysed this industry titan's sustainable transformation, exemplifying our commitment to enabling clients to thrive in the evolving sustainability landscape.

Challenges

The European Union's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), adopted on March 23, 2023, establishes a comprehensive and standardized framework for companies to disclose their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance.

Superseding the Non-Financial Reporting Directive, the CSRD aims to empower stakeholders with transparent information and spur businesses to embed sustainability into their core strategies, catalyzing the region's transition to a sustainable economy.

The recent Omnibus package announced on 26th February 2025 further strengthens the directive, ensuring larger companies with significant impacts bear the onus of comprehensive disclosures.

Adhering to the CSRD offers companies a competitive advantage through improved transparency, robust risk management, access to sustainable finance, operational efficiency gains, and the ability to attract top talent, positioning them as pioneers in the sustainability revolution.

BUSINESS CHALLENGES:

EU's CSRD presents significant challenges for companies: Adapting and integrating sustainability considerations into the core company operations, decision-making, and corporate culture
Expanding data collection and monitoring systems to report on ESG factors.
Ensuring the accuracy, reliability, and third-party assurance of sustainability data.
Investing in developing internal capabilities and expertise on sustainability topics for seamless implementation and reporting.

WHY BUREAU VERITAS?

As the global leader in testing, inspection and certification, Bureau Veritas empowers organizations to achieve Corporate Sustainability Reporting and Disclosure (CSRD) excellence. Leveraging our unparalleled expertise across environment and social schemes along with ISO management systems, we seamlessly integrate advisory, auditing and assurance services. Our comprehensive approach addresses materiality, stakeholder engagement, value chain impacts, double materiality disclosures and robust data verification.

With a global presence of 80,000 experts across 140 countries, Bureau Veritas provides the technical mastery, operational best practices and independent validation to drive CSRD compliance and sustainable leadership. We transform existing foundations into a bedrock for CSRD, optimizing resources and demonstrating sustainable impact with confidence.

Training

Designed to empower key contributors to the business's CSRD.

Advisory

Guide clients through ESG assessments, gap analysis, and reporting preparation to ensure compliance.

Assurance (including Pre-Assurance)

Our experts provide pre-assurance and assurance services, reviewing data, controls, and alignment with standards.

(*) “Thresholds according to EU Omnibus proposition. At the time of publication, EU Omnibus conversations were ongoing and not expected to be finalized until 2026”.