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The Omnibus reset the CSRD. Roughly 80% of companies are now out of scope, the deadlines moved, and the ESRS are being cut. Plain-English answers, free tools and updates you can trust, so you know exactly where you stand.
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Confirmed deadlines
Newly in-scope companies file their first report.
Companies above the new thresholds (more than 1,000 employees AND more than EUR 450m turnover) report for financial years starting on or after 1 January 2027, so the first reports land in 2028. Non-EU groups follow for FY2028, reported in 2029.
Member-State transposition deadline.
Each of the 27 EU states has until this date to write the Omnibus thresholds into national law. Until they do, the exact in-scope population in a given country is still being settled.
These dates are set by the final Omnibus directive (in force March 2026). The revised ESRS, the standards that say what to report, are due to be adopted around September 2026 and apply from FY2027. If anything moves, we'll tell you.
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The rules changed under your feet. The Omnibus package cut roughly 80% of companies out of scope, pushed the deadlines back, and is slashing the ESRS datapoints. Maybe you started preparing and now don't know if you still have to. Maybe a big customer is asking you for sustainability data and you're not even sure you owe it.
Take a breath. The post-Omnibus picture is clearer than the headlines suggest. The CSRD now applies mainly to companies with more than 1,000 employees AND more than EUR 450m turnover. Many smaller firms are out and can use the voluntary VSME standard instead. We'll help you work out whether you're in, what you actually have to do, and by when. No jargon, no sales pitch.
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Why use this hub
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We're not selling you reporting software, and there's no demo to book. That means we can honestly tell you when you're out of scope, when VSME is enough, or when you can refuse a data request. We just explain the rules.
Always current
The CSRD keeps moving: a stop-the-clock delay, the Omnibus scope cut, an ESRS revision still in consultation and national transposition due by March 2027. Every page carries the sources we used and the date we last checked them, and we update when things change.
Plain English, with free tools
A scope checker, an emissions calculator, a materiality matrix builder and a glossary, written for people without a sustainability team. Terms are explained the first time we use them, then linked to the glossary.
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The CSRD keeps changing. One email, plain English, tells you what changed across the CSRD, the ESRS, the EU Taxonomy and the Omnibus, what it means for you, and what to do about it. So you can stop refreshing EUR-Lex and get back to your actual job.
- A monthly issue rounding up what moved and what's coming.
- Breaking-change alerts the moment something material lands: a scope change, the final ESRS, a VSME update or national transposition news.
- Plain-English summaries with a link to the official source, every time.
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By the numbers
The CSRD in a few numbers
The figures worth keeping in your head, all post-Omnibus. Each one is set in law or in the official guidance we link from the pillar page.
Of previously-covered companies now removed from CSRD scope by the Omnibus, from roughly 50,000 down to around 5,000.
The new EU test: more than 1,000 employees AND more than EUR 450m net turnover. Both must be true. The balance-sheet criterion was dropped.
ESRS standards: two cross-cutting (ESRS 1 and 2) plus E1-E5 for environment, S1-S4 for social and G1 for governance.
When newly in-scope companies file their first report, covering financial year 2027. Non-EU groups follow for FY2028, reported in 2029.
Listed SMEs are out of mandatory scope and can use the voluntary VSME standard. In-scope firms may not demand more than VSME from value-chain partners with fewer than 1,000 employees.
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