CSRD Simplified

At Novata, we dive deep into CSRD and its requirements to help you simplify and optimize your implementation processes.

Your CSRD Pathway

We’re closely tracking potential changes to the CSRD and are committed to helping you navigate what’s ahead. Our CSRD workflow and Advisory solutions are built to be flexible as regulations evolve, and we’ll adapt as needed to ensure you stay informed and supported every step of the way.

Step 1: Get Ready

Onboard to the Novata platform with the help of a dedicated customer success representative.
Upskill your company on CSRD and understand your ESRS Readiness Assessment results with a bespoke webinar.

Step 2: Build a Strong Foundation

Complete your Double Materiality Assessment (DMA) to determine what matters to your company and value chain through two lenses: the effects on your business and the impacts to people and planet.
Novata’s DMA workflow walks you through the steps to identify actual and potential impacts, risks, and opportunities to your company and value chain.

Step 3: Put Plans Into Action

Establish your mandatory, voluntary, and phased-in disclosures and best practices with tailored metric screening.
Build a robust governance strategy and management process with our Data Readiness offering.
Collect the ESRS data you need using the Novata platform, enhanced with Novata AI. Upload any existing reports and Novata AI will extract key insights and generate responses for your selected metrics, including ESRS, GRI, and custom disclosures.

Step 4: Enhance Your Process

Reflect on your progress to date and identify areas to improve ahead of the full data collection process.
Leverage Novata Advisory to identify improvement actions, improve data quality and completeness, and optimize processes to collect data for your final, independently-assured disclosure.

Step 5: Be Confident in Your Disclosure

Use Novata to build confidently build your CSRD disclosure aligned with EFRAG’s disclosure templates.
Work with one of our partners to assure your process.

Novata has provided us with exceptional expertise, tailored support, and a deep understanding of CSRD and carbon accounting. Their flexibility and industry-specific approach have been key in helping us navigate complex reporting requirements and ensuring that we meet all necessary standards.

Not in Scope for CSRD? 
Stay Ahead with VSME

The EU Omnibus Package has significantly narrowed CSRD requirements, but investors and supply chains still expect transparency. The VSME offers a streamlined, practical alternative, helping SMEs disclose sustainability data without unnecessary complexity. Novata can support.

Insights & Resources

ESRS Omnibus Update: What the New Draft Means

EP 41: Keeping ESG Momentum: Incubeta’s Path Beyond CSRD

Sustainability in Focus: Essential Reporting Deadlines

FAQ

What is CSRD?

The aim of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) is to help key stakeholders, such as investors, consumers, and suppliers, better evaluate the sustainability performance of companies through a reliable and standardized way of reporting and, in turn, reorient capital to sustainable investments.

Who does CSRD impact?

Under the Omnibus I agreement approved by the European Parliament, the CSRD’s mandatory scope is expected to narrow significantly. The employee threshold remains 1,000 employees, with a new threshold of €450 million annual turnover. For companies still in scope, CSRD will continue to require cross-functional preparation to collect consistent, assurance-ready sustainability data.

What are CSRD metrics?

There are no single “CSRD metrics.” Instead, companies report under the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS)—the detailed disclosure requirements that sit beneath CSRD. ESRS include ESRS 1 (General Requirements), which sets overall principles and approach, and ESRS 2 (General Disclosures), which defines baseline disclosures applicable across sustainability topics.

How does Novata support companies with CSRD compliance?

Novata supports CSRD compliance end-to-end — from workforce education and ESRS Readiness Assessments, through Double Materiality Assessment (DMA), data collection, and process optimization, to final independently-assured disclosure. The platform and advisory services are designed to flex as regulations evolve, including changes from the EU Omnibus Package.

How does Novata help with the Double Materiality Assessment?

Novata guides companies through the full DMA process on a single platform, defining business context, identifying Impacts, Risks, and Opportunities (IROs), scoring materiality across financial and impact dimensions, and generating ESRS-mapped data points with export-ready documentation. Packages range from self-serve to fully supported, with Novata AI available to accelerate reporting.

Can Novata support companies that are early in their CSRD journey?

Yes. Novata’s CSRD Readiness packages meet companies where they are. ESRS Readiness covers training and stakeholder alignment for those just starting. Metric Screening identifies required disclosures for companies with a completed DMA. Data Readiness helps operationalize an ESRS metrics list into a practical data collection plan.