The Materiality
assessment is made mandatory by the CSRD

It will soon be mandatory for almost 50,000 companies to submit sustainability reports. The background to this is the legal requirements of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). 

In order to identify the right topics for reporting and strategic sustainability management, a materiality assessment based on the CSRD must be carried out. What this means exactly and how it is done is explained on this page.

Why a materiality assessment?

Comply with legal requirements
The CSRD makes materiality analysis mandatory for almost 50,000 companies in the EU. It is therefore precisely defined which requirements it must fulfill. As the starting point for reporting, it is also the foundation for all further processes. It is therefore crucial to ensure conformity and reliable results.
Find priorities of the company
Identify not only the most important topics for reporting, but also what positive and negative impacts your company's business activities have on society and the environment, as well as what financial risks and opportunities they create (double materiality).
Identify own value drivers
Capture different perspectives from internal and external stakeholders and compare the contributions of all stakeholders. This will give your company new and important insights into how sustainability can create more economic, environmental and social value and improve its own ESG performance.

How is a CSRD materiality assessment performed?

The materiality assessment represents the starting point for CSRD-compliant reporting and strategic sustainability management. Due to the CSRD, for affected companies it will become mandatory. Good thing, because it offers a clear added value and answers, among other things, what positive and negative effects one's own business activities have on people and the environment, what risks and opportunities affect them, and what to focus on in the wide range of reporting requirements and topics.

Status quo analysis
Creation of the longlist
Stakeholder involvement
Impact & financial perspective
Consolidation to the shortlist
Definition of company profile
Identification of potentially material topics
Identification and selection of key stakeholders
Structured analysis of the company's material impact
Presentation of material topics on materiality matrix
Visualization of the value chain
Involvement of key stakeholders
Involvement of key stakeholders
Shortening of longlist to shortlist
Status quo overview
Documentation of the process and results

What needs to be done now?

For many companies, there is not much time left. At least, not much time to set up the processes to implement the requirements of sustainability reporting according to the CSRD in a timely and efficient manner. Resources and capacities are often scarce and the experience and knowledge of the requirements of a CSRD compliant materiality assessment are limited. We therefore offer our support in conducting a materiality analysis as well as the subsequent data collection.

Start the CSRD materiality assessment

Conducting a CSRD-compliant materiality assessment is time-consuming, methodologically diverse and complex. Therefore, we support companies and guide you through the entire process. We have developed tools with which our experts efficiently implement the analysis and deliver reliable results. Contact us to learn more.

Collect data for sustainability report

You want to get started right away with data collection, but you don't have many resources? Then just let us start and control the data collection with the WeShyft software. This way you can quickly save the essential data in one place, get an overview of your sustainability performance and and translate it into appealing graphics. Contact us to learn more.

Further information

We offer you a variety of other knowledge resources to dig deeper into the topic of CSRD compliant materiality analysis. You can find a selection of the most important content here: 

Webinar CSRD Wesentlichkeitsanalyse
Die Wesentlichkeitsanalyse: Abgrenzung und Umsetzung im Rahmen des ESRS

Was ist wesentlich für einen guten Nachhaltigkeitsbericht? Welche Themen müssen berichtet werden? Und welche nicht? Um diese Fragen zu beantworten, gibt es im Rahmen der Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung die Wesentlichkeitsanalyse. Nur leider gibt es nicht das EINE Verständnis von Wesentlichkeit, sondern verschiedene Ansätze, die beeinflussen, wie Unternehmen relevante Themen für ihren Bericht identifizieren. Wir stellen die verschiedenen Ansätze vor und wagen einen Deep Dive in die CSRD konforme Wesentlichkeitsanalyse.

Nachhaltigkeits- berichterstattung: Trends, Ranking & Best-Practice Umsetzung
Webinar: Trends, Ranking & Best-Practice Umsetzung der Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung

Die gesetzlichen Informations- und Offenlegungspflichten steigen für Unternehmen hinsichtlich ihrer Nachhaltigkeitsaktivitäten stark an. Insbesondere die CSRD, aber auch die Taxonomie und das Lieferkettengesetz verlangen es von Unternehmen Nachhaltigkeitsdaten zu erfassen, aufzubereiten und zu berichten. Eine professionelle Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung wird damit für viele von der Kür zur Pflicht.

Webinar: EU Taxonomie: Game Changer für nachhaltiges Wirtschaften?

Die EU legt in Sachen Nachhaltigkeitsregulatorik ein enormes Tempo vor. Insbesondere durch die Umlenkung von Finanzströmen sowie die neuen Informations- und Offenlegungspflichten werden Finanzakteur:innen und die Realwirtschaft dazu angehalten, ihre Nachhaltigkeitsleistungen zu verbessern. In diesem Webinar diskutieren wir die Grundzüge der EU Taxonomie und ihre Wirksamkeit.

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