Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)
Navigate CSRD compliance, build robust processes, and deliver high-quality disclosures.
The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) requires companies to disclose comprehensive ESG information within their annual reports, including double materiality assessments, sustainability risk and opportunity analysis, governance, strategy, metrics, targets, and assurance readiness.
Inspired offers a tailored CSRD advisory and reporting service, which helps organisations interpret requirements, embed structured processes, and deliver assurance-ready disclosures with confidence.
Typical deliverables
- CSRD Compliance Roadmap.
- Double Materiality Assessment Report.
- ESRS Gap Analysis and Prioritised Action Plan.
- Internal Process Maps and Governance Framework.
- Draft Disclosures aligned with CSRD and ESRS.
- Assurance Readiness Documentation.
Inspired’s approach
CSRD brings a complex set of reporting obligations – from EU Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) alignment to internal controls, data governance, and third-party assurance preparation.
Inspired helps our clients to build internal capability, improve data confidence, and streamline reporting burdens – reducing risk and enhancing transparency. Our approach is designed to meet regulatory expectations while embedding repeatable, auditable processes into your organisation’s reporting ecosystem.
Working collaboratively with your teams, we help design and operationalise CSRD reporting frameworks that:
- Diagnose current reporting maturity and identify gaps.
- Embed robust governance around sustainability disclosures.
- Build comprehensive methodologies for double materiality.
- Standardise data collection, quality checks, and validation.
- Prepare compliant disclosures for integration into annual reporting.
- Strengthen internal capability and readiness for risk mitigation.
Inspired’s CSRD advisory service combines practical implementation support with strategic insight – making compliance both achievable and value-oriented.
Key deliverables
Inspired’s engagement spans multiple workstreams, each with specific deliverables to develop internal capability and streamline CSRD compliance. The CSRD engagement timeline varies depending on maturity and scope, but core outputs often include the below.
Each deliverable is structured to integrate with existing governance and reporting cycles – whether you publish sustainability content in a standalone report or within your annual report.
Applicability & Scope Assessment:
Determine CSRD capture dates and obligations based on organisational structure, size, and market presence.
Double Materiality Assessment:
Facilitate structured identification and assessment of sustainability topics from both financial and impact perspectives, with evidence-based methodologies.
Gap Analysis & Compliance Roadmap: Map your existing disclosures and processes against ESRS requirements and other frameworks to prioritise actions and drive efficiencies across the business.
Data Governance & Process Design:
Build repeatable processes for ESG data collection, controls, validation and collaboration across key business functions.
CSRD Disclosure and ESRS Reporting: Support drafting of CSRD-aligned disclosures for your sustainability section and annual report, including performance narratives and indicator tables.
Assurance Preparation:
Prepare documentation and audit trails to support mandatory or voluntary third-party assurance engagements.
Talk to an expert
Aine Crossan
ESG Director
“CRSD is transforming sustainability reporting across the EU and beyond.
Working in partnership with clients, we help embed CSRD reporting into internal processes and ensure disclosures are transparent, traceable and decision-useful.
Please contact us for support.”
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Quick links
At Inspired, we’ve been putting a lot of effort into helping businesses to understand ESG and its associated benefits. But, our support doesn’t end there.
Science-Based Target initiative validation support
Greenhouse gas emissions verification – ISO 14064
Get in touch
If you would like to discuss how Inspired’s experts can support your CSRD journey – from planning and process development through to compliant disclosures and assurance readiness – please get in touch.