Impact Institute is your one-stop shop for all your Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) needs. Our unique CSRD Solutions of standardised products, such as templates, tools and data – as well as our tailored CSRD & Sustainability Consulting services ensure that we support you through every step of your CSRD journey.

Choosing us at Impact Institute to help you, means you can choose the CSRD solution you need in a flexible way.

Learn more: as a first step, your team might need some practical knowledge of the legislation and it’s latest updates: CSRD Academy empowers companies and professionals to transform and address current sustainability challenges while complying with CSRD. Our team of educational designers have created both an in-classroom experience and a digital e-learning environment for you to get to grips with the regulations.

Apply: our mission is to empower organisations and manage impact independently. This is why we offer useful templates, tools and data solutions to implement CSRD Solutions in a transformative way. For example, our proprietary data, such as our award-winning Global Impact Database, can help you as input for your DMA and insights can also be used for supplier assessment in the mandatory ESRS General Requirements.

Get support through our consulting services, to guide and support you throughout your CSRD Solutions process every step of the way. Our consulting teams can help you in two ways: either via on-demand consultations or, where needed, through full-fledged projects.

What do our CSRD Solutions look like?

Phase One: Initiation & Double Materiality Analysis

Step 1: Initiation: project set-up, understanding the requirements, and engaging with auditors. Having a dedicated project team with knowledge on the right CSRD Solutions is key. Our education team designed a single-day interactive course where we demystify the directive and make it concrete and digestible for you. Read more about CSRD IN ONE DAY on the CSRD Academy.

Step 2: Double Materiality Assessment (DMA): the most crucial phase of CSRD compliance; understanding what is truly important for your company. In the DMA process you’ll identify material sustainability matters from both an internal and external perspective. Want to learn more about DMA? Visit our page dedicated to explain the Double Materiality Assessment to find the right CSRD Solution for you.

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Phase Two: Implementing CSRD with our Solutions

Step 3: Data Collection: we believe collecting data is one of the most crucial points in your CSRD Solutions Journey. First, together we develop a data collection plan, reflect on the governance infrastructure, and make sure data collection is ongoing during the required reporting periods.

Step 4: Embedding: After you have gathered the right data, it is time to define the metrics to track your progress. Equally important is to set the right targets, and develop action plans for the right CSRD Solutions.

Things to consider in your CSRD Solutions Journey

CSRD Reporting: establish internal and external reporting structures based on ESRS requirements. Every year you are asked to report on the material impacts, risks & opportunities, track progress, disclose your methods. We have been helping companies report on their impacts since 2013. If you’re looking for rigorous reporting paired with a captivating storyline, we are who you are looking for.

Assurance: obtain assurance from external auditors. CSRD requires you to receive limited assurance on the information you report. It is crucial that you keep your assurance partner in the loop from the first day, and that’s what we can do for you. We can support by providing the necessary templates and guide your auditor through the process.

Transformation: implement transition plans and strengthen your sustainability strategies. Merely reporting is not the end goal of CSRD. We want to help you implement CSRD in a transformative way, to make your business future-proof and impact-driven. For this, we offer all sorts of analyses, tools and strategic workstreams to help you implement impact beyond CSRD. Our impact experts can help you in your journey (consulting services).

Why us?

Impact Institute has been a frontrunner in the impact measurement and management space. We have participated in writing the global conventions that inform CSRD (e.g. the Natural Capital Protocol), understand its true nature, and find the right CSRD Solutions. In us you can find an experienced knowledge partner.

Our experts have been modelling impact calculations for over a decade, which required us to set up procedures to collect data with our clients or had to collect data ourselves. We also have a dedicated data team that can help you with data gap filling.

We have a strong track record in conducting materiality analyses with our clients and can help you give a voice to the stakeholders that are affected by businesses. We also have plenty of experience in target setting and action plans.