Impact of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) on Compliance

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🧠 Expert Take

“A lot of the work that goes on in the Sarbanes-Oxley testing thereof is not as automated as it could be. One of the lessons learned during this diaspora of finance organisations that’s been required by the pandemic as people work remotely is that companies are able to focus on the automation of tasks, where the finance organisation can automate tasks that are subject to testing, such as, say, reconciliations, where there are tools for that, or simply automated processes they can build themselves, whether it’s through robotic process automation or buying third-party tools that assist them in that regard”. Chris Wright, Managing Director at Protiviti.

🧰 Compliance Toolkit

Impact of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) on Compliance

The CSRD now requires broader sustainability reporting, covering more firms including non-EU companies with major EU operations. As per this guideline, companies must:

• Collect and verify ESG data

• Avoid legal and reputational risk

• Build trust through transparency

• Strengthen access to capital and markets

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