EU Releases Proposed Finalized Mandatory and Voluntary Sustainability Reporting Standards

DRSC publishes study on EU voluntary sustainability reporting standard

The German Accounting Standards Committee (DRSC) has issued a staff-led study capturing stakeholder opinions on the European Commission’s (EC) proposed voluntary sustainability reporting standard (VS). The organisation said the findings will support the DRSC’s comment letter on the EC’s consultation, released on 6 May 2026, which responds to the draft delegated act setting out the VS. The study focused on the suitability of the VS for the role d…

EU outlines plan for new sustainability reporting standards

The European Commission has unveiled its plan for the next iteration of ESRS and opened it up for feedback until 3 June

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The EU Commission has launched a public consultation on draft revised European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) and voluntary sustainability reporting standards for undertakings with up to 1,000 employees. The revised ESRS aim to significantly reduce reporting burdens while preserving decision-useful information, while the voluntary standards introduce a “value chain cap” to limit information requests addressed to smaller undertakings w…

EU Releases Proposed Finalized Mandatory and Voluntary Sustainability Reporting Standards

The European Commission announced the publication of new drafts of its proposed revised European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) and Sustainability Reporting Standards for Voluntary Use, opening a consultation to finalize the adoption of its simplified sustainability reporting standards for large and small companies. While the new draft ESRS include modifications from the recently published technical […]