adesso, one of Germany’s largest IT service providers, and osapiens, the leading software platform for sustainable growth, announce their strategic partnership. Together, they are now helping companies to efficiently implement regulatory requirements such as CSRD, EUDR, and CSDDD – and to use these as a lever for strategic growth.

The cooperation focuses on combining the AI-supported osapiens HUB platform with adesso’s extensive consulting expertise. Together, they are creating an end-to-end solution portfolio – from data integration and system linking to automated ESG reporting along the entire value chain.

Regulatory background: Changes to ESG reporting obligations from 2025

The requirements for corporate sustainability reporting are demanding. The expanded Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) requires large, non-capital-market-oriented companies and certain international companies to report comprehensively on environmental, social, and governance issues in future. The EUDR (EU Regulation on deforestation-free products), coming into force on 30 December 2025, is another concrete reason to take action. Affected companies must implement the regulation by this date and prove that their products do not contribute to global deforestation. Meeting this regulation will involve considerable effort.

This is precisely where the partnership between adesso and osapiens comes in – with immediately available solutions, a clear roadmap, and a strong focus on implementation. Together, the partners provide companies with scalable and future-proof solutions that enable them to efficiently fulfil ESG requirements, quickly adapt to regulatory changes, and at the same time gain strategic insights from ESG data.

“Through this cooperation with osapiens, we are gaining a strong technology partner that enables companies to implement sustainability requirements efficiently and in a scalable manner. As an implementation partner, we support our customers from the start of the

project through to going live – with a focus on quality, speed, and future-proofing,” explains Jan Cremer, Head of the Digitalisation Competence Center in the Cross Industries business unit at adesso SE.

“Together with adesso, we are strengthening our partner network and creating real added value: we combine our technological platform strength with the implementation expertise of an experienced consulting firm, enabling companies to turn regulatory requirements into a strategic competitive advantage,” says Christian Schleich, Head of Global Partner Management at osapiens.

About adesso

adesso is one of the leading IT service providers in the German-speaking area and focuses its consulting and software development activities on the core business processes of companies and public authorities. adesso’s strategy is based on three pillars: the comprehensive industry-specific know-how of its staff, extensive expertise in technology that is independent of manufacturers and the application of reliable methods in software implementation projects. adesso delivers the right IT solutions to increase the ability of companies and organisations to compete in the core sectors of insurance/reinsurance, banking and financial services, healthcare and life sciences, energy supply, public administration, automotive and manufacturing industry, trade, transport, media, entertainment, lottery and sports.

adesso was founded in Dortmund in 1997 and currently employs more than 10,300 people in the adesso Group (converted to full-time equivalents/FTE), which corresponds to more than 11,000 employees in terms of headcount. adesso’s shares are listed on the Prime Standard/SDAX. Key customers in the banking segment include Commerzbank, KfW, DZ Bank, Helaba, Union Investment, BayernLB and DekaBank, while in the insurance segment they include Munich Re, Hannover Re, DEVK, DAK, Zurich Versicherung, Medizinischer Dienst der Krankenversicherung (MDK-IT) and across all sectors Mercedes-Benz, Bosch, Westdeutsche Lotterie, Swisslos, DZR Deutsches Zahnärztliches Rechenzentrum, TÜV Rheinland, REWAG, the Procurement Office of the Federal Ministry of the Interior and the Bavarian State Ministry of Justice.