CSRD Implementation for Dummies

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About CSRD Implementation for Dummies

This eBook helps you move from understanding sustainability to creating a CSRD-compliant report that delivers real business value. It explains why sustainability matters beyond regulation and simplifies the CSRD framework into a clear, actionable roadmap.

You will also learn a five-step approach with the osapiens HUB to turn compliance into strategic insights for growth and transparency. Practical examples and best practices from leading companies show how compliance can drive measurable impact and long-term success.

Understand what really matters in CSRD: Get clarity on the core requirements and principles behind the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive so you can focus on what truly impacts compliance and business value.

Simplify your reporting process: Learn practical steps and tools to streamline data collection, reduce complexity, and turn reporting into an efficient, structured workflow.

Apply expert tips & checklists instantly: Access actionable insights, proven strategies, and ready-to-use checklists that help you implement CSRD requirements with confidence and speed.

More About the CSRD Implementation Guide

CSRD compliance is more than a regulatory requirement; it is an opportunity to create transparency, build trust, and drive strategic value. This guide shows how to move from uncertainty and complexity to a clear, actionable roadmap for sustainability reporting.

From Confusion to Clarity

Understand the essentials of CSRD, its core principles, and what really matters for your organization. Learn how to cut through the jargon and focus on the requirements that impact your business most.

Five Steps to Successful CSRD Implementation

Follow a practical, structured approach that takes you from assessing your current state to delivering a compliant, audit-ready sustainability report. Each step is designed to simplify the process and ensure long-term value creation.

Leveraging Technology for Compliance and Beyond

Discover how the osapiens HUB supports your CSRD journey by automating data collection, ensuring digital tagging compliance, and transforming reporting into a strategic advantage for your business.

Judith Goller

Presales Specialist

Expert Insights

Judith Goller brings her expertise in product innovation and sustainability technology, ensuring that complex CSRD requirements are translated into intuitive, user-friendly solutions. As a Product Specialist at osapiens, she focuses on enabling companies to leverage the osapiens HUB for efficient, compliant, and future-ready reporting.

Book content at a glance

Introduction

Part I: Many good reasons for sustainability and CSRD in companies

Chapter 1:

You can't stand on one leg: The three pillars of sustainability (ESG)

Chapter 2:

What sustainability has to do with digitization

Chapter 3:

Using sustainability for competitive advantage

Part II: The maze of statutory sustainability guidelines.

Chapter 4:

Now it really gets going: The Green Deal and the EU taxonomy

Chapter 5:

Where the goods come from: The Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG)

Chapter 6:

The supply chain from an EU perspective: Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)

Chapter 7:

Let's save the forests: EU regulation for deforestation-free supply chains (EUDR)

Chapter 8:

Green Claims Directive (GCD)

Chapter 9:

CBAM and ESPR

Chapter 10:

From the NFRD to the CSR-Rug, and then to the CSRD

Chapter 11:

Game On: The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)

Part III: CSRD implementation in five steps with the osapiens HUB for CSRD

Chapter 12:

The pioneering spirit of our time

Chapter 13:

Step 1 - From kick-off to DMA and back

Chapter 14:

Step 2: From the IROs to the DMA

Chapter 15:

Step 3 - Assigning guidelines, measures and targets to the IROs

Chapter 16:

Step 4 - Shaping the future: From the sustainability report to the new corporate strategy

Chapter 17:

Step 5 - One more time: Establishing sustainability management and review processes