WHAT DOES CSRD, THE EU’S INCREASED SUSTAINABILITY REQUIREMENTS MEAN FOR ESBE?

2024-10-08

At ESBE we have worked with sustainability since the start in 1906. We have always cared about our surroundings and strived to make as little environmental impact as possible. As the EU raises the bar on sustainability reporting, we are getting ready to take the next step.

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In 2025, the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) will be extended to companies with over 250 employees. This means that ESBE will need to comply with the CSRD. The directive is a step in the EU's work towards more transparent sustainability work and will create better conditions for meeting the EU's goal of net zero emissions by 2050.

The directive requires companies' sustainability reporting to be raised to the same level as financial reporting.

In view of our long-standing commitment to sustainability and pursuit of transparency, we invited Sweco, a leading architecture and technology consultant with great insight into the green transition, to deepen our knowledge of CSRD and how we can best implement the directive. The goal was to deepen our knowledge of how to work with sustainability from both an impact and financial perspective.

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Sweco representatives held the workshop.

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Maria Catoni thinks CSRD is an opportunity for ESBE to strengthen its sustainability work.

ESBE's CFO, Maria Catoni, who attended the workshop, found it very fruitful and an important part of ESBE's continued sustainability work.

”The workshop is a part of our CSRD project, where we strive to identify what sustainability questions are relevant to ESBE. This is to then be able to establish a work process for our key sustainability areas”, Maria says, and continues, “we can see an opportunity, not only to full fill the requirements but also to make this a pillar of our work in the future.”

With CSRD as our compass, we are now continuing our journey towards a more sustainable future, where sustainability permeates our entire business and value chain.