EU Omnibus: Compromise deal to restrict CSRD and CSDDD to the largest companies

Stuart Stone
clock • 4 min read
Credit: iStock
Image:

Credit: iStock

Lawmakers agree deal to simplify CSRD and CSDDD in a bid to boost EU competitiveness and cut red tape, but reforms would still require large corporates to strengthen reporting and due diligence efforts

The EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) is set to apply to only the largest businesses, under an agreement between EU lawmakers...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

In just a few clicks you can start your free BusinessGreen Lite membership for 12 months, providing you access to:

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis, and opinion from Europe’s leading source of information on the Green economy and business
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our daily news alert
  • Our weekly newsletter with the best of the week’s green business news and analysis

Join now

 

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Login

More on Policy

Government unveils plans to power up community-owned batteries

Government unveils plans to power up community-owned batteries

Views sought on how to deploy community-owned energy storage systems that promise to strengthen local power grids and cut energy bills

Michael Holder
clock 05 June 2026 • 2 min read
A good day for the green economy

A good day for the green economy

The UK's net zero transition faces a storm of headwinds, but it is still progressing and the government's new emissions targets underscore how a further acceleration is possible

James Murray
clock 03 June 2026 • 3 min read
Carbon Budget: Government adopts target to slash UK emissions 87 per cent by 2040

Carbon Budget: Government adopts target to slash UK emissions 87 per cent by 2040

Government formally tables legislation in Parliament to adopt Seventh Carbon Budget goal to reduce UK greenhouse gas emissions to 87 per cent below 1990 levels by 2040

Michael Holder
clock 02 June 2026 • 8 min read