From 2024, the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) will gradually mandate 50,000 publicly listed companies that operate within the European Union and meet certain turnover and size criteria to report on water performance indicators and metrics.

2025年3月17日 · ESRS E3 is a CSRD standard that focuses on how companies impact and manage risks related to water and marine resources. It guides businesses in reporting their policies, actions, and the effects of their operations on water use and marine ecosystems.

Green Deal’s ambitions for fresh air, clean water, a healthy soil and biodiversity as well as to ensuring the sustainability of the blue economy and fisheries sectors. Other initiatives include: the EU water framework directive, the EU marine strategy framework, the EU maritime spatial planning directive, the SDGs 6 Clean water

2024年10月10日 · ESRS E3 focuses on water and marine resources, highlighting their crucial role in sustainability. Water conservation is essential, as global water scarcity affects four billion people a year, while pollution from industrial, agricultural, and domestic sources further degrades freshwater supplies.

2024年8月12日 · Understanding how much water a company uses is crucial for managing its environmental impact, especially in areas where water is scarce. Companies need to be transparent about their water consumption, including details on …

The CSRD creates reporting obligations for certain U.S. parent entities with operations in the EU at both a consolidated parent and EU-subsidiary level. The CSRD requires different disclosure standards and staggered effective dates, depending upon the type of entity.

Watershed helps you understand your CSRD reporting requirements, manage your ESG data, track progress, and prepare your disclosures—all in one intuitive enterprise platform. Not sure whether you need to report under the CSRD? Take our quick assessment.

The regulation that probably requires the most immediate attention is the European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). Many EU member states have transposed the CSRD into national law and 2025 marks the initial year of reporting for the first companies in scope of the regulation (on fiscal year 2024 information).

2024年9月10日 · The CSRD raises the bar for both breadth and robustness in sustainability reporting, covering topics beyond climate, including pollution, water, your own workforce, and business conduct. Disclosures on these topics will need to exist in annual reports alongside financials, and require third-party assurance.

Companies need to disclose the process used to identify material impacts, risks, and opportunities and provide information on the methodology, assumptions, and tools used to screen assets to identify their actual or potential impacts on water and marine resources. They also need to include how consultations were conducted with affected communities.