SUSTAINABILITY REPORTS AT CROWE SOT
In November 2022, the European Council adopted the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). It creates comprehensive new reporting obligations in the management report. The implementation into national law takes place via the Sustainability Reporting Act (NaBeG), which is currently still in the draft stage.
Which companies have to report and when?
- Definition of the size classes according to §221 UGB (legal consequences occur after fulfillment of the size criteria in two consecutive financial years)
- The monetary size criteria were increased by +25% in autumn 2023.
- * SME voluntary opt-out until 2029 (reporting for the 2028 financial year), a coherent explanation in the annual report is necessary.