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CSRD compliance without the brochure: an evidence test.

Most CSRD writing is a service pitch in disguise. This page is the opposite: a working checklist for what a CSRD-ready report actually has to demonstrate, what an auditor will actually test, and where most first-time disclosures fall short.

Two lenses, same map. CSRD is the regulation. The disciplines behind it live in the Topics: Reporting & Disclosure, Verification & Assurance, Materiality & Decision-Making, and Evidence & Claim Integrity.

Draft in progress. Outline:

What CSRD changed, in one paragraph, without the acronyms
Double materiality as an evidence test, not a worldview
ESRS data points: which ones are walkable, which ones aren't
Limited assurance — what your auditor is and isn't checking
The first-year mistakes the Big Four are quietly seeing

Double materiality, in practice

The concept everyone cites and few apply consistently. A working method, with the trade-offs left in.

Supporting

Limited vs reasonable assurance: what each one proves

The two assurance levels in CSRD do different jobs. Read your auditor's opinion the way a regulator will.