Know where you stand on CSRD before the meeting with counsel

Paste what you know about your company. Get back a structured first-pass read on scope, likely material topics, and disclosure gaps — so the conversation with your auditor or ESG counsel starts from a real draft, not a blank page.

🎯 When to use it

Any time you're trying to figure out whether CSRD applies to your company, sanity-checking a draft double materiality assessment before it goes to counsel, or gap-checking a disclosure list against the ESRS topic structure before a filing deadline.

⚙️ How it works

1️⃣ Describe your company — sector, employee count, EU turnover/balance sheet size, listing status, and EU footprint (subsidiaries, branches, market presence).
2️⃣ Optionally paste a draft — a materiality assessment, topic list, or disclosure section you already have.
3️⃣ Get the read — a likely-scope estimate, a list of plausible material ESRS topics for your sector, a gap check against what you pasted, and a closing list of exactly what a real auditor or ESG counsel needs to confirm before anything is filed.

🔍 What it covers

• Scope estimate against the general CSRD threshold-band structure (large undertaking, listed SME, non-EU parent with EU presence, or likely out of scope)
• Double materiality candidates by ESRS topic area — environmental (climate, pollution, water, biodiversity, resource use/circular economy), social (own workforce, value chain workers, affected communities, consumers), governance (business conduct)
• Disclosure gap check against your pasted draft, flagging thin or missing topic areas
• A closing checklist of facts only a licensed professional can confirm: current in-force thresholds and effective dates for your member state, final materiality determination, assurance-readiness

💡 What makes it different

1. Honesty — it never claims to have looked up your actual filings, confirmed today's in-force threshold numbers, or given legal/audit advice; unverified figures are marked [UNVERIFIED — confirm current threshold with counsel] instead of stated as fact.
2. Structured against the real framework shape — organized by the ESRS topic areas (environmental/social/governance), not a generic checklist.
3. Actionable, not just descriptive — every read closes with the specific facts a real auditor or counsel must still confirm before you file anything.

👤 Who it's for

Sustainability/ESG leads scoping CSRD applicability for the first time, finance or legal teams sanity-checking a draft materiality assessment before it goes to counsel, and consultants who want a fast structured first pass before a client call.

⚠️ Important

This is NOT legal, audit, or assurance advice. It's a structured reasoning aid from the description or draft you provide, using general knowledge of the CSRD/ESRS framework's structure — it does not know your company's actual filings, has not confirmed today's in-force thresholds or your member state's transposition status, and cannot make a final materiality or compliance determination. Always confirm scope, materiality, and disclosure readiness with a licensed auditor, assurance provider, or ESG legal counsel before filing anything.