ESRS: From Requirements to Reporting in Practice

Understand ESRS requirements, double materiality, and how to collect data and prepare your organisation for sustainability reporting.

Six-hour practical training

Build a practical understanding of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) and how to apply them in your organisation. This six-hour, in-person training guides you through the reporting journey: assessing which requirements apply, identifying material sustainability matters, organising data collection, and preparing your sustainability statement.

Explore the EU Voluntary Standard, consider how existing GRI or ISSB reporting can support your work, and understand the opportunities and limitations of AI and reporting software. A practical exercise helps you apply the concepts, while a dedicated module introduces digital reporting.

📅 Date: 20November 2026
🕘 Time: 11h30–18h30 CET
📍 Location: Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
💻 Format: Hybrid (in person or online)
🗣️ Language: English
💰 Fee: CHF 880 per participant

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Target group

Sustainability managers, reporting professionals, consultants and colleagues in finance, risk, compliance or other functions contributing to sustainability reporting. Suitable for newcomers and professionals looking to strengthen their practical knowledge.

Benefits

• Understand which reporting requirements may apply to your organisation and navigate the ESRS and EU Voluntary Standard.
• Learn how to approach double materiality, connect the results to disclosures and organise reliable data collection.
• Develop practical knowledge of report preparation, assurance readiness and digital reporting.

Preconditions

No previous knowledge of ESRS is required. Familiarity with sustainability topics is helpful.

Program

Part 1: Which requirements apply to your organisation?
Understand the relationship between CSRD and ESRS, applicability and reporting timelines. Explore group and subsidiary considerations, the third-country reporting route under Article 40a and when to consider the EU Voluntary Standard.

Part 2: Understanding the ESRS
Explore the standards’ architecture, general and topical disclosures, and the connections between policies, actions, metrics and targets. Learn how existing GRI or ISSB work can support ESRS reporting.

Part 3: Reporting boundaries and the value chain
Define the reporting entity and understand how own operations, upstream activities and downstream activities fit into the reporting process.

Part 4: Double materiality and disclosure selection
Identify impacts, risks and opportunities, consider stakeholder input and explore assessment criteria and documentation. Understand how materiality results inform what to report.

Part 5: Organising data collection
Identify data gaps, allocate responsibilities and establish definitions, quality checks and supporting evidence. Explore useful applications of AI and reporting software, verification of outputs and traceability to sources.

Part 6: Preparing the sustainability statement
Bring narrative and metrics together, understand reporting location and structure, and prepare for assurance. Recognise common mistakes, including describing activities without explaining outcomes.

Part 7: Digital reporting
Understand digital tagging, the role of the digital taxonomy, workflow, responsibilities and validation.

Part 8: The EU Voluntary Standard
Explore its purpose, structure and disclosure requirements, with a practical example of how it can support reporting and responses to customer and lender requests.

Part 9: Putting learning into practice
Develop a reporting timetable, prioritise next steps and identify useful resources. Review common mistakes and practical ways to avoid them.