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Justin Worland explains the impact of the E.U.'s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive on global business._ by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/) and [Joey Lautrup](https://time.com/author/joey-lautrup/) Nov 8, 2024 3:48 PM UTC Justin Worland explains the impact of the E.U.'s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive on global business. by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/) and [Joey Lautrup](https://time.com/author/joey-lautrup/) Nov 8, 2024 3:48 PM UTC ## Transcript [00:02] CSRD, which is the European Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive [00:08] requires companies to disclose their emissions, [00:12] the risks that they have related to climate, [00:14] and importantly to report on the way in which their business impacts the planet. [00:28] For a lot of companies, this is a huge compliance lift. [00:32] They have to figure out how to check all the boxes that the European Union is requiring. [00:36] And this applies to American companies, [00:38] to Asian companies, any company that does a significant amount of business in Europe. [00:43] For a lot of companies, [00:45] they're a little annoyed by the compliance costs. [00:48] But I talked to others who said that they are seeing ways in which engaging [00:52] in this compliance effort is actually going to pay dividends later on. [00:56] Think about a company that doesn't really spend much time thinking about its buildings. [01:01] You're engaged in a business selling agricultural goods, [01:06] and you don't really think much about your office building. [01:08] But then you're required to look at your office buildings emissions because of CSRD. [01:13] You might learn, actually, [01:14] I'm doing this wildly and efficiently. [01:16] The lights are on all the time. [01:18] The air conditioning is at too low a temperature. [01:21] And so as you're checking all these boxes to inform the EU about what you're doing, [01:26] you're also learning that you adopt technology that's going to reduce emissions, [01:31] but also reduce your cost. [01:33] You're looking at your supply chain and having to [01:35] evaluate different areas that are climate vulnerable, [01:38] and that might actually be a significant cost in the long run if say, [01:42] a hurricane wipes out a particular link in your supply chain, [01:45] and so you're avoiding that cost by engaging in the CSRD effort. [02:00] CSRD is a big question for chief sustainability officers. [02:05] I spoke to one who described compliance as the annoying part and, [02:09] you know, thinking about doing the work, [02:11] so to speak, as the fund part. [02:12] They recognized that it's important to do the compliance, [02:16] but they wish they had more time to spend and more [02:18] resources to spend on the fun of actually cuttings. [02:21] I think what will happen is that over time, [02:24] after checking all those boxes and really doing [02:27] the homework to learn about what's happening within a company. [02:30] There will be positive things that resolve from that, [02:33] actually, opportunities to do the work. [02:34] The continual process of checking [02:36] the boxes will become much easier because you know how to do it, [02:39] and that will free up resources to do the work. [02:41] But if you don't actually do the baseline work, [02:43] you're not going to be able to engage as well. 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