# Impact management for corporate sustainability > CSRD and ESRS reporting you can also steer on Source: https://narrate.works/with/corporate-sustainability Language: English (Nederlands: https://narrate.works/met/duurzaamheid-grote-bedrijven) Publisher: Narrate (Narrate B.V.), https://narrate.works For Corporate sustainability # CSRD reporting that also helps you steer Double materiality, ESRS and value-chain questions, approached as impact management, so your report says something about where the business is heading. Organisations we work with We met some of them through [ABN AMRO’s Impact Nation](https://narrate.works/programmes/impact-nation). ## What you get ### Double materiality done properly An assessment of impact and financial materiality with real stakeholder input, documented so your auditor can follow the reasoning ### Impact materiality is the starting point Jeroen has worked in impact management for more than twelve years, so the assessment looks at your impact on people and the environment, not only your risks ### Clarity after the Omnibus changes We help you work out what the narrower scope and new timelines mean for your company, so you invest where it still makes sense ### From report to strategy Material topics turned into targets and indicators that management actually uses ### A second opinion when you need one A critical review of your materiality assessment, IRO list or sustainability statement before it goes to the board or auditor Photo: [Ümit Yıldırım](https://unsplash.com/@umityildirim?utm_source=narrate&utm_medium=referral) via [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=narrate&utm_medium=referral) ## Why we do what we do Read the film as text 1. We all want to know 2. our place in the world. 3. Thin grey lines join dots into a web. 4. We like to believe that what we do is part of something larger. 5. It is. 6. Together we make our surroundings, our brands, our communities. 7. We shape the work of others, as they shape ours. 8. The web grows dense. 9. We live in one web of cause and consequence. 10. Each path tells a story, part of a larger narrative. 11. A system of meaning. 12. So what is our impact? 13. Whose lives do we touch? 14. What changed? For whom? How much? And what part was ours? 15. Intended or not, for better or worse. 16. Knowing that changes what you do next. 17. A dark line draws a path through the web. Impact management helps you see it, steer it, and use it. 18. A large word: Lead. A purple path runs through the web. Lead with purpose, and fund your mission. 19. A large word: Improve. A green path runs through the web. Learn what doesn’t work and design for better. 20. A large word: Engage. A blue-green path runs through the web. Share your story, and bring others into it. 21. A large word: Account. A blue path runs through the web. State your claim, and prove it. 22. A large word: Discover. A yellow path runs through the web. Find your next impact before it happens. 23. “How do you measure impact?” 24. It sounds hard. 25. It isn’t. 26. It’s not about the how. 27. It’s about 28. Portraits of people fill the screen. 29. A large word: Who. 30. About rights-holders, whose lives are touched. 31. And stakeholders, whose choices shape them. 32. The people stand side by side, at the same height. A wave of colour runs through the web. Every voice, every perspective, equally weighed. 33. The web turns many colours. Pluriform and equivalent. 34. Who determines what. 35. And what determines how. 36. That’s it. No more, no less. 37. We count what can be counted, and listen to the rest. 38. Coloured paths wind across the web. We find the stories that connect the dots, and make sense of the whole. 39. We love our craft: 40. to ask the questions, 41. to measure what matters, 42. and narrate what works. 43. One dark path remains. Let’s reveal your path. 44. The word narrate, with the line: impact in numbers and stories. ## What we often hear “After the Omnibus I have to explain to our board whether we still fall under the CSRD. And what about the work already done?” We help you check your likely scope and timeline against the adopted rules, and identify which steps are worthwhile regardless: a solid materiality assessment and clear data ownership “Our double materiality assessment was a one-off exercise. Now it is a long list nobody uses.” We revisit the assessment with your stakeholders, sharpen the impacts, risks and opportunities, and link them to decisions and targets “The data for the ESRS datapoints is spread across every department, and nobody really owns it.” We help you set definitions, owners and a simple audit trail, so limited assurance becomes a manageable step rather than a scramble “My board sees the CSRD as a compliance cost, not as a source of insight.” We help you show what your material topics mean for risk, customers and strategy, in the language your board uses “Investors, banks, EcoVadis and CDP each ask for our sustainability data in their own format.” We help you make your CSRD data the single source for these requests, so the figures in your annual report and in each rating match ## What you may be wondering Is this still worth investing in now the CSRD covers fewer companies? First check your scope against the rules as adopted. A sound materiality assessment and clear data ownership pay off even if you report later, or not at all. Your bank, customers and ratings ask for the same evidence. Will your approach hold up with our auditor? We record every choice: which stakeholders, which sources, which threshold. Assurance comes from your auditor, not from us. We make sure they can follow the reasoning. Is a small practice enough for a company our size? Jeroen does the work himself and brings in specialists from his network where needed. We do not replace your reporting software or your auditor. We help with the analysis, the choices and the conversation with your board. ## To read - [How measuring shapes decisions](https://narrate.works/resources-and-insights/how-measuring-shapes-decisions) We measure to make better decisions, we say. Yet the decision is often made somewhere else. On how monitoring and evaluation really shape decisions, and what helps. - [Seventy years of impact management](https://narrate.works/resources-and-insights/history-of-impact-management) From a question about good intentions to European rules that are now being cut back. The history of impact management, the practices that meet in it, where its standards come from and why setting norms chafes. With a source at every step. - [Do the standards finally speak one language?](https://narrate.works/resources-and-insights/do-the-standards-speak-one-language) The ISSB, the ESRS, GRI, the VSME and the new B Corp requirements are growing towards one another. What that harmonisation is, which principles it rests on, and what it still leaves open. - [The CSRD after the Omnibus: what changed, and for whom](https://narrate.works/resources-and-insights/csrd-after-the-omnibus) The European reporting duty will apply to far fewer companies. What changed, for whom, and which questions remain. [All articles for this group (6)](https://narrate.works/resources-and-insights?audience=corporateSustainability) ## Have your materiality assessment reviewed We take a fresh look at your double materiality assessment, IRO list or report. You get strengths, weaknesses, risks and concrete improvements before it goes to your board or auditor. [More about Second opinion & peer review](https://narrate.works/solutions/second-opinion) ## Explore how we could work together The collaboration explorer is already set up for corporate sustainability. Answer a few short questions and see which forms of collaboration fit, with a rough price level. ## Want CSRD reporting that serves your strategy? Plan a call. We often start with a second opinion on your materiality assessment, so you see what holds up for your board and auditor.