ESRS implementation guidance documents

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Background​

In March 2023, Commissioner McGuinness asked EFRAG to prioritise implementation support for those preparing their first sustainability statement according to the ESRS. Accordingly EFRAG deprioritised its ongoing work on the sector-specific standards to support implementation of the sector agnostic ESRS adopted as delegated act on 31 July 2023 ('ESRS').

EFRAG is currently working on an IG on transition plans.

Final IG 1 to 3 (May 2024)

EFRAG issued the final documents on 31 May 2024:

These documents are non-authoritative and support implementation.

EFRAG also issued the following feedback statements on the feedback received:


Draft documents and responses received during the consultation period

The EFRAG SRB prioritised three documents, to cover the most challenging aspects of ESRS implementation and issued the following documents in draft for public feedback on 22 December 2023:

  • Draft EFRAG IG 1: Materiality assessment implementation guidance here

  • Draft EFRAG IG 2: Value chain implementation guidance here

  • Draft EFRAG IG 3: Detailed ESRS datapoints implementation guidance here and accompanying explanatory note here.

Responses received:

Alchemer survey responses:

IG feedback via survey Feb 2024.xlsx

MAIG letters uploaded via Alchemer survey:

202402MAIG SurveyFilesExport.zip

VCIG letters uploaded via Alchemer survey:

202402VCIG SurveyFilesExport.zip

IG3 letters uploaded via Alchemer survey:

202402IG3 SurveyFilesExport.zip

For letters uploaded via the Alchemer survey, the first number in the name is the number of the upload and the second number is that of the response ID.

Other feedback letters received outside of Alchemer survey:

240202 Feedback ESRS IG outside Alchemer.zip