Webinar
From CSRD Compliance to the Omnibus Vacuum: Is VSME Right for You?
A practical guide for companies caught between Omnibus relief and the ongoing demands of customers, investors, and value-chain partners
Wednesday, 3 June 2026
10:00 – 11:00 (Stockholm, CEST)
40 minutes + Q&A
Why attend
This webinar helps you understand how the EU's Omnibus Directive has changed the playing field, and whether VSME is the right level of reporting now that full CSRD may no longer apply to you. We'll show you how to recycle your early CSRD prep into a leaner, scalable approach.
Agenda · 40 minutes
What we’ll cover
- 01
Set the scene: from CSRD panic to the Omnibus vacuum
10 min- What actually happened? A quick recap of how the Omnibus Directive changed the playing field and raised the threshold limits.
- "Did we do all this for nothing?" Addressing the elephant in the room for companies that prepped early.
- The legal requirement vanished, but market demands didn't: why your large customers (still bound by CSRD) and investors will continue to demand your data (value chain / Scope 3).
- Enter VSME: the natural landing spot for companies that need a standardized structure but are no longer forced into full ESRS compliance.
- 02
The "reporting vacuum": where companies are getting stuck
5 min- The full ESRS trap: the risk of marching straight into the heavy CSRD machinery even when you no longer have to.
- The fallback trap: reverting to scattered customer-specific questionnaires, overly complex GRI attempts, and internal "Excel chaos."
- The limbo state: being too mature to do nothing, but too small to justify the massive overhead of a full CSRD report.
- 03
The pivot: how to transition your CSRD prep into VSME
15 min- Don't scrap your hard work: how to recycle what you've already done (e.g. data collection, stakeholder dialogues, or early Double Materiality Assessments).
- Self-diagnosis checklist: how to know if you should stick to the VSME Basic Module or add the Narrative / Business Partner modules.
- The practical difference: what you are spared from doing now, compared to if you had been forced into full CSRD.
- 04
How to get a "pass": meeting your biggest clients' demands
5 min- Speaking the same language: how VSME helps you align with the terminology of your CSRD-reporting customers.
- When VSME is "good enough": what external parties, procurement teams, and banks actually look for — and how VSME ticks those boxes.
- Structure beats volume: how the right framework and tools protect you from drowning in hundreds of different ESG surveys.
- 05
Key takeaways & next steps
5 min- Your hidden advantage: your early CSRD preparation wasn't a waste — it gave you a head start against your competitors.
- Making ESG scalable: build a solid foundation with VSME today, so you're ready to scale up if your company (or the regulations) grow tomorrow.
- Next concrete steps: how to break out of the vacuum and start reporting practically.
Reserve your seat
Free to attend. We’ll send the join link a day before the webinar.