A digital platform to facilitate the compliance of companies with CSR

Companies, especially larger ones, must meet a number of regulatory obligations under corporate social responsibility, the famous CSR.

Given the diverse and numerous obligations (sustainability report, non-financial performance statement, economic, social and governmental database, professional equality index, alert system, vigilance plan, anti-corruption system, greenhouse gas emissions assessment and transition plan, energy audit), the public authorities, in this case the Directorate General for Enterprise (DGE), have set up a digital platform to assist companies in understanding and complying with these requirements.

Thus, the platform provides companies with the ability to:
- obtain precise information through regulatory sheets that present each scheme and outline the various regulations applicable to CSR, as well as identify their obligations through a simulation.
- create a dashboard to manage and monitor their declarations.

In practice: To access these tools, companies must identify themselves by entering their company name or Siren number and creating an account.

The Sustainability Report

The platform also focuses on the European directive, known as CSRD (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive), which requires large companies to publish non-financial information on environmental, social and governance matters in a “sustainability” report integrated into their management report. Therefore, the CSRD includes a step-by-step guide on how to comply with this obligation and to draw up your sustainability report.

Finally, the platform offers companies a feature powered by artificial intelligence (AI) that allows them to carry out a gap analysis, i.e. to compare their current situation with a target situation that complies with European standards. In concrete terms, this AI can scan a company’s ESG documents (pertaining to environmental, social and governance factors) to extract relevant public information that meets the requirements of the CSRD Directive. This process will facilitate, on the one hand, the collection of useful information, and, on the other, the identification of areas which need improvement to ensure the company’s compliance with European requirements.