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Everything below is published and live. No gated downloads, no form in front of a definition.
Framework reference
Who compels what
Grouped by obligation rather than alphabetically, because the first question is always whether you have to file.
Mandatory
3Non-filing carries a regulatory consequence.
BRSR
IndiaBusiness Responsibility & Sustainability Report
SEBI: top 1,000 listed companies
CSRD
European UnionCorporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (ESRS)
EU: large companies and listed SMEs
ISSB
GlobalIFRS S1 & S2 Sustainability Standards
Adopted or planned in 30+ jurisdictions
Expected
4Your rating and your buyers depend on it.
GRI
GlobalGRI Universal Standards
The most widely used voluntary standard
TCFD
GlobalTask Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures
Now folded into ISSB S2
CDP
GlobalCDP Climate, Water & Forests
Investor and customer-driven questionnaire
SASB
GlobalSASB Industry Standards
77 industry-specific standards
Method
2How the numbers are actually built.
GHG Protocol
GlobalCorporate Accounting & Reporting Standard
The accounting method underneath all of the above
PCAF
GlobalPartnership for Carbon Accounting Financials
Financed emissions method for lenders and investors