Don’t over-implement CSRD: EU official urges firms to use ‘common sense’ with reporting law

Comments come as German justice minister says he wants the rules renegotiated.

The European Commission is urging companies not to “over-implement” its new sustainability disclosure rules, as it tries to stem a new wave of pushback.

Last week, infringement proceedings began against 17 Member States – including Germany - after they failed to adopt the CSRD into national law by the EU's July deadline.