VSME Standard Report
Why Should Smaller Companies Use the VSME Standard?
Reduce administrative burden and save time
The European Commission created the VSME standard specifically to make sustainability reporting easier and lighter for SMEs, reducing the cost and complexity linked to multiple uncoordinated ESG data requests from customers, banks, and investors.
Respond efficiently to information requests from larger companies
Large companies subject to CSRD often request sustainability data from SMEs in their supply chain. The VSME standard provides a simple, standardised format so SMEs can respond quickly without creating custom reports for each partner.
Improve access to finance, customers, and markets
Using VSME helps SMEs provide clear, comparable information, which can improve access to lenders, investors, procurement processes, and new business opportunities, as these stakeholders increasingly require sustainability data.
Prepare for future regulatory or customer expectations
VSME is aligned with broader EU sustainability frameworks and is intended to standardize what larger companies can reasonably request from SMEs, helping smaller firms stay ahead of evolving requirements.
Start developing a report on social sustainability aspects in line with VSME standard
VSME standard report for social sustainability for my firm
After filling out the fields below, you will receive a social sustainability report for your firm that you can download or send to your e-mail. You can share this report on your website, social media, with your customers, suppliers and other stakeholders. You can also use this report to track your yearly progress in social sustainability and compare how deeper engagement benefited your business, the people in your organization and community.
Choose the VSME-Standard Report for Social Sustainability Activities if…
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You want to reduce administrative burden by reporting social sustainability actions in a format informed by the VSME standard. -
You aim for greater transparency, comparability, and credibility in external markets.
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It is important to start and complete the report in one session. The reporting about social sustainability according to the VSME standard may take you between 30 and 90 minutes to complete, depending on whether you choose to report only the basic module or include the comprehensive module, as well as the type of your firm and the scope of its operations. You have the freedom to choose how much information to include. This form is not a complete VSME report because it only asks questions about social sustainability.
It will be faster to report if you know the questions in advance and collect needed information to answer them. Download all questions, check them, and prepare:
Print this guide and gather the information you need before starting the form, so you can prepare.
Returning user?
If you have previously generated a report, you can upload your .dei4sme file to pre-fill the form with your previous answers.
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