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VSME & sustainabilityEnvironment & sustainability

Your sustainability report, built from what is already in BrydgeOne

With VSME & sustainability you report to the VSME standard, the voluntary EU sustainability standard for SMEs. The module collects what is already in the platform, such as energy and emissions, employees, incidents, training, policy and objectives. You check and complete, and the report builds itself. A double materiality assessment (DMA) is a source for the report, but not a requirement.

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What you do with VSME & sustainability

Data found in your own records

BrydgeOne offers data from other modules, with the source, period and calculation shown. You use it with one click, look at the source or adjust it. A proposal never silently becomes a reported figure.

Basic or Comprehensive

Choose whether you report the basic disclosures B1 to B11, or also C1 to C9 covering strategy, reduction targets, climate risks, human rights and governance.

Double materiality assessment

Assess the impacts, risks and opportunities per topic. A topic is material as soon as the impact or the financial effect reaches the threshold. You see the result in a matrix or a butterfly chart.

Owners, review and approval

Assign an owner, reviewer and approver to each data point as a role. Every data point follows its own workflow and My tasks shows what is expected of you.

Data quality and evidence

The system flags missing required fields, deviations from the source and mixed-up units, among other things, with a concrete sentence for each problem. You link evidence from document management to data points.

Report in your house style

Compile the report with a cover, table of contents, summary with key figures and the VSME index. Export it as a PDF, an editable Word file or a data bundle in open formats.

Reusable towards ESRS

For each data point you see the VSME code, the ESRS code and which data is reusable. That is a preparation and not a finding that you report in line with CSRD.

In practice

How it works

  1. 1

    Make an assessment, if you want to

    Start a double materiality assessment, assess the topics and finalise the assessment. You can also report without one.

  2. 2

    Start the report

    Choose the reporting year and the form, Basic or Comprehensive. BrydgeOne prepares the draft with the structure and the open fields per owner.

  3. 3

    Collect and complete data

    Look at the data found for each disclosure and use it with one click, or fill it in yourself. Where a pick list fits, you choose instead of typing.

  4. 4

    Review and approval

    The owner submits the data point for review. The reviewer approves, or rejects with an explanation; the entered data stays in place.

  5. 5

    Finalise and export

    Go through the check, finalise the report and export it. Every earlier value is kept, even if you make a correction later.

A selection of what AI does in VSME & sustainability

AI writes draft texts from your own data and answers questions about your sustainability data, and you decide what to keep.

Suggest a draft text

AI writes a draft explanation from the entered figures, the previous reporting year, the data found and, where available, the materiality assessment. You accept or edit.

Report texts

Have the foreword, summary, profile and outlook written from the key figures and the explanations. Here too, accepting or editing is your click.

Questions about your data

Ask a question in plain language, for example which data points do not have evidence yet.

This is a selection of the AI capabilities in this module, not everything. AI suggests, you decide. Nothing is applied without your approval.

Standards and legislation

Where it helps you

BrydgeOne contains no text of the standards. Here you see which topics from standards and legislation this module helps you with.

VSME

The disclosures B1 to B11 and C1 to C9 follow the EFRAG VSME standard, with the matching ESRS codes.

ESRS / CSRD

A reusability overview shows which data you can reuse and what ESRS would ask in addition. It is a preparation, not a determination.

CO₂-Prestatieladder

The CO₂ figures come from the same Energy & Emissions module that also feeds the CO₂ Performance Ladder.

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Works together with

Every module works on its own. Switch on more and they fill each other in automatically.

Energy & EmissionsCO₂ figures and energy come from Energy & Emissions Objectives & KPIsObjectives and KPIs per topic land in Objectives & KPIs Document managementLink policy documents and evidence from Document management ActionsFollow-up actions appear in the central Actions list Environmental aspects registerThe environmental aspects register gives a hint for the environmental disclosures
Knowledge base

Read more about VSME & sustainability

VSME reporting for SMEs: what is it and how do you start?More and more clients, banks and supply chain partners are asking smaller companies for sustainability information. The VSME standard gives SMEs a clear way to share it. Here is what VSME is and how to get started. The CO2 Performance Ladder explained: what it is and how to startThe CO2 Performance Ladder is a scheme with which organisations demonstrate that they map and reduce their CO2 emissions. You mostly come across it in tenders. Here you will read the idea behind it, what you record and how to start. Calculating your CO2 footprint as an SME: scope 1, 2 and 3 step by stepCalculating a CO2 footprint works with data you already have: gas, electricity, fuel and kilometres. Here you will read what scope 1, 2 and 3 are, how to calculate with emission factors and how to record a reduction demonstrably.
Glossary

Terms related to VSME & sustainability

CO2 footprintCO2 footprint (carbon footprint)ESGEnvironmental, Social and GovernanceVSMEVoluntary Sustainability Reporting Standard for SMEs (VSME)
Frequently asked questions

Questions about VSME & sustainability

Do I have to do a double materiality assessment first?

No. The assessment is a source for the report, not a requirement. With a finalised assessment, the report knows which topics are material and why.

Does the module fill in figures by itself?

No. The module collects what is already in BrydgeOne and offers it as found data. You use, adjust or reject it. A proposal never silently becomes a reported figure.

What is the difference between Basic and Comprehensive?

Basic covers B1 to B11, the basic disclosures. Comprehensive adds C1 to C9, such as strategy, reduction targets, climate risks, human rights and governance.

Does this make me CSRD-compliant?

No. VSME data alone does not make an organisation CSRD-compliant. The reusability overview shows what you can reuse and what is missing. That assessment needs an auditor and a full ESRS analysis.

Start small

Start with just VSME & sustainability and expand when you want

You do not have to set up everything at once. Switch this module on, add other modules later and keep using the same data and the same app. BrydgeOne fits every organisation, from a small company to enterprise, and you only pay for what you switch on, from € 49 per month.

VSME & sustainabilityStart hereEnergy & EmissionsAdd laterObjectives & KPIsAdd laterDocument managementAdd laterActionsAdd later

See VSME & sustainability in your own situation

You only pay for the modules you switch on, from € 49 per month. In a demo we show how it works with your own processes.

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Incidents & reportsLog incidents and turn them into follow-up. Hazardous substancesManage safety data sheets (SDS) and exposure. Environmental reportsFollow up environmental incidents and complaints. Environmental inspectionsEnvironmental rounds with checklists and follow-up. Compliance obligationsTrack legal obligations and demonstrate compliance. Risks & opportunitiesAssess risks and opportunities per process.
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