{"id":4084,"date":"2024-08-07T06:36:46","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T06:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/verso.de\/press\/verso-materiality-module-approach-to-dual-materiality-analysis-audited-by-auditors-as-csrd-and-idw-audit-compliant\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T05:56:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T05:56:04","slug":"verso-materiality-module-approach-to-dual-materiality-analysis-audited-by-auditors-as-csrd-and-idw-audit-compliant","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/verso.de\/en\/press\/verso-materiality-module-approach-to-dual-materiality-analysis-audited-by-auditors-as-csrd-and-idw-audit-compliant\/","title":{"rendered":"VERSO Materiality Module &#8211; approach to dual materiality analysis audited by auditors as CSRD and IDW audit-compliant"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--Start Small Stage -->\n\t\t<section class=\"snk-stage snk-stage_small snk-section\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-stage-copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-roofline\">07.08.2024<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"snk-h1\">VERSO Materiality Module &#8211; approach to dual materiality analysis audited by auditors as CSRD and IDW audit-compliant<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"snk-section snk-section_noBtn\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-textBlock\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>The AI-supported software process approach for the double materiality analysis of the VERSO Materiality Module receives official certification of CSRD and audit-related conformity following IDW requirements.<\/li>\n<li>Customers have already expressed consistently positive feedback: the manageability and efficiency of DWA processes have increased significantly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\t\n\n\n<section class=\"snk-textMedia snk-textMedia_right snk-section \">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row snk-textMedia-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md snk-textMedia-text-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-textMedia-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Munich, 07.08.2024<\/strong> &#8211; With the launch of a new AI-supported software module in June 2024, sustainability pioneer VERSO has been offering ESG managers, consultants and auditors a groundbreaking solution for carrying out the double materiality analysis (DWA) in accordance with CSRD\/ESRS in a legally compliant, audit-proof, comprehensive and time-saving manner. The legal and IDW conformity of the AI-supported approach was confirmed on July 18, 2024 with an independent conformity assessment by IDW Sustainability Auditors from an auditing firm. The identification of relevant topics according to dual materiality is the first step in implementing the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which will oblige around 50,000 companies in the EU to report on sustainability in the coming years. The AI-supported &#8220;IRO assessment&#8221;, i.e. the evaluation of impacts, opportunities and risks (so-called &#8220;impacts&#8221;, &#8220;risks&#8221;, &#8220;opportunities&#8221;, or &#8220;IROs&#8221; for short), forms the core of this.   <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md snk-textMedia-media\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/verso.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DWA-zertifizierung-3.webp\" alt=\"Notebook, in dem das VERSO Materiality Modul ge\u00f6ffnet ist, darauf der Text: KI-gest\u00fctzte Wesentlichkeitsanalyse: Wirtschaftspr\u00fcfer bescheinigen ESRS-Konformit\u00e4t\" title=\"DWA zertifizierung (3)\" class=\"snk-textMedia-img\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"snk-section snk-section_noBtn\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-textBlock\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Based on a proprietary project, research and benchmark database with around 60,000 different parameters and an encapsulated &#8220;AI engine&#8221;, customers receive individual, industry- and company-specific suggestions for sustainability impacts at the touch of a button, each with descriptions and potentially relevant stakeholders. These are then added to, evaluated and finally assessed by the customer in an intuitive process. The VERSO Materiality Module is based on many years of experience in sustainability and risk management, auditing and more than 250 successful materiality analyses. The Materiality Module is offered and used by VERSO and selected consulting, auditing and technology licensing partners. Customers of the innovative VERSO Materiality solution have already expressed consistently positive feedback: the manageability and efficiency of DWA processes have increased significantly. The reliability of the results of the AI-supported process approach has now also been certified by the IDW-certified auditors. When used correctly, it guarantees a proper double materiality analysis. Therefore, The mapped process complies with the requirements of the CSRD and the ESRS standards and is suitable for supporting companies in their due diligence processes (and thus their audits). The conformity assessment was carried out following the international auditing standard ISAE 3000. In addition to the standards for sustainability reporting (ESRS), the IDW ESRS module announcement IDW FAB 100 also forms the basis of the assessment. Auditors use the latter for the uniform interpretation and application of the ESRS.          <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"snk-section\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"snk-textBlock\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"snk-section-headline\">About VERSO <\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">VERSO provides SMEs with holistic support in their sustainable transformation with AI-supported software and services. VERSO&#8217;s more than 100 experienced technology and sustainability specialists offer all-round expertise from a single source, from CSRD, CSDDD and LkSG compliance to strategic sustainability management, ESG reporting and training. With GRI and ISO27001-certified software solutions for sustainability management, reporting, supply chain transparency and climate accounting, sustainability managers seamlessly meet regulatory ESG requirements. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/verso.de\/en\/double-materiality-analysis-with-ai\/\">More information on the topic of materiality analysis with AI <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fo\/512r54ujatsqmwr1jbwu9\/AGJeuT147UL6HZDYmvKnVhM?rlkey=xeu1g21a261vphjgrbr9ai6cz&amp;st=xv5uuuns&amp;dl=0\">Image material for download<\/a> (Copyright: VERSO)<\/p>\n<h3>Press contact<\/h3>\n<p>For inquiries and further information, please contact: presse@verso.de<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":4014,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false},"press-category":[],"class_list":["post-4084","press","type-press","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - 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