EFRAG-publishedSustainability reporting, sized for SMEs.
Voluntary, simplified, and accepted by your bank, your largest customer, and your investors. The Myplan8® VSME Platform turns the EFRAG standard into a 5-day filing - without consultants, spreadsheets, or guesswork.
What VSME really is
Don't let the name fool you.
The Voluntary Sustainability Reporting Standard for non-listed SMEs is shorter than CSRD, lighter than the full ESRS, and stricter than a self-declared ESG pledge. It does what it says on the cover.
- Myth
It's just for tiny companies.
Truth'Non-listed' covers a huge swathe of mid-market firms - including ones with a billion in revenue.
- Myth
Voluntary means optional.
TruthYour bank, your largest customer, and your investor are already asking. VSME is the cleanest way to answer all three at once.
- Myth
It's a downgrade from CSRD.
TruthIt's the same intent, the same vocabulary, in a form an SME can actually fill in. Move up to CSRD later without rebuilding.
Is this for me?
Four situations VSME was actually built for.
Pick the one that sounds like yours. The platform's intake adjusts to the angle you're coming from.
Waiting on CSRD
You're in CSRD scope but the timeline shifted.
Don't lose the year. Start the same data pipeline now - VSME becomes the foundation, not a parallel project.
Outside CSRD
You're not in scope - but your inbox doesn't care.
Customers and lenders are sending ESG questionnaires anyway. Answer them all from one verified file.
Future-proofing
You want commercial resilience, not a paper shield.
VSME forces you to actually look at energy, workforce, and conduct. The reporting is a side-effect of running tighter.
Advisor or lender
You support SMEs and want a defensible standard.
Consultants, banks, and accountants use VSME as the common-denominator template across an entire client book.
Why now
“Regulation may be delayed.
Expectations are not.”
You don't have a CSRD obligation - yet three different people in your value chain are already asking for the same data, in three different templates.
From
Your bank
Green-loan eligibility & better rates require a verified ESG baseline.
−40 bps on the next facility
From
Your largest customer
Listed corporates filing CSRD need supplier data to complete their own report.
Stay on the panel
From
Your investor
Even early-stage VCs are running ESG due diligence on next-round candidates.
Closer to term sheet
Two ways to file
Pick the module that matches your reality.
VSME is a two-tier standard. Start where you are. Add the Comprehensive Module when your value chain asks for it.
Basic Module
Most non-listed SMEs
11 disclosures · B1–B11
- General company information
- Workforce headcount & characteristics
- Energy & GHG emissions (Scope 1+2)
- Pollution, water, waste, biodiversity
- Health & safety, training
- Anti-corruption & bribery
Best for
If you're answering an ESG questionnaire from a bank or a B2B buyer for the first time.
Comprehensive Module
SMEs in larger supply chains
9 add-on disclosures · C1–C9
- Strategy & business model
- Sustainability practices & targets
- Climate transition plan
- Scope 3 emissions estimate
- Workforce - gender pay gap, collective bargaining
- Human rights & value-chain workers
Best for
If you supply listed corporates that must file CSRD reports - they need your data to complete theirs.
Editor's note
Reporting is not the goal.
A company that behaves better is the goal - VSME just makes it auditable.
Why we built the VSME Platform
Most reporting tools optimise for a deliverable. We optimised for the moment a CFO discovers that her energy bill, her hiring plan, and her bank loan are the same conversation.
What you disclose
The Basic Module at a glance - four pillars, eleven disclosures.
The platform walks you through every disclosure with sector-aware defaults - most SMEs finish in a single working session.
General
2 disclosures
- B1Basis for preparation
- B2Practices for sustainability
Environment
5 disclosures
- B3Energy & GHG
- B4Pollution
- B5Biodiversity
- B6Water
- B7Resource use & waste
Workforce
3 disclosures
- B8Workforce - general
- B9Health & safety
- B10Training
Conduct
1 disclosure
- B11Anti-corruption & bribery
Add the Comprehensive Module (C1–C9) when your buyer or investor asks for transition planning, Scope 3 estimates, or value-chain workforce data.
One file. Many destinations.
Answer once. Show up in four reports.
VSME disclosures don't live alone. Every answer maps into the major frameworks your customers, banks and regulators already speak.
- Auto-mapped
Global Reporting Initiative
Workforce, environment, governance
- Auto-mapped
Climate disclosure
Energy, GHG, water, supply chain
- Auto-mapped
IFRS S1 / S2
Climate-related financial disclosures
- Auto-mapped
Listed-entity standard
9 NGRBC principles
Bridges built-in
B8 · B9 · B10 → GRI 401, 403, 404 · B3 · B6 → CDP Climate, Water · B3 + C3 → IFRS S2 metrics · B2 · B11 → BRSR P1, P9
How we help
A bridge between today's asks and tomorrow's obligations.
Myplan8® runs VSME as a working pipeline - not a wizard, not a PDF generator. The data you enter now sets you up for whatever the next regulator asks for next.
Where you are
Five different ESG questionnaires from five different value-chain partners. A finance lead with no spare hours.
VSME, via Myplan8®
Answer once. Map automatically to GRI, CDP, IFRS and BRSR. Export a branded, audit-ready report.
Where this takes you
Move up to full CSRD when (and only when) you need to. Your VSME data carries forward - no rebuild.
What a filing week looks like
From kickoff to filed report in Four Simple Steps.
Kickoff
Connect your accounting + HR data sources. Pick Basic or Comprehensive.
~ 25 min
Guided answers
Finance lead fills the intake with prompts & sector defaults. Sales/HR signs off on their lines.
~ 2 hours
Review & verify
Green Compass checks completeness, methodology and unit consistency.
< 30 min
Filed & shared
Regulated Reports for your bank or buyer to be become audit-ready.
Audit trail signed
VSME in numbers
The whole standard, sized to fit on a desk.
Ready when you are
File once. Answer the bank, the buyer, and the investor at the same time.
Book a 30-minute working session with our VSME team - we'll show you exactly where your existing data fits and what's missing.
In 30 minutes we'll cover
- Map your data sources to VSME disclosures
- Walk through one sample disclosure live
- Preview the branded report layout
- Get a fixed-quote rollout plan