Why CSR Reports Fail: 10 ESG Data Pitfalls and How to Fix Them
CSR reporting has grown enormously over the last ten years — bigger budgets, bigger teams, more disclosure platforms. Yet stakeholder trust hasn't kept pace. The core issue isn't a lack of effort to disclose; it's a lack of scrutiny built into how reports get made. Regulators have already caught up with this reality. The European Commission recently found that a majority of environmental claims made by companies were vague or lacked adequate evidence, signalling the end of narrative-first sustainability reporting. With the EU Green Claims Directive coming into force in 2026, alongside CSRD and ISSB requirements, a report's credibility now rests entirely on the data infrastructure that produced it.
