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The European Commission's Omnibus I Initiative, while intended to alleviate business costs by scaling down sustainability reporting, risks creating information gaps that undermine the EU sustainable finance architecture and increase reliance on third-party ESG data. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To evaluate the regulatory and financial impacts of the EU Omnibus I Initiative proposals that reduce mandatory corporate sustainability reporting obligations.

August 26, 2026European Business Law Review

Financial Market Participants and the Scaling Down of Sustainability Reporting in the EU

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GBGaia BalpLUM Jean Monnet University

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Policy analysis reveals that scaling down mandatory sustainability reporting creates information gaps for financial market participants, indicating risks to EU sustainable finance frameworks.

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To evaluate the regulatory and financial impacts of the EU Omnibus I Initiative proposals that reduce mandatory corporate sustainability reporting obligations.
Assessed proposed revisions to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) regarding SME exemptions, reporting timeline postponements, and standard simplifications.
Analyzed regulatory interactions between scaled-down mandatory disclosures, the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), and international reporting frameworks like IFRS S1 and S2.
Exempting small and medium-sized enterprises from mandatory reporting generates information gaps that impede financial market participants from satisfying Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation obligations.
Reductions in primary corporate sustainability disclosures increase financial sector dependence on third-party ESG data and rating agencies.
Maintaining double materiality while scaling back baseline disclosures creates persistent friction with global baseline standards such as IFRS S1 and S2.

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Gaia Balp (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8e9b21451774b83f3b3a8a https://doi.org/10.54648/eulr2026036

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Policy analysis reveals that scaling down mandatory sustainability reporting creates information gaps for financial market participants, indicating risks to EU sustainable finance frameworks.

Financial Market Participants and the Scaling Down of Sustainability Reporting in the EU

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Financial Market Participants and the Scaling Down of Sustainability Reporting in the EU

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