"VSME standards enable SMEs to produce consistent and integrated ESG reporting" (V. Quiniou, CCR)

On 20 July 2026, the CCR (Caisse Centrale de Réassurance) published its 2025 sustainability report, drawn up in accordance with the VSME standards - a version of the CSRD tailored to companies with fewer than 1,000 employees, which will come into force on 1 January 2027. “This is a voluntary initiative, which enables us to highlight our ESG commitments, in line with CCR’s purpose: the reinsurance of the Catnat fund is intrinsically linked to global warming,” explains Valérie Quiniou, Director of Strategy, Transformation & CSR at CCR, to News Tank on 22 July 2026.
“At the end of 2024, we were subject to the CSRD, and we had begun the process of ensuring compliance. When the omnibus bill was passed, we were no longer subject to it, as CCR has fewer than 1,000 employees; but we had made…