Prepare your business now for your 2025 VSME report
December is the moment when many entrepreneurs close the year. You collect numbers, wrap up the administration and prepare the annual accounts. That makes it the perfect time to include your VSME report as well. When you organise your sustainability work alongside your financial work, you use one financial year, one rhythm and one clear story.
Why a VSME report?
More and more customers, suppliers, and financiers are asking for clear sustainability information. The VSME Standard helps you do that. It is a new voluntary European standard for sustainability reporting, explicitly built for SMEs. No complicated CSRD, but a practical and straightforward way to map your sustainability in a structured, reliable and SME friendly way.
With a VSME report, you:
- respond faster to supply chain requests
- have a standardised report that is understood across the EU
- show a reliable and transparent picture to customers, partners and banks
Why now is the right moment to include your VSME report
Your financial and sustainability performance covers the same financial year. When you prepare your annual accounts and your VSME report at the same time, everything fits together naturally, and you create a clear story for the outside world. This makes your reporting more efficient, professional and easy to follow.
December and January are also the ideal months to do this. Your administration is up to date, teams are working on year summaries, and suppliers are sending in their numbers. Because much of your data is already prepared for year-end, it takes little extra effort to include your VSME work. At the same time, you are planning and budgeting for 2026, and chain partners are preparing their ESG reports in Q1. You are already in your year-end rhythm, precisely the right moment to add your VSME report.
Start now, avoid pressure later
We understand you want your financials in order first. But January and February are always full of new plans, budgets and obligations. By starting your VSME work now, you create breathing room in Q1, and you can keep moving without stress.
Make sustainability just as normal as your annual accounts
And it makes complete sense. Every year, you prepare annual accounts to show how your business performed financially. But while many entrepreneurs say they are working sustainably, that side of the company is not captured every year. By aligning your VSME report with the same rhythm, you show that you take sustainability just as seriously as your financial results. It makes your story credible, complete and professional.
And you do not need to do everything at once. With a basic first VSME report, you already have a complete and usable report.
What can you do now?
- Complete your data: bring together the numbers you already collect for year-end, such as energy, staff, purchasing and CO2. The more complete this is now, the faster your VSME report will be ready.
- Choose one or two clear goals for 2026: for example, lower energy costs, more electric driving or better chain information. Small, achievable goals give direction and strengthen your report.
- Ask suppliers early for their data: many suppliers are also in their own year-end process. Right now, they respond quickly, and you get the information you need for supply chain requests.
Start 2026 with a strong, complete and future-focused story.
By linking your VSME report to the preparation of your annual accounts, you save time and build a clear and reliable picture of your business.
Want to know which steps make sense for your business? Get in touch. We are happy to think along with you.
