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VSME Voluntary Sustainability Reporting for SMEs

How VSME Voluntary Sustainability Reporting works inside Odoo

VSME Voluntary Sustainability Reporting adds a VSME menu to Odoo with an ESG dashboard, reporting periods, disclosures, questionnaires, inbound requests, configuration and an audit log. Underneath, three active scheduled tasks run: Send Data Owner Reminders every day, Data Quality Checks every week and Auto-create Annual Reporting Periods every month. Here is the menu map and the timeline of those tasks.

FlexigoTech · Editor in charge: Víctor Gómez · Updated 4 November 2026

Key facts

Versions
Odoo 17, 18 and 19
Checked
in the module's source code, version 19.0 · against the sources linked at the end
Reading time
4 min

The VSME menu, entry by entry

Once the module is installed, the VSME root menu holds the app's screens. These are its main entries:

  • VSME › ESG Dashboard
  • VSME › Reporting Periods
  • VSME › Disclosures
  • VSME › Questionnaires
  • VSME › Inbound Requests
  • VSME › Configuration
  • VSME › Audit Log

The order of this list is the menu structure, not a working order. To find your way the first time you open the app, what helps is knowing where each thing lives and what it is called. If you are after the settings and fields to fill in on each screen, see getting VSME up and running.

Questionnaires and inbound requests

VSME › Questionnaires splits into two submenus: VSME › Questionnaires › Templates and VSME › Questionnaires › Responses. Alongside it, with its own entry in the root menu, sits VSME › Inbound Requests. The module listing on Odoo Apps gives each of these two blocks (Questionnaires and Inbound Requests) its own section within its key features.

VSME questionnaire template list with Bank ESG Questionnaire and Supply Chain ESG Questionnaire and the Is Active toggle switched on
The Questionnaire Templates list with two templates, their template type and the Is Active toggle switched on, plus the New button and the search bar.

The screenshot shows the template list view: each row is a template with its type and its Is Active toggle, with the New button and the search bar at the top. Responses have their own submenu, Responses, kept apart from the templates.

Configuration: the reference data

VSME › Configuration brings together five lists:

  • VSME › Configuration › Campaigns
  • VSME › Configuration › Emission Factors
  • VSME › Configuration › Benchmarks
  • VSME › Configuration › Taxonomy Config
  • VSME › Configuration › Thresholds
List of emission factors in the VSME module with DEFRA methodology, fuel type, country, value and unit
The Emission Factors list: each row carries methodology, fuel type, country, value, unit, effective year, version and source (DEFRA, IEA).

The Emission Factors screenshot shows which columns each factor has: methodology, fuel type, country, value, unit, effective year, version and source.

Wizards and privacy within configuration

Four further entries hang off VSME › Configuration:

  • Setup Wizard
  • Import Data
  • GDPR Erasure (Art. 17)
  • GDPR DSAR (Art. 15)

The names of the last two refer to articles of the GDPR. The module listing has a GDPR & Privacy section and a Legal and Regulatory Basis section.

Import VSME Data modal dialogue with the Import Type selector set to Industry Benchmark Data and the CSV File field
The Import VSME Data dialogue, titled Data Import, with the type Industry Benchmark Data, the CSV File field with Upload your file and the Import and Cancel buttons.

In the import dialogue you see the Import Type selector, the CSV File field with its Upload your file button, and the Import and Cancel buttons.

Timeline of the scheduled tasks

The module ships three scheduled tasks, all with the VSME prefix in their name. From most to least frequent:

  1. Starting point All three tasks are listed as active.
  1. Every day Send Data Owner Reminders runs.
  1. Every week Data Quality Checks runs.
  1. Every month Auto-create Annual Reporting Periods runs.

If you want to know which warning texts the module shows, the article on VSME error messages and warnings collects the literal texts and what to do about each one.

Where you see each type of record

Reporting periods have their list in VSME › Reporting Periods. Disclosures are in VSME › Disclosures, questionnaire responses in VSME › Questionnaires › Responses and requests you receive in VSME › Inbound Requests. The module also has a VSME › Audit Log menu. What to fill in on each screen is covered in getting started.

Sequence of VSME screens: data import, emission factors, questionnaire templates and taxonomy configuration
From the Import VSME Data dialogue to the Emission Factors, questionnaire template and Taxonomy Configuration lists, the last one with a single record carrying an EFRAG URL, marked as included and active.

How the Odoo Apps listing is organised

The listing is titled VSME Voluntary Sustainability Reporting and groups its Key Features into these blocks:

  • Data Collection
  • Reporting & Export
  • Questionnaires
  • Inbound Requests
  • GDPR & Privacy
  • Multi-Company & Config

After those come the VSME Disclosure Groups Covered, Getting Started, Screenshots, Legal and Regulatory Basis, Support and Contact and Support included sections. If you want to compare what you have seen in the menus with what each block describes, the Odoo Apps listing is the place.

Versions and price

The module is published on Odoo Apps for Odoo 17.0, 18.0 and 19.0, and the listing for each of those three versions shows €39 excluding VAT, a one-off payment per version (checked in November 2026).

How FlexigoTech can help

At FlexigoTech we implement Odoo and build bespoke connectors and integrations. If you want VSME working inside your implementation, or you need the data that feeds it to come in from another system, you will find more information on the module page.

Keep reading

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Checked in the module's source code (version 19.0) and the linked sources

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