Stepping Up
Financially material sustainability reporting continues to gain momentum worldwide. In Doha this week, the Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority convened the fifth IOSCO/IFRS capacity building workshop, bringing together regulators from across the Middle East and North Africa who will be shaping and supervising sustainability disclosures in the years ahead.
Participants heard from experts at IOSCO, the IFRS Foundation, the International Audit and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB), the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA), as well as XBRL International’s CEO, John Turner.
Beyond equipping regulators with a deeper understanding of emerging standards and practices, the workshop fostered collaboration and a growing network of professionals dedicated to advancing high-quality sustainability reporting. The event ran seamlessly, with participants contributing thoughtful (and persistent!) questions and openly sharing both the challenges they face and their approaches to overcoming them. It’s a testament to how this series of workshops is building a proactive community poised to tackle the regulation of sustainability disclosures right around the world.
