The Government of Canada has continued its multi-year push toward ESG reporting by announcing mandatory climate-related financial disclosures for large, federally incorporated private companies.
The Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB) has unveiled proposed standards aligned with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation’s International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB).
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) has recommended that the Ontario government improve accessibility of regulatory documents by publishing them in a machine-readable format.
The Canadian government has set climate-related financial disclosure as the top priority for its Sustainable Finance Action Council, which has been asked to advise ministers on the most effective ways to implement mandatory climate disclosures by the end of the year.
The Canadian government is the latest to announce mandatory climate reporting requirements.
Last week Canada took the next step towards following the UK, Europe and much of the world into open banking with the publication of a review into the merits of standards and consistent controls in this area. Currently, the data which Canadians create through day-to-day banking transactions are controlled by the financial institutions they bank with. As […]
Thank you! To Canada, where Jerry Trites, long time advocate for digital reporting in Canada, and stalwart of XBRL Canada is retiring at the end of June. Over a long career, including 22 years as a KPMG partner, as a staff member, consultant and frequent volunteer for CPA Canada and its predecessor body, the Canadian […]
XBRL Canada will be hosting a webinar on May 30, 2018 at 1:00 PM ET addressing their lessons learned from the first round of XBRL filings by Foreign Private Issuers (FPIs). Click here for more information on the event and registration details.
XBRL Canada is hosting a webinar on Digital Transformation and the need for Standardization on May 8, 2018 at 12:00 Noon Eastern Time. The webinar will be presented by John McAlister. More information on the event here at XBRL Canada blog. The webinar is free of charge. To register, please send an email to gtrites@xbrl.ca.
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