Guest blog by Jacques Urlus, Chairman of the XBRL Netherlands Foundation. EFRAG has announced that the first final version of its taxonomy for ESG information will be released at the end of September. That leaves 14 months for the first listed companies to release their formatted annual reports containing the tagged ESG information.
The European Parliament has voted in favour of significant new rules designed to reshape corporate practices and strengthen accountability for the environmental and social impacts of companies.
The European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA, and ESMA) have released a Progress Report outlining a common understanding of greenwashing in the financial sector. Greenwashing can refer to intentionally or unintentionally offering misleading sustainability information and – unsurprisingly – the ESA’s report highlights lack of data as a cause.
The International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) and the We Mean Business Coalition (WMBC), in collaboration with Accounting for Sustainability (A4S), Global Accounting Alliance (GAA), and World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), recently released a guide to help accountants navigate the world of greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting.
The UK Department for Business and Trade (DBT), in collaboration with the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), has issued a call for evidence to support the review of the UK’s non-financial reporting requirements.
XBRL EU urges digital for sustainability disclosures at a meeting in Rome this week. At the very successful XBRL-EU conference in Rome earlier this week, the attendees heard a range of details about the upcoming implementation of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (or ESRSs) via the CSRD, or Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive.
In a speech at the RI Australia 2023 conference, ASIC Deputy Chair Karen Chester emphasised the regulator’s focus on sustainable finance and the need to tackle greenwashing with sustainability disclosures.
ESG reporting is rapidly becoming the “new gold standard” of disclosure practices, with 94% of European and UK public companies intending to comply with the Corporate Sustainable Reporting Directive (CSRD), according to a survey of over 500 finance leaders by Workiva.
The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) is calling for comments on its proposed methodology to enhance the international applicability of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Standards. The consultation period is now open and will remain open for comments, preferably by online survey, until 9 August 2023.
A report by Sustainable Fitch highlights the difficulties that retailers face due to their complex logistics and supply chains, which make it harder for them to report their environmental impact accurately.
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