Last month the IFRS Foundation hosted the IFRS Sustainability Symposium in Montreal, outlining what’s next for sustainability reporting and the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB).
Last week The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) voted on the technical substance of its sustainability standards. With the content of the standards fully agreed, the ISSB can now move onto the final stage in preparation: drafting. A January 2024 implementation date for Sustainability Disclosure Standards S1 and S2 was also agreed during the meeting.
In June last year the Value Reporting Foundation (VRF) – home to the SASB Standards and the Integrated Reporting Framework – were folded into the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), under the auspices of the IFRS Foundation. So, what’s been happening to the SASB standards since then?
After announcing at COP26 that the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) would have a global presence, last week the Board took a step towards expanding its existing world-wide footprint by confirming that a Beijing office will open in mid-2023.
During a busy week at COP27 the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) and CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project) announced that CDP will incorporate the ISSB’s Climate-related Disclosures Standard (IFRS S2) into its global environmental disclosure questionnaires.
Emmanuel Faber, Chair of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), took to the COP27 stage last week to unveil the ISSB Partnership Framework, designed to boost the ability of smaller entities and emerging economy stakeholders to use the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Sustainability Disclosure Standards.
The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) made a number of key decisions at its October meeting, confirming and clarifying aspects of its proposed sustainability-related disclosure standards.
The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation has published a summary of the World Standard-setters Conference 2022, and made the plenary sessions available to watch online.
The IFRS Foundation has published comment letters received on the draft IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Taxonomy. We anticipate very significant uptake of the taxonomy around the world, and it is crucial to ensure these digital disclosures are suitable for global consumption.
Earlier this month, the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) ran two live webinars on the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Taxonomy and its current request for feedback.
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