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.
In another step forward for sustainability reporting at COP27, the Climate Data Steering Committee (CDSC) announced their final recommendations for the Net-Zero Data Public Utility (NZDPU or Utility). The accompanying white paper lays out the key challenges ahead and highlights the foundational data that will be required for a successful launch.
Four years since the process to replace the Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD) began, last week the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament voted by a landslide (525 votes in favour) to adopt the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) into EU law.
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 European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has modified its Union Strategic Supervisory Priorities (USSPs) to include environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosures alongside market data quality.
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.
“How can companies prepare for something before knowing what it is?” That’s the question addressed in a new post by Workiva’s Andromeda Wood, who is also a member of XBRL International’s Best Practices Board, as she considers how to prepare for as-yet unfinished environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting requirements.
UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has published a review and perspective on the current evolution of corporate sustainability reporting in the EU, and how it can best serve investors.
The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) has published a Call for Tenders seeking specialists to develop an XBRL taxonomy for the first set of European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRSs), being introduced under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).
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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