Green Light for Green Reports
Following recent news that the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) was voted into EU law by the European Parliament, this week the Council of the European Union has given the directive the final green light.
EFRAG reaches another milestone with draft ESRS standards
This week the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) reached a major milestone, releasing the first set of (almost) final draft European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRSs). Their publication follows a public consultation this summer.
SEBI: Disclosures must be easy to consume – meaning, digital
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch addressed XBRL Asia Round Table in Mumbai, describing the Indian securities regulator’s approach to transparency as disclosure driven, but with the needs of users firmly in mind.
Standardisation or innovation – can’t we have both?
“Why is there such hesitation regarding standardisation, and why are people afraid that it will put a dampener on innovation?” asks Björn Fastabend. He argues that standardisation, such as in the introduction of XBRL for digital reporting, can in fact nurture and facilitate innovation.
Digitising the EU’s green taxonomy – a proof of concept
Europe is requiring companies to report on alignment of their activities with the EU Taxonomy, providing sustainability information to investors. CoreFiling and Greenomy demonstrate how these rules can be captured in digital form, in an XBRL taxonomy and report.
