At the XBRL Asia Round Table yesterday in Mumbai we were able to share some initial work on the new Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting mandate that SEBI (the Securities and Exchange Board of India) is introducing next year.
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.
Businesses need to step up on climate-change reporting, argues Workiva CEO Marty Vanderploeg in a recent LinkedIn post on ‘Avoiding a Climate-Related Financial Crisis.’
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.
“The world is grappling with dramatic shifts in climate change, environmental, social, and geopolitical events. In a world of rapid digital transformation, how do companies, investors, regulators, standard setters, and ordinary citizens respond to these shifts?” asks Christine Tan in a recent guest post at ESG Today.
The Sustainability Reporting Standards Board of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has issued an exposure draft of its Standard on Sustainability Assurance Engagements (SSAE) 3000 for public comment.
Review processes are underway in earnest, with this year’s three major public consultations on sustainability reporting now closed.
As global, EU and US consultations on sustainability reporting drew to a close over recent weeks (as discussed here), we have seen a concerted push for collaboration and convergence from a huge range of organisations.
An interesting new report from the UK Financial Reporting Council’s FRC Lab addresses how companies can collect and use environmental, social and governance (ESG) data to support better decision-making.
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