As artificial intelligence (AI) takes on a larger role in preparing and analysing company information, the need for human judgement, professional scepticism and quality-assured data grows with it.
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has finalised rules requiring listed companies to report against the UK Sustainability Reporting Standards (UK SRS), the UK-endorsed version of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards.
EFRAG has received the ISAR Honours 2026 International Award for its European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) Knowledge Hub.
KPMG Belgium has published its takeaways from a seminar on the country’s digital value added tax (VAT) reforms, and its message for businesses is that compliance starts with reliable data.
Reportl, a provider of digital-first reporting software, has published a primer for anyone preparing a response to the digital proposals in the UK government’s Modernising Corporate Reporting consultation.
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published its 2027 Work Programme, with advancing integrated reporting and data sharing among the year’s headline priorities.
Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has directed every public company and significant public interest capital market operator to submit, by 15 October 2026, its plan for adopting the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards, IFRS S1 and IFRS S2, together with the challenges it expects to face.
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has proposed a set of technical and conforming improvements to the 2027 US GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy (GRT), with comments due by 30 October 2026.
Sustainability standards are converging, but the data they produce still doesn’t line up. That is the case made by ‘Lost in Translation’, a new report from the Future of Sustainable Data Alliance (FoSDA), whose members include Bloomberg, LSEG, MSCI and S&P Global.
Disclosure isn’t much use if the underlying data isn’t up to scratch. In its Annual Review of Corporate Reporting 2025/26, published this week, the UK Financial Reporting Council (FRC) finds that quality across the FTSE 350 is consistent with last year. Smaller companies, on the other hand, are closing the gap, with improved quality.
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