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SASB Standards XBRL Taxonomy now available for machine-readable ESG reporting

October 1, 2021

The Value Reporting Foundation has officially released the SASB Standards XBRL Taxonomy, in an important step forward for structured sustainability reporting

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Updates from South Africa: XBRL for state-owned companies, plus new taxonomy and data quality framework

October 1, 2021

July 2021 saw the third anniversary of the implementation of Inline XBRL for financial reporting in South Africa.

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EFRAG publishes rationale behind climate disclosure standards

October 1, 2021

The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) recently published its ‘Climate standard prototype’ working paper, setting out its current thinking on climate-related reporting standards. It has now released its accompanying ‘Basis for Conclusions,’ discussing the rationale behind the draft standards in substantial detail, from objectives and scope to specific climate policies, targets and metrics.

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IASB chair on impressions, intentions and intangibles

October 1, 2021

Andreas Barckow, the new Chair of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), delivered his inaugural speech on 27 September 2021, at the World Standard-setters Virtual Conference.

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SEC publishes sample letter on climate disclosures

October 1, 2021

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has taken the interesting step of publishing a sample letter, illustrating comments that the Division of Corporation Finance might make on a company’s disclosures as they relate to climate change.

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What are the digital reporting implications of updating the management commentary?

October 1, 2021

Many of our readers may be interested in an agenda paper presented at this month’s meeting of the IFRS Foundation’s IFRS Taxonomy Consultative Group (ITCG).

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EBA launches 2021 EU-wide transparency exercise

October 1, 2021

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has launched its annual transparency exercise, as announced in March. As the EBA observes, this is based entirely on supervisory reporting data – powered by XBRL – so the additional burden on banks is minimal.

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SEC’s Gary Gensler on predictive data analytics

October 1, 2021

We found food for thought on the subject of predictive data analytics this week in remarks by Gary Gensler, Chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), before the SEC’s Asset Management Advisory Committee.

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FASB proposes amendments to 2022 SEC Reporting Taxonomy

October 1, 2021

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued draft technical and other conforming improvements to the 2022 SEC Reporting Taxonomy (SRT), used in the US for reporting to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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FCA CEO on data and digital ambitions

October 1, 2021

We were interested to note a strong emphasis on data in a recent speech by Nikhil Rathi, CEO of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), on challenges and priorities for the organisation.

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