The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued new guidelines to ensure that sustainability information from listed companies is supervised with the same seriousness as financial reporting. From 1 January 2025, national regulators across the EU are expected to apply a harmonised enforcement approach under the Transparency Directive.
Accountancy Europe and the European Contact Group (ECG) have published a summary of their CSRD Practice Forum held in Brussels on 4 April 2025. With the first wave of CSRD reports now published, the event gathered preparers, auditors, users and regulators to assess early implementations.
Earlier this week the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) released an Exposure Draft proposing targeted amendments to IFRS S2, aiming to ease some of the thorniest climate reporting requirements—without diluting the utility of disclosures for investors.
The UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published its 2024/25 review of structured digital reporting, offering a timely pulse-check on how UK companies are performing under Inline XBRL reporting requirements.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a suite of new market data and analytical reports on 28 April, offering fresh insights into public company counts, exempt offerings, ABS and CMBS markets, money market funds, and security-based swap dealers.
Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) recently formalised the first step in XBRL implementation, following an earlier announcement that Sri Lanka’s listed companies will begin reporting interim financial results in XBRL from 2026.
EFRAG has launched a rapid review of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), with the aim of substantially simplifying the framework by the end of October 2025.
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), IDB Invest, and the IFRS Foundation have announced a strategic partnership to promote adoption of the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards across Latin America and the Caribbean.
Everyone’s experimenting with AI. LLMs are being thrown at everything (from earnings calls to ESG scoring to automated due diligence) and there’s a growing sense that we’re on the edge of something transformative in financial analysis.
The European Commission is making a major push to cut red tape and simplify regulation. Through its new simplification packages, the aim is to build a faster, more business-friendly Europe, reducing administrative burdens, improving cross-border processes, and moving toward a digital-first regulatory environment.
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