In today’s landscape of ubiquitous sustainability claims, the ability to differentiate between genuine efforts and deceptive practices is hard. Diving into the realm of EU regulations, Chartered Accountant Dee Moran explores the ongoing and upcoming initiatives aimed at tackling greenwashing head-on.
This week the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) published for public consultation its Draft ESRS Set 1 XBRL Taxonomy, alongside a Draft XBRL Taxonomy for Article 8 disclosures.
The last few years have seen a paradigm shift in Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG), with several new pivotal reporting frameworks. The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) is perhaps the most pressing new regulation in this space, requiring immediate attention from global corporations.
This week Europe published agreed-upon regulation to establish the European Single Access Point (ESAP). Designed to provide centralised access to publicly relevant data from across EU member states, ESAP has the potential to be a game-changer for digital data in Europe.
In a speech on Tuesday at the EFRAG conference, European Commissioner Mairead McGuinness provided a public indication of something that we have been expecting for some time. As things stand, the steps required to formalise the EFRAG sustainability reporting (ESRS) taxonomy as official EU regulations will be delayed.
Accountancy Europe, ecoDa, and ECIIA have jointly issued a guidance document to assist boards in integrating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into their business models. It comes in response to the growing demand from stakeholders, regulators, and policymakers for enhanced sustainability performance and transparency from companies.
With a narrower majority than expected, the European Parliament has chosen to uphold the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), safeguarding them from potentially being scrapped this week.
In another important milestone on the path to sustainability reporting in the EU, the European Commission has announced its adoption of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS).
The European Commission has now published, for a four week consultation period, a set of revisions to the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRSs).
XBRL EU urges digital for sustainability disclosures at a meeting in Rome this week. At the very successful XBRL-EU conference in Rome earlier this week, the attendees heard a range of details about the upcoming implementation of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (or ESRSs) via the CSRD, or Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive.
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