
Supporting ESG reporting with data standards
The XBRL US ESG Working Group has published its final paper, on ‘Supporting ESG Data with Standards.’
The XBRL US ESG Working Group has published its final paper, on ‘Supporting ESG Data with Standards.’
The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) has published its Due Process Procedures for Sustainability Standard-Setting.
“While the market continues to demand transparency, more than half of senior executives (57% of survey respondents) indicated that data availability (access) and data quality (accuracy/completeness) remain their greatest challenges with respect to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data for disclosure,” says Deloitte.
The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has welcomed the publication of draft climate and general sustainability reporting standards by the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB).
The European Supervisory Authorities – comprising the European Banking Authority, the European Securities and Markets Authority and the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority – recently updated their joint supervisory statement on the application of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).
The ISSB has released its first two proposed standards, allowing the consultation process to begin and marking a critical milestone on the way to a global baseline for sustainability reporting.
Crossing the finishing line of a standards-drafting marathon, the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) has published its final working paper on sustainability reporting standards.
At an open meeting on Monday, the US SEC put forward landmark new rules on mandatory climate-related disclosures, to be digitally tagged using Inline XBRL, in proposals described by Chair Gary Gensler as “driven by the needs of investors and issuers.”
The presentations and videos are online from XBRL Europe’s latest webinar, ‘From ESEF to Sustainability/ESG Reporting.’
Interesting news has recently emerged of fraudulent carbon emissions reports in China, with the Ministry of Ecology and Environment calling out four companies for doctoring or drawing misleading conclusions from carbon data.