All sustainability standards articles
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IFRS S-1, S-2 implementation support takes priority, investors tell ISSB
Mixed views on which projects to prioritise, but there was general support for working on at least one of four proposed sustainability projects
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SOKA-BAU ploughs through strategic allocation targets
The scheme expects AUM growing to invest fresh money in all asset classes
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ISSB, European institutions collaborate to align sustainability reporting standards
‘We will be well placed to ensure investors are provided with better information for better economic and investment decision making,’ says ISSB’s vice chair
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Reporting groups confirm intense interoperability between ESRS and GRI Standards
‘The efforts made by the GRI and EFRAG sustainability reporting teams will prevent the need for double reporting by companies,’ says EFRAG
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ISSB to develop guidance on nature, social aspects of IFRS S-2 disclosures
The work will form part of the ISSB’s so-called foundational work on sustainability
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ISSB vice-chair calls for clear steer on workplan priorities
The board needs to ‘get as much colour as we can from our stakeholders’ in order to make informed decisions about its priorities, says Sue Lloyd
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IOSCO endorses ISSB standards
The organisation is calling on its 130 member jurisdictions to consider ways in which they might adopt, apply or otherwise be informed by the ISSB standards
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European Commission at risk of losing leadership role on sustainable finance
There is high-level political pressure on Commission president Ursula von der Leyen to further hollow out the standards
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Key players welcome release of IFRS S1, S2 sustainability standards
The knotty issue of materiality remains, however, a key issue in the ongoing discussion around the new standards
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Financial Stability Board asks ISSB to take over TCFD monitoring role
The move ‘provides yet further clarification of the so-called ‘alphabet soup’ of ESG initiatives for companies and investors’, says ISSB chair Emmanuel Faber
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ISSB releases ‘robust’ inaugural sustainability reporting standards
The standards ‘have been designed to help companies tell their sustainability story in a robust, comparable and verifiable manner,’ says ISSB chair
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ISSB seeks input on future research projects and workplan priorities
Expectations on the board to embark on new research and standard-setting projects must take account of the limits on the board’s resources, Faber says
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ISSB unveils plan to update SASB metrics for global relevance
Although standards are well established as a framework for sustainability reporting, critics say they are too focused on North American capital markets
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ISSB approves one-year transitional relief for IFRS S-1
The relief will allow companies to report solely on climate-related risks and opportunities in accordance with IFRS S-2, Climate-related Disclosures
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ISSB staff aiming for mid-year public consultation on changes to SASB standards
A committee of board members is reviewing a draft now to be voted on by the end of the month
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G20 finance leaders and central bankers back ISSB progress on new reporting standards
The Financial Stability Board will work with ISSB and securities regulators to prepare a report on the progress of jurisdictions and firms on climate-related financial disclosures by October 2023
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ISO launches sustainable finance standard
The British Standards Institute (BSI) – developing the new guidance – has committed to embed climate science into every new or revised standard it creates
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ISSB approves 1 January 2024 for sustainability standards in unanimous vote
The board originally planned to issue the standards before the end of last year
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Accounting: Happy birthday to the ISSB
The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) finds itself at a crossroads as it marks its first anniversary. On the one hand, it is redeliberating its first two sustainability standards and could finalise and issue them during the first half of this year.