March 25, 2022
The IFRS Foundation and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) have signed an agreement to align their sustainability disclosure and reporting standards.
In statements published this week, the two organisations said …
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January 28, 2022
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has added 13 new “knowledge partners” including the CDP, Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).
The TNFD is developing a …
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January 21, 2022
Canada’s consultation on its new sustainability standards board has extended its deadline until March, 2022. Last November Canada became the latest country to pursue its own sustainability reporting standards after it announced …
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January 14, 2022
The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation has begun its formal search for board members to sit on its new sustainability standards body.
The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) …
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December 17, 2021
The Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF) and CDP have teamed up to boost the capacity of financial institutions to measure and disclose their financed emissions.
The collaboration will combine …
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December 3, 2021
The UK’s accounting watchdog has reported general improvements in reporting against the UK Corporate Governance Code, but has called for improvements in several areas.
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) said in its …
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November 11, 2021
The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund has joined the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), an industry-led initiative that aims to provide a framework for organisations to report and …
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November 19, 2021
The corporate audit regime in the UK has long been criticised by some in the industry for lax standards and poor oversight.
In an effort to address these concerns as part of …
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November 19, 2021
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published plans for climate-related disclosure rules for listed companies.
As announced by UK chancellor Rishi Sunak at the COP26 conference earlier this month, the rules will …
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November 5, 2021
Investors are to begin voting against the reappointment of auditors that do not challenge companies on the impact of decarbonisation on their accounts.
A group of 24 …
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