August 29th, 2024
The Australian senate has passed a bill to introduce mandatory climate reporting for large and medium-sized companies as part of the government’s sustainable finance strategy.
Senators voted 34-25 to support …
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ISSB starts two-year plan and publishes feedback statement
June 26th, 2024
The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has started on its two-year work plan to improve harmonisation and consolidation of sustainability disclosure guidance.
The ISSB chair Emmanuel Faber announced that …
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Japan releases ISSB-based reporting standards
April 10th, 2024
The Sustainability Standards Board of Japan (SSBJ) has issued a proposal of its Sustainability Disclosure Standards to be applied in Japan, aligned with the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB).
The SSBJ announced…
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IFRS takes over monitoring climate-related disclosures from TCFD
December 8th, 2023
The International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation (IFRS) will oversee companies’ climate-related disclosures following the disbanding of the Task Force for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) …
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March 28, 2023
The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has begun evaluating how companies can improve their climate-related risk reporting.
The new project, launched under the purview of the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation (IFRS), …
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February 21, 2023
The International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation’s (IFRS’) new global sustainability and climate disclosure standards will come into effect in January 2024.
On February 16, the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) …
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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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In a bid to fast forward convergence in global sustainability reporting standards, the trustees of the IFRS Foundation have set up a working group.
The group …
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In response to growing demand for global standards as sustainability becomes ‘business as normal’ in financial reporting, the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation is taking action …
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Some of the world’s biggest pension funds and institutional investors are backing the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation’s (IFRS) proposal for standardised sustainability reporting.
Last …
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