According to a new report launched today by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), reporting and accountability are more important than ever as businesses strengthen their sustainability commitments through WBCSD’s updated membership conditions. The findings are included in the ninth >>> read more

The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), established by the Financial Stability Board (FSB), published its 2021 Status Report. After reviewing over 1,650 companies’ reports, from 69 countries and jurisdictions in eight industries, the Task Force found that disclosure in >>> read more

The talk about the ‘alphabet soup’ of reporting frameworks and standards might have died down, but the problem has not gone away. At this point the involvement of the IFRS Foundation, ‘overwhelmingly’ welcomed by the private sector (in response to >>> read more

The European Lab@EFRAG Project Task Force on the reporting of non-financial risks and opportunities and linkage to the business model (PTF RNFRO) is pleased to issue its Report: ‘Towards Sustainable Businesses: Good Practices in Business Model, Risks and Opportunities Reporting in >>> read more

The GRI Standards have today been strengthened so they deliver the highest level of transparency for impacts on the economy, environment and people, with a major update to the very foundation of the world’s most widely used sustainability reporting standards.  >>> read more

In this Decade of Action for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we hear much about how organizations, countries and individuals are stepping up their efforts to achieve the 2030 Agenda. Despite this, the reality is that the pace of action >>> read more

The World Economic Forum announces today the continued growth of the coalition of companies supporting the Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics initiative. Since January 2020-2021, over 100 companies have shown support for this initiative with over 50 already including the metrics in >>> read more

The Value Reporting Foundation today publishes Transition to integrated reporting: A Guide to getting started to help report preparers develop a custom-fit transition plan to integrated reporting.  The Guide is a companion to the <IR> Framework, the principles-based, multi-capital framework used to accelerate integrated >>> read more

With the crucial ‘Decade of Action’ for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) already underway, how can companies look beyond the processes and paperwork, fully understanding the ways their impacts and actions help or hinder the progress of the SDGs? SDGs: >>> read more

The European Commission’s proposal for a Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) currently under discussion by the EU co-legislators, provides that EFRAG would develop draft standards, using proper due process, public oversight and transparency, and with the expertise of relevant stakeholders. >>> read more

Q4 Inc. (Q4), a leading capital markets communications platform, announced the first phase of new products that standardize how public companies can deliver information regarding their environmental, social and governance (ESG) efforts. At a time of extensive data collection, heightened >>> read more

Proposed changes to the IFRS Foundation’s Constitution to create an International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) to set sustainability standards are welcome, but more clarity is needed says ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants). In ACCA’s official response to the consultation, >>> read more