Today, Visma Connect, the specialist in reporting technology , is proud to announce the launch of Visma Sustynex, the world’s first cloud native  platform for ESG Disclosure that uses a GRI taxonomy to deliver high data quality and accuracy. A >>> read more

The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) today, 19 January 2021, publishes revisions to the International <IR> Framework to enable more decision-useful reporting. The revisions, the first since the <IR> Framework was originally published in 2013, are the result of extensive market consultation >>> read more

As part of the European Commission review of the Non-financial Reporting Directive (NFRD), it is exploring how new European sustainability standards could be created and managed.  The Commission has asked the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) to consider the changes needed to its governance, if it were to take on responsibility for >>> read more

Companies disclosing their impacts through the world’s most widely used sustainability reporting standards are to adhere to three new and updated standards, for reports they publish from this year onward. In 2018, two revised GRI Standards launched – for occupational >>> read more

2020 saw significant momentum build for non-financial (sustainability) standards. The year kicked off with a paper from Accountancy Europe proposing that a new sustainability standards board be launched under the auspices of the IFRS Foundation, and ended with the IFRS consulting on just that. >>> read more

Five leading organizations in sustainability and integrated reporting, who published a shared vision for a comprehensive corporate reporting system earlier this year, have taken a next practical step together. Today, coinciding with the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement on >>> read more

finnCap Group, leading adviser and broker to ambitious growth companies, both public and private, is pleased to announce a partnership with leading sustainability fintech company World Wide Generation (WWG) in order to provide businesses with a new digital sustainability monitoring >>> read more

A ground-breaking initiative to drive corporate action on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has significantly advanced reporting practices and identified areas for further improvement. The Action Platform for Reporting on the SDGs leverages the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards and the Ten Principles >>> read more

The Center for Sustainability and Excellence (CSE) announces its fourth consecutive 2020 Annual Research into ESG Ratings and Sustainability Reporting Trends in North America, focusing in common ESG practices and frameworks used by companies and organizations with improved financial results (e.g Annual Revenues >>> read more

After analysing the data from 226 large manufacturing companies from the European Union, a team of researchers from Lithuania, Poland and Sweden have drawn a conclusion that organisations almost do not mention circular economy principles in their environmental reporting. In >>> read more

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has today published its response to the IFRS Foundation’s consultation on sustainability reporting. ESMA recommends establishing high-quality international standards while also catering for the needs of jurisdictions that are at >>> read more

GRI has called for strengthened financial reporting that complements sustainability reporting and takes account of the financial risks and opportunities related to a company’s sustainability impacts – with mandatory disclosure to ensure transparency on corporate contributions to global challenges. The >>> read more