(Reuters) – BlackRock BLK.N, the world’s biggest asset manager, said it supports harmonising sustainability accounting rules and standards globally so investors can better track how companies are transitioning to a lower-carbon economy. Sandy Boss, head of investment stewardship overseeing the >>> read more

Research across 27 markets has found that trust in how companies communicate their sustainability performance has increased to a record 51% this year, with significant variations by country. The survey from GlobeScan and GRI asked 1,000 people in each location >>> read more

The Sustainability Board Report aims to showcase different dimensions of good corporate governance and the importance of sustainable corporate leadership. The 2019 Report found that, despite significant variation in the quality and quantity of sustainability reporting, including across regions, there >>> read more

Following the launch of a collaborative workplan between Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), the standard-setters are working together to develop materials that show how the two sets of reporting standards can be used together. This project, >>> read more

The Trustees of the IFRS Foundation have published a Consultation Paper to assess demand for global sustainability standards and, if demand is strong, assess whether and to what extent the Foundation might contribute to the development of such standards. The IFRS Foundation >>> read more

The value relevance of corporate sustainability performance (CSP) has been studied from different theoretical perspectives, yielding inconclusive evidence. Therefore, it is imperative to revisit corporate sustainability performance relevance for investors. This study explores the value relevance of corporate sustainability performance >>> read more

Chair of the International Accounting Standards Board (Board) Hans Hoogervorst delivered the keynote speech at the IFRS Foundation Virtual Conference. He focused on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the Board’s work and described some of the useful information >>> read more

Efforts to establish a Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) have today passed an important milestone with the announcement of an Informal Working Group (IWG) comprising some of the world’s biggest banks, investors and companies, as well as governments >>> read more

Once upon a time there was a glimmer of hope that accountants could save the planet. The motivation for this report is unclear and expressed differently in different parts. But it is not going to save the planet. Stakeholder Capitalism >>> read more

Accountancy Europe says: “A crucial step towards global standards for non-financial information (NFI) reporting: that’s how we view the joint statement that CDP, CDSB, GRI, IIRC and SASB issued on 11 September 2020″. This is an unprecedented and much awaited move towards cooperation by the 5 leading global organisations on sustainability and integrated reporting. We >>> read more

GRI has cautiously welcomed a report from the World Economic Forum (WEF) that identifies sustainability metrics that members of the International Business Council (IBC) should disclose, while highlighting that it does not go far enough. Towards Common Metrics and Consistent Reporting >>> read more

The 10th annual research into the Sustainability Reporting Performance of the FTSE 100 is now available to download, along with the three other indices in the international research (CAC 40, DOW 30 and IBEX 35) of EcoAct. This decade will >>> read more