All large companies in the EU will need to disclose data on the impact of their activities on people and the planet and any sustainability risks they are exposed to. The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), adopted today by the >>> read more

The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) unanimously confirmed that companies will be required to use climate-related scenario analysis to inform resilience analysis.  At the supplementary board meeting held on 1 November 2022, the ISSB voted to confirm that companies are required to >>> read more

A major stocktake on the state of sustainability reporting around the world has revealed that GRI provides the ‘first and foremost’ global standards, used by more large companies than ever before. The KPMG Survey of Sustainability Reporting (published 26 October) examined the >>> read more

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) announces the launch of its Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) pilot program with 23 of its member companies. The companies, with a total market value of USD$ 1.3 trillion and from North and >>> read more

The latest findings from KPMG reveal that sustainability reporting has grown steadily, with 79 percent of leading companies providing sustainability reports Among the thousands of reports analyzed, less than half of the world’s largest companies are providing reporting on ‘social’ >>> read more

WBCSD is celebrating 10 years of Reporting matters, WBCSD’s annual review of its member companies’ sustainability and integrated reports in partnership with Radley Yeldar (RY). To mark the occasion, they are publishing the findings of their annual Reporting matters 2022 report, commemorating >>> read more

A publication of Jilde Garst, PhD, Karen Maas and Jeroen Suijs from the Impact Centre Erasmus is now online at California Management Review. In this article, they present the six main steps of materiality assessments for ESG reporting, the methods used, >>> read more

TCFD is pleased to announce the release of the 2022 Status Report. This year marks five years since the TCFD’s final recommendations were published in 2017, and the report assesses developments over the past five years, including the state of >>> read more

This month is a landmark moment in the history of GRI – provider of the world’s most widely used sustainability reporting standards – as the organization reaches its 25 year anniversary. The publication 25 Years as the Catalyst for a Sustainable >>> read more

Sixty-five companies, investors and professional accounting firms from across the world add their voices to the call for major standard-setting efforts to more closely align with and support a global baseline for reporting sustainability-related information.  The endorsed statement was developed jointly by >>> read more

Nearly two thirds of senior decision makers feel their organization is underprepared to meet their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals and regulatory reporting mandates, according to a new global survey released by Workiva Inc. (NYSE: WK). Further, 72% don’t have confidence >>> read more

Two statements, from Chief Financial Officers and institutional investors, respond to proposed IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards, created by the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). Both communities call for global alignment on sustainability reporting and for the ISSB to strengthen their >>> read more