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News round-up: UNEP FI; National Grid; Santos

Santos to give shareholders 'Say on Climate'

Impact fund provides grants to support IIRC, SASB merger

The Tipping Point Fund on Impact Investing has provided grants worth $500,000 to the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) - to help "unify the impact investing market behind a global standard", it said.

IFRS Foundation sets out 'strategic direction' for global sustainability standards

The trustees of the IFRS Foundation have said a prototype climate-related disclosure standard devised last year could be used as the basis for a proposed global sustainability reporting regime, and said they plan to begin work with a group of sustainability-related reporting organisations.

News Round Up: PGE, Access To Medicine, S&P Global Platts, and more

Investors issue call for "fair and equitable" global response to Covid-19

Physical climate risk disclosure initiatives still lacking, says WRI

Climate risk disclosure initiatives are still lacking in their coverage of several key physical risks, according to a report by the World Resources Institute (WRI), resulting in firms not being fully equipped to assess their exposure to these hazards.

Reporting organisations invite EU, IFRS collaboration

Five organisations working to create a globally accepted comprehensive corporate reporting system have invited the EU and the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation to contribute to their work on harmonisation.

'Double materiality' splits market in IFRS sustainability standards consultation

Impact: Six areas to watch in 2021

A legal framework for impact, harmonisation of reporting frameworks and the rise of impact indexes could shape 2021, writes Michael Hurley