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FSB identifies global sustainability assurance standards among priorities
14 July 2022The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has identified the development of globally applicable sustainability assurance standards among key areas of work to promote sustainable finance.
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Bank of Canada encourages regulator to tighten climate disclosure rules
13 June 2022The Bank of Canada has urged the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) to tighten climate risk disclosure rules or else Canadian firms will struggle to attract enough capital to finance their transition.
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Companies should ready Scope 3 disclosures, says ERM
10 June 2022More companies will be urged to undertake scope 3 emissions disclosures under new international standards and should ramp up their preparations to meet these demands, according to ERM.
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Inaugural ISSB members appointed
08 June 2022The four inaugural members of the body developing global baseline sustainability reporting standards have been appointed.
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IFRS Foundation 'at odds' with academics on sustainability standards
23 May 2022The IFRS Foundation has been criticised for failing to consider the views of academics as it prepared to devise global baseline sustainability reporting standards.
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Mandate private market disclosures, says LSEG
11 May 2022Policymakers globally should introduce mandatory sustainability disclosure regimes that cover private markets as much as public markets, London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has urged.
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NBIM backs ISSB enterprise value approach
25 April 2022Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) has said it supports the IFRS Foundation's focus on sustainability factors that affect a company's 'enterprise value' as the standard setter develops 'baseline' global sustainability standards.
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ISSB gets Montreal base
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ISSB publishes 'landmark' draft sustainability disclosures
31 March 2022The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has published proposals that aim to provide the financial markets with a global baseline of sustainability disclosures when finalised.
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GRI and IFRS to collaborate on global sustainability standards
24 March 2022The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the IFRS Foundation have agreed to work together to develop a global baseline for investor-focused sustainability reporting standards.