Lee White, executive director at the IFRS Foundation, talks about the prospect of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) developing a globally accepted standard for sustainability and climate related reporting. He was speaking on the sidelines of Environmental Finance's ESG Data 2022 conference in London.
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