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Investors worry of waves of modified sustainability assurance opinions

Japan leads the charge for increased use of integrated reports by companies

MS&AD risk report finds 1,017 Japanese companies publishing integrated reports in 2023

Audit committees tend to own sustainability, IFAC survey finds

While sustainability reporting is increasingly done in conjunction with financial reporting

The battle of sustainability assurance: audit firms 'versus' other providers

Accountancy Europe deputy CEO Hilde Blomme and IFAC director for Sustainability, Policy & Regulatory Affairs David Madon discuss the sustainability assurance ecosystem and the role of and implications of regulation for the different stakeholders.

SASB and TCFD report fastest growth in usage in the last two years

But GRI reports receive the most assurance from third parties by far

Assuring sustainability reporting

Kevin Dancey, CEO of the International Federation of Accountants, and David Madon, director of public policy & regulation, discuss considerations for auditing sustainability reports

Touching the void [of sustainability reporting]

The harrowing account of one company's survival in the world of sustainability reporting standards

Sustainability, sustainability everywhere, Nor any drop to drink - according to IFAC's report

"A lot going on in sustainability reporting, but not good enough," IFAC's CEO Kevin Dancey says.

Sustainability joins up accountants' societal imperative and commercial incentives