5 July 2022

IOSCO board chair highlights need for a global baseline for corporate climate disclosures

By Sam Groves

Speaking at the IFRS Foundation 2022 conference, Ashley Alder, board chair of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), outlined the importance of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) to help create a global baseline for sustainability disclosures and alleviate concerns over greenwashing. He also emphasised the need to align accounting standards with sustainability disclosure standards.

Speech summary available here

Channels:
Standards 
Companies:
IFRS FoundationIOSCOISSB 
People:
Ashley Alder