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The battle of sustainability assurance: audit firms 'versus' other providers
22 June 2023Accountancy 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.
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IFAC backs zero corruption to be 18th SDG campaign
29 May 2023Scott Hanson, director, global engagement and policy at IFAC, discusses the role of anti-corruption reporting, on the back of the launch of a report reviewing current practices.
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Comment: US SEC has an impossible job on climate disclosures
17 May 2023A year on from its announcement, political divisiveness and legal threats have made the possibility of robust climate disclosure standards in the US increasingly remote
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CSSB chair on plan for Canada's ISSB adoption
03 May 2023Charles-Antoine St-Jean, newly appointed chair of the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board, discusses, on a personal capacity, his priorities for the board and his vision for ISSB adoption in Canada
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'IR' the forgotten jewel in the sustainability reporting crown?
02 May 2023As the ISSB consults on its agenda priorities, including a project on 'integration in reporting', the first CEO of the International Integrated Reporting Council, Paul Druckman, shares his worries over losing the IR principles, and his hopes for the legacy of that work.
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Implementing Australian climate reporting standards
31 March 2023Keith Kendall, chair of the Australian Accounting Standards Board, spoke on a personal capacity with Corporate Disclosures on the process of adopting ISSB standards and the prospect of governing climate reporting in Australia
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Yasunobu Kawanishi fields EFRAG's questions on Japanese sustainability standards
31 March 2023The chair of the Accounting Standards Board of Japan and the Sustainability Standards Board of Japan, Yasunobu Kawanishi, presented to the EFRAG sustainability reporting board (SRB) Japan's approach to sustainability reporting standards before answering questions from the SRB.
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Comment: Blackrock's Fink embraces multi-stakeholder reporting
15 March 2023Blackrock CEO Larry Fink's annual letter is out and although it addresses the most urgent issues of our times
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ICGN to remind sustainability standard setters not to forget the 'G' in ESG
09 March 2023At the end of ICGN Stockholm Conference, CEO Kerrie Waring and chair of the board Ian Burger sat down with Corporate Disclosures to share their key takeaways and priorities for the months to come. Interview by Vincent Huck
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Interview with Emmanuel Faber
03 March 2023ISSB chair met Corporate Disclosures in Montreal on the margins of the ISSB Symposium and discussed the big picture, from adoption in the US, interoperability in Europe, partnership with GRI, and the challenges of establishing a global baseline
