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  • France urges EU to overhaul sustainability directives

    24 January 2025

    Including revisions to the thresholds for the CSRD and CSDDD, and climate-focused reductions to the ESRS disclosure requirements

  • The lobbying blind spot in sustainability disclosures

    23 January 2025

    Significant gaps in reporting standards but coverage improving in voluntary frameworks

  • Reassessing the scope of CSDDD

    23 January 2025

    SOMO database identifies 3,000 EU companies that will be required to comply with the EU's due diligence law

  • Indonesia consults on ISSB-aligned standards

    20 January 2025

    Draft sustainability reporting standards published, with proposal to introduce mandatory reporting from 2027

  • EFRAG approves draft standards for non-EU companies

    16 January 2025

    With amendments to option for excluding information not related to products and services sold in the EU

  • Investors file diversity disclosure resolutions amid DEI political firestorm

    15 January 2025

    Companies face shareholder pressure, from both sides of the US political divide, on diversity and inclusion-related initiatives ahead of the 2025 proxy season

  • US scraps climate disclosure rule for federal contractors

    13 January 2025

    Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council announces withdrawal of proposal, arguing there is not enough time to implement the requirements before the next administration

  • Canada extends ISSB's transitional reliefs in final sustainability standards

    08 January 2025

    And offers additional temporary exemptions on quantitative scenario analysis disclosures

  • Unreasonable assurance?

    07 January 2025

    War stories from the frontline of sustainability engagements

  • Onboarding internal audit on sustainability disclosures

    06 January 2025

    Jan Johansson, senior sustainability analytics and reporting manager at Electrolux, highlights the benefits and challenges of engaging with the internal audit department on CSRD compliance