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Omnibus regs: EFRAG chair backs CSRD mid-caps category, says cuts possible to narrative reporting
07 February 2025The chair of the EU's standard setting body has said it "is sympathetic to" creating a new category of 'intermediate'-sized companies if it helped achieve the EU's simplification agenda without undermining its goal of improving sustainability reporting.
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'Now is not the time to take the easy path' on disclosure, Mary Schapiro tells EU
11 December 2024The EU has been advised not to take "the easy path" as it considers cutting the sustainability reporting requirements, by one of the architects of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).
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EFRAG asks for clarity on what omnibus means for its sustainability standards
11 December 2024A leading figure at the EU's corporate reporting adviser has pleaded for clarity from the European Commission on what rumours of upheaval to sustainability reporting frameworks will mean for its own work.
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'High degree of commonality' between CDP reporting and ESRS standards
12 November 2024 -
Transition plan guidance published for EU disclosure rules
05 November 2024Draft guidance has been published to help organisations preparing to report in line with EU disclosure regulations create climate mitigation transition plans.
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EFRAG agrees partnership to promote 'inequality and social-related financial disclosures'
30 September 2024 -
Build EU sector-specific standards on ISSB baseline, Faber says
04 September 2024Delays to the introduction of EU sustainability reporting standards gives the bloc an opportunity to base its requirements on the IFRS S1 and S2 standards, the European Commission has heard.
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Regulating transition plans
04 June 2024A patchwork of regulations will soon ask financial institutions to publish and implement climate transition plans, Michael Hurley reports
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Simplified EU rules for SMEs risk making disclosures 'significantly less informative'
23 May 2024 -
Banks using PRB framework to aid CSRD reporting in absence of finance sector guidance
22 May 2024Some banks are using a framework designed for the Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) initiative to help meet reporting requirements under the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), a UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) webinar heard.