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Reasons for optimism amid the climate rollback
02 May 2025Climate disclosure rules offer a proxy for the status of sustainable finance - and it's not all bad news, writes Michael Hurley
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ISSB proposes 'relief' from reporting some finance-related emissions
28 April 2025The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has proposed changes to its standards, to permit companies to omit disclosure of Scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions linked to derivatives, facilitated emissions by investment banks, and insurance-associated emissions.
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Public sector disclosure standards should use double materiality, GRI says
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Japan publishes sustainability disclosure standards based on ISSB
06 March 2025 -
Make CSRD materiality assessments sector-specific, say German government advisers
12 February 2025 -
Scrambled regs to give investors indigestion in 2025
20 December 2024Investors must digest a diet of disparate sustainable finance regulations in the year ahead. Michael Hurley reports
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Canada publishes 'ISSB-aligned' standards, affords flexibility on timing of disclosures
19 December 2024A group of pension funds has welcomed publication by the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB) of disclosure standards it says are aligned with international standards - but the CSSB drew criticism for giving flexibility on timing of disclosures.
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China and India join 31-member network for ISSB adoption in emerging markets
18 December 2024China and India are among 31 jurisdictions to join a newly launched network to support adoption of International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards in emerging markets.
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UK expert committee submits final ISSB adoption recommendation
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Sustainability assurance: sailing a boat under construction
12 December 2024The cost of gaining assurance, data quality and the need for subjective judgments could limit the usefulness of sustainability assurance, Michael Hurley writes