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  • ISSB's Faber: Double materiality should not be 'a battlefield'

    13 October 2023

    The chair of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has said standard setters are not "in battle" over the decision of whether to incorporate 'double materiality' approaches, arguing that there is an urgent need to end this "divisive narrative".

  • Natural Capital Investment Americas 2023: TNFD 'will need filtering before integration into ISSB'

    26 September 2023

    The recently released recommendations of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) will need to be "filtered" before being integrated into the standards created by the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), one of the IFRS Foundation's directors has suggested.

  • NBIM: ISSB should develop biodiversity, human capital and rights standards

    05 September 2023

    Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) has urged the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) to focus on expanding its standards to biodiversity as well as human capital and rights topics over the next two years.

  • ISSB will build 'next level sustainability data muscle' in companies

    04 September 2023

    The progress of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) disclosure standards will accelerate the shift towards more rigorous, "balance-sheet appropriate" environmental, social and governance (ESG) data, according to ESG Book.

  • UK readies sustainability disclosure overhaul with ISSB consultation

    11 August 2023

    The UK will early next year consult industry on overhauling its disclosure rules to make it mandatory to report in line with international sustainability disclosure standards, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has revealed.

  • Sustainability assurance standards publication date revealed

    31 July 2023

    Standards for assuring sustainability-related information will be published on 2 August, for consultation until 1 December.

  • ISSB consults on proposed 'digital taxonomy' to aid reporting

    31 July 2023
  • IOSCO endorsement 'could see 130,000 companies report under ISSB'

    25 July 2023

    Formal endorsement of international sustainability reporting standards by a global regulatory body has been hailed as a "a very important day for financial markets around the world",...

  • Fitch: ISSB is 'catalyst for every Chinese firm' on sustainability reporting

    24 July 2023

    The development of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) disclosure guidelines are a "very important signal" to Chinese firms to improve sustainability reporting if they want to secure greater access to international capital, according to Sustainable Fitch.

  • ISSB identifies areas its standards 'go beyond TCFD'

    24 July 2023