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Sustainability assurance: sailing a boat under construction

The cost of gaining assurance, data quality and the need for subjective judgments could limit the usefulness of sustainability assurance, Michael Hurley writes

What COP29 got wrong...and how to get it right

Misaligned incentives are stunting climate progress, write UKSIF's James Alexander and US SIF's Maria Lettini

Advisory committee finalises recommendations on UK ISSB adoption

In its final meeting before offering its recommendations to the UK government on ISSB adoption, on 5 December, the UK Sustainability Disclosure Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) rejected a proposal to include an additional disclosure requirement on financed emissions.

People Moves, 6 December: IIGCC, Mirova, CISL, Gresham ... and more

ISSB to develop nature standard, board member says

A member of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has said he expects a standard on nature to be developed in "due course".

Back work to 'simplify' EU sustainable finance rules, advisers tell German government

Account for nature on balance sheets, says Sustainable Markets Initiative

The public and private sectors have been encouraged to account for nature as an asset by the Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) to deliver more accurate balance sheet information.

IFRS unveils guide to materiality assessment for sustainability reports

People moves, 15 November: BlackRock, Barclays, South Pole, WHEB ... and more

COP29 finance day: Harmonisation initiatives the highlight of underwhelming day

Multi-jurisdiction taxonomies and a push for harmonised transition plan rules stole the headlines, as finance proved a sticking point, Michael Hurley writes