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ISSB to continue push for closer alignment of ESRS amid omnibus, says vice-chair
30 October 2025The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) will intensify its push to ensure changes to the EU's more demanding corporate sustainability reporting rules are brought closer to its own, the ISSB's vice-chair has said.
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Voluntary standard for SMEs set to plug Omnibus-shaped gap in CSRD coverage
06 October 2025A lightweight version of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is likely to be recommended for use by a swathe of medium-sized companies after they are removed from the scope of mandatory reporting.
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Change to CSRD materiality test brings standards closer to ISSB, says EFRAG
31 July 2025'Simplified' European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) that cut current datapoints by 68% have been published for consultation that EU advisers claim will bring them closer to International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards.
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EU aiming to adopt CSRD cuts by mid-2026, commissioner says
25 July 2025Drastic cuts to the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) standards will be adopted in "the first half of next year" if the European Commission's simplification drive progresses as planned, a key official said.
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EFRAG says it aims to cut ESRS by 50% as it unveils draft proposals
20 June 2025EU advisers aim to cut European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) by about 50%, they revealed as they approved an initial draft progress report.
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EU issues 'urgent' request for advice on CSRD cutbacks
31 March 2025The EU Commission has written to the bloc's financial reporting standard-setting body, requesting urgent "advice" on how to make the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) less onerous for companies.
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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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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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Conference round-up: Sustainability Data EMEA 2024
17 October 2024Now in its fifth year, Environmental Finance's Sustainability Data EMEA 2024 in London continues to shine a light on the rapidly expanding and evolving field of ESG data. Peter Cripps reports
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Q&A with Patrick de Cambourg: 'It's money time'
14 October 2024Ahead of his keynote address at Environmental Finance's Sustainability Data conference on Thursday, EFRAG's de Cambourg says the EU's sustainability standards will help reduce the reporting burden