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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".

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

    31 July 2023

  • 'It will help us have more honest conversations'

    27 June 2023

    Investors welcome the IFRS sustainability standards and say, by boosting comparability, they will aid engagement. Michael Hurley reports

  • COP15: ISSB signals intent to ramp up work on nature

    15 December 2022

    The body developing international sustainability reporting standards has said it intends to ramp up efforts to include nature after it completes its work on climate, as it told attendees at the COP15 biodiversity conference that company value creation is inextricably linked to nature.

  • COP27: ISSB hails 'milestone' CDP, NZDPU tie-ups

    08 November 2022

    The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) hailed "key milestone" agreements with the CDP and Net Zero Data Public Utility (NZDPU) it said will boost implementation of its standards.

  • ISSB's and EFRAG's climate standard could be fully aligned

    18 October 2022

    Chair Faber tells the ISSB's Sustainability Consultative Committee

  • Macron and Bloomberg propose 'open' climate data platform

    22 September 2022

    French president Emmanuel Macron and UN Climate Envoy Michael Bloomberg have announced recommendations for a climate data platform that would be free to use.

  • People moves 9 September: IFRS, EFRAG, ING, Bank of America, Barclays ... and more

    09 September 2022

  • ISSB 'to extend business-as-usual,' says Mirova's Zaouati

    22 July 2022

    Mirova chief executive Philippe Zaouati described the approach of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) towards 'double materiality'...

  • ISSB urged to require Paris-alignment in early feedback

    22 July 2022

    Market participants have urged the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) to consider requiring Paris Agreement-aligned scenarios in preliminary feedback to their draft standards...