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GRI adds transition plan & 'just transition' requirements to overhauled standards

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has added requirements to publish 1.5°C-aligned climate transition and adaptation plans and annual updates on their implementation,...

ISSB 'profiles' degree of alignment of national standards with its own

About 80% of jurisdictions that have said they will use the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards plan "full adoption", according to analysis the board said illustrates "the high degree of alignment" with its work.

ISSB proposes 'relief' from reporting some finance-related emissions

The 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.

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".

World-first disclosure standards for public sector climate reporting unveiled

World-first disclosure standards for public sector climate-related disclosures have been unveiled, which it is hoped could vastly improve data available to institutional investors in government debt.

'Stand up and be counted': ISSB vice-chair urges investor pushback against divergence

Investors have been urged to "stand up and be counted" by pressuring regulators to align with International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards, in a call by the group's vice-chair, Sue Lloyd.

People Moves, 8 December: General Atlantic, ISSB, ImpactA Global ... and more

Q&A with Sue Lloyd

Supporting company reporting of sustainability impacts outside the ISSB's financial materiality remit will be part of future work, the vice-chair of the standards body tells Michael Hurley

Explainer: The state of play with the ISSB

As the proposed international baseline for corporate sustainability reporting enters a potentially defining few weeks, Michael Hurley presents the state of play

EU and ISSB's salsa dancing.... In wait of the Tango?

Public announcement of an interoperability framework close but not there yet, Vincent Huck writes