On 31st January 2022, the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) was consolidated into the IFRS Foundation to support the work of the newly established International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). While this site and its resources remain relevant for preparers looking to improve sustainability disclosure until such time as the ISSB issues its IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards on such topics, no further work or guidance will be produced or published by CDSB. For further information please visit the IFRS website.

climate reporting

2020: The disruption and the lasting change

Last week the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, announced that it voted against 53 companies worldwide due to lack of progress on climate concerns. CDSB’s Senior Technical Officer, David Astley, warns that the “freshness” of climate reporting phenomenon should not be mistaken for fleetingness.

Climate and financial reporting

How can we advance the integration of climate-related matters into financial reporting? CDSB's Technical Manager, Sundip Jadeja, shares insight into the work of the Technical Working Group on Climate Accounting Standards.