CDSB Managing Director Mardi McBrien says reporting will need to play a key part in the world achieving the World Business Council’s Vision2050 strategy.
The lasting impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on our personal lives is evident. Beginning with the loss of loved ones and extending to how we work, shop, and socialise. But what will the impact be to our societies and economies in the long run? The truth is that the long-term ramifications are far from clear.
Findings show a deep misalignment between sustainability reports and mainstream findings, indicating the need for an improved understanding of risk.
29th October 2020 – The International Organisation of Securities Commissions has today endorsed efforts by the world’s most widely used ESG standards and the IFRS Foundation to align sustainability reporting globally.
Dr Tim Kasim, member of the CDSB Technical Working Group, discusses harmonisation as an opportunity for creating a community of practice which transcends institutional boundaries, and offers some insight for harnessing tensions into a productive friction in a community of practice.
Recent research by CDSB and WBCSD has found 40 ESG issues key to corporate sustainability, including 10 emergent issues. Here we present the findings of the research and offer helpful tips to companies on how they can better report against them.
On December 11, 2018, a debate will be held at the Oxford Union regarding the “Motion: This House believes that corporate sustainability reporting should be mandated, and standardised by FASB and IASB, for it to be most useful for investors.” It will be chaired by Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild. In proposition are Paul Druckman, Ian Mackintosh, Sir Callum McCarthy, and Anne Simpson. In opposition are Jonathan Bailey, Bob Herz, Harvey Pitt, and Tom Quaadman. The debate is free and open to the public as space permits.
The Chief Executive of the ACCA comments on the review of EU corporate reporting conducted by CDSB & CDP.
The explosion of reporting practices is a natural reaction to the desire for things to change – for companies to be accountable for their impacts on the economy, society and the environment and for value to be created for all stakeholders.
Major international corporate reporting standard setters and framework providers have today announced a ground-breaking new two-year project focused on driving better alignment in the corporate reporting landscape, to make it easier for companies to prepare effective and coherent disclosures that meet the information needs of capital markets and society.
We welcome the release of the London Stock Exchange ESG guidance, a step forward in the adoption of the TCFD recommendations
What better time for businesses to think about their use of natural capital such as water than today, on World Water Day.
Integrated energy & chemicals company Sasol was the 100th signatory to the Statement on fiduciary duty & climate change disclosure.
Join us to find out how to provide clear, concise and consistent natural capital information to your investors.
In a carbon constrained world, investors are calling for improvement in non-financial disclosure of climate information. Despite these calls, investors are receiving a plethora of information, hindering their decision making.
