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Auditors tighten fist on greenwashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA). The interoperable standards mark "an important evolution in global sustainability reporting and assurance," IAASB chair Tom Seidenstein said. There are two new directives: IAASB's International Standard on ...

ASIC calls for feedback on disclosure regime

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... comply with the new requirement, the corporate watchdog this week released a draft Regulatory Guide 000 Sustainability reporting (Draft RG 000). Essentially, the draft explains who must prepare a sustainability report, how the regime will interact with ...

Is 'nature positive' the next big thing?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... introduce national regulations to support this goal. Once the ISSB completes its work on nature-related sustainability reporting, countries are expected to incorporate the TNFD framework or similar nature-disclosure standards into reporting requirements. ...

Equality backslides for first time

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... will help the TISFD with scalability and market readiness, ensuring consistency between EFRAG's EU Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) and TISFD's global framework. The goal is to highlight social inequality as a material risk and encourage ...

Regulators to clamp down harder on greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... effective. The report showed that the UK has the strictest rules on anti-greenwashing and entity-level sustainability reporting, with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) introducing a rule requiring firms' sustainability claims to be fair, clear ...

Misleading ads rampant for sustainability jobs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... must hire staff knowledgeable on ESG who would need to review their supply chain. For larger businesses, sustainability reporting managers must be fluent on addressing modern slavery and where that could be a line item in the accounts. The AASB started ...

Expect audit standards by Christmas

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... of ESG advisory and assurance Adrian King feels confident the standards will improve transparency in sustainability reporting and provide much-needed clarity for companies. "Investors, as well as the Australian public, will soon be able to easily understand ...

Firms on back foot: Warning on reporting delays

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... once per month. "The creation of dedicated ESG teams, the rise in specialised roles, and investments in sustainability reporting, all indicate a strategic shift toward embedding sustainability into their core operations," said Kristen Sullivan, audit ...

Help on nature, climate disclosures

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... previously enhanced interoperability with the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) on Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) compliance. Climate-related reporting Meanwhile, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) ...

ISS ESG to plug emissions data shortfall for banks, insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... insurance companies comply with mandatory climate-related disclosure frameworks, such as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and European Banking Authority (EBA) Pillar 3 ESG Disclosures. The data set can also assist in estimating ...