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Interoperability as used in ESG Reporting Standards and Frameworks – What does it mean?

“Interoperability” has been a buzz word for the last several years among those concerned with sustainability reporting.  What does it mean? In simple terms, it means the ability of these standards to work together, for them to be connected.  This is clearly an important idea given that the sustainability reporting has many reporting standards, frameworks, and questionnaires, […]

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What are the IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation) Sustainability Disclosure Standards IFRS S1 and IFRS S2? 

What are the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards IFRS S1 and IFRS S2?  Simply put, these sustainability-related financial reporting standards are intended to provide a comprehensive approach to sustainability reporting.  Why is another sustainability framework/standard needed? The sustainability reporting landscape has many general reporting standards/frameworks/questionnaires such as GRI Standards, CDP environmental questionnaires, TCFD Recommended Disclosures, SASB

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Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD): Why it is important!

How did TCFD get its start? In 2015, the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors requested that the Financial Stability Board (FSB) create a task force to recommend climate related risks disclosures. Why was this request so important? The creation of TCFD by the FSB illustrated the direct connection of climate risks to global

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European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) requirements

In early September 2023, I attended the Reuters Events Sustainability Reporting Europe 2023 in London, where some of the latest issues in sustainability reporting were discussed. The multiple themes at the event ranged from a comparison of reporting standards, to issues of data availability needed to comply with the new European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS)

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