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In the name of interoperability: the raging battle over sector-specific sustainability standards

Hear the sound of the rolling of the drums, and sounds of skirmishes

La Marzocco on using double materiality for sustainability strategy

CSRD: At the end of the compliance tunnel, the light of strategy

So is the hope of CSOs speaking at New York Climate Week

Materiality Master releases guide on identifying ESRS datapoints

New 'Taskforce' to tackle social-related disclosures

Following in the footsteps of TCFD and TNFD, the Taskforce on Inequality and Social-related Financial Disclosures aims to issue disclosure framework in next two years

Mandatory sustainability reporting: a tool to achieve the UN SDGs...

... Only with impact reporting and corporate culture changes, NYC climate week hears

The deafening silence on Tax in ESRS

Accounting firms argue taxation is a relevant sustainability topic, despite omission in EU standards

Nature Benchmark shows companies lagging on biodiversity disclosures

Assessment from the World Benchmarking Alliance finds poor performance on companies' disclosures of nature-related impacts and dependencies, and highlights lack of ESRS readiness amongst EU companies

Swiss parliament considers introducing 'Sustainable Enterprise' legal status for SMEs

Recognition would require GRI- or ESRS- 'like' reporting

UK TAC revives dynamic materiality, and is divided on SASB

So far the UK Technical Advisory Committee tentatively recommends not amending ISSB, including its investor-focused financial-materiality lens, but asks for more guidance