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  • ESRS water and circular economy standards narrowed

    13 October 2022

    Proposed reductions for water and circular economy standards completes the set of proposals to amend the ESRS environmental standards

  • EFRAG trimming pollution standards

    13 October 2022

    EFRAG's Sustainability Reporting Technical Expert Group has proposed a range of adjustments to scale down ESRS E2 (pollution)

  • Integrating 1.5°C reduction target in European climate standard

    12 October 2022

    EFRAG's SRB discussed requiring explanation on how companies' targets align with the 1.5° global temperature goal

  • EFRAG to sign cooperation agreement with TNFD

    12 October 2022

    While aligning biodiversity standard with the taskforce's framework - seen as the "global baseline" for biodiversity disclosures

  • Plugging the sustainability information gap

    11 October 2022

    Accountants say technology and limited assurance requirements will help overcome sustainability data challenges

  • EFRAG hears banks' call for help with ESRS

    07 October 2022

    EFRAG will add mandatory disclosures to the ESRS to help banks comply with their own regulatory reporting obligations

  • New Zealand professional bodies and associations wary of Scope 3 disclosure compliance

    06 October 2022

    New Zealand's professional bodies and associations say Scope 3 emission requirements in the country's climate disclosure standards could make compliance challenging.

  • EFRAG SRB attempts to streamline disclosure requirements

    06 October 2022

    EFRAG's board voted on ways to reduce the disclosure requirements in the draft ESRS.

  • Climate data isn't only for reporting

    04 October 2022

    But should integrated in business models and drive operational decisions

  • EFRAG sustainability TEG reviews at definition of affected communities in ESRS social standards

    30 September 2022

    A proposal to expand the definition to include affected people living at a distance from a company's operations and explicitly include indigenous peoples was debated by the TEG.