Opinion

  • Interview with ABN AMRO Bank global head of reporting Tjeerd Krumpelman

    28 December 2022

    Global head of reporting, regulations & stakeholder management Tjeerd Krumpelman explains the banks' 'core and more' approach to reporting and why what reality matters is what gets disclose where for whom.

  • Envirovoters on anti-climate disclosure bills

    26 December 2022

    Aaron McCall, Federal Advocacy Coordinator at California Environmental Voters (Envirovoters), responds to the bills introduced by Republicans which threaten the US SEC's climate disclosure rule.

  • ICAI's Singhal on why India may not adopt ISSB standards from the get go

    01 December 2022

    Sanjeev Kumar Singhal, a council member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, discusses India's Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (BRSR), mandated by the local stock exchange for the country's top 1,000 listed companies.

  • Newsletter 18/11/2022: Remember the Alamo?

    18 November 2022

    Highlights of this week's news on Corporate Disclosures

  • Video: Interview with Eliza Mahdavy-Turcat group head of ESG performance EDF

    16 November 2022

    Reconciling sustainability and financial data

  • A new ethics code for sustainability? Or incorporating the topic in the existing code?

    11 November 2022

    International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants board member, Vania Borgerth, discusses how the board is considering sustainability in its work.

  • The pubic sector's specificity calls for double materiality sustainability reporting

    11 November 2022

    Alex Metcalfe, head of public sector at ACCA, discusses the professional body's focus on professionalising public sector finance staff and incorporating double materiality sustainability in public sector reporting. Interview by Vincent Huck

  • Building international sustainability assurance standards

    10 November 2022

    Isabelle Tracq-Sengeissen, board member at the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB), highlights the international standards setter work on sustainability.

  • Brazil ready to endorse ISSB standards

    09 November 2022

    Vania Maria da Costa Borgerth, Board Member at the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants, stresses the need for standardized sustainability reporting globally and highlights Brazil's endorsement mechanism

  • EFRAG CEO gives update at UNCTAD/ISAR

    08 November 2022

    Saskia Slomp, EFRAG CEO, outlines the sustainability work of the advisory body this year and plans for 2023