Opinion

  • CSSB chair on plan for Canada's ISSB adoption

    03 May 2023

    Charles-Antoine St-Jean, newly appointed chair of the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board, discusses, on a personal capacity, his priorities for the board and his vision for ISSB adoption in Canada

  • 'IR' the forgotten jewel in the sustainability reporting crown?

    02 May 2023

    As the ISSB consults on its agenda priorities, including a project on 'integration in reporting', the first CEO of the International Integrated Reporting Council, Paul Druckman, shares his worries over losing the IR principles, and his hopes for the legacy of that work.

  • Implementing Australian climate reporting standards

    31 March 2023

    Keith Kendall, chair of the Australian Accounting Standards Board, spoke on a personal capacity with Corporate Disclosures on the process of adopting ISSB standards and the prospect of governing climate reporting in Australia

  • Yasunobu Kawanishi fields EFRAG's questions on Japanese sustainability standards

    31 March 2023

    The chair of the Accounting Standards Board of Japan and the Sustainability Standards Board of Japan, Yasunobu Kawanishi, presented to the EFRAG sustainability reporting board (SRB) Japan's approach to sustainability reporting standards before answering questions from the SRB.

  • Comment: Blackrock's Fink embraces multi-stakeholder reporting

    15 March 2023

    Blackrock CEO Larry Fink's annual letter is out and although it addresses the most urgent issues of our times

  • ICGN to remind sustainability standard setters not to forget the 'G' in ESG

    09 March 2023

    At the end of ICGN Stockholm Conference, CEO Kerrie Waring and chair of the board Ian Burger sat down with Corporate Disclosures to share their key takeaways and priorities for the months to come. Interview by Vincent Huck

  • Interview with Emmanuel Faber

    03 March 2023

    ISSB chair met Corporate Disclosures in Montreal on the margins of the ISSB Symposium and discussed the big picture, from adoption in the US, interoperability in Europe, partnership with GRI, and the challenges of establishing a global baseline

  • Don't teach GRI how to suck eggs

    02 March 2023

    Eelco van der Enden, CEO at GRI, discusses the oldest and most widely adopted sustainability standard setter partnership with the 'new kids on the block', namely ISSB and EFRAG. As well as his vision for the future of sustainability reporting

  • Hoping for a harmonized global baseline adopted internationally

    02 March 2023

    CPA Canada vice president of research guidance and support, Rosemary McGuire, discusses the professional body's position with sustainability reporting considering Canada's market interconnectedness with the US and Europe.

  • Assuring sustainability reporting

    28 February 2023

    Kevin Dancey, CEO of the International Federation of Accountants, and David Madon, director of public policy & regulation, discuss considerations for auditing sustainability reports