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Australian Treasury looks to ease sustainability assurance requirements
26 August 2026Government consults on alternative measures to simplify sustainability reporting and assurance requirements, including whether to scrap reasonable assurance
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Democrats revive tax transparency efforts
24 August 2026Disclosure of Tax and Offshoring Act, introduced to Congress, would require full public country-by-reporting from US Multinationals
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Sustainability disclosure is "still a mess" - reporting policy expert warns
21 August 2026Pressure from Washington, a paring-back of Europe's rules and unresolved questions over interoperability have left sustainability disclosure without a clear destination. A senior financial reporting policy expert argues the fix starts with a narrower question: what does this do to the financial statements?
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King V - Integrated thinking, double materiality, and giving boards a voice
19 August 2026Mervyn King and IRC CEO Leigh Roberts explain what's changed in South Africa's revised corporate governance code, and how companies can apply it in practice
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US applies further pressure over EU sustainability rules
17 August 2026Government calls on EU policymakers to honour 2025 commitments and reduce CSDDD requirements for US businesses
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ISSB's technical questions on SASB raise the old architecture conundrum
14 August 2026Comment letters on the board's SASB overhaul keep circling back to the same unresolved point: what are the standards, exactly, supposed to be?
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Lawyers pulled into corporate sustainability sphere as regulation bites
12 August 2026Sustainability and legal functions increasingly collaborating, with disclosure and due diligence requirements cited as the biggest drivers
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Australia's regulatory reassurances
10 August 2026ASIC to focus on supporting companies in early years of mandatory reporting under AASB S2, as reporting and assurance requirements are phased in
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The not so beautiful game: FIFA controversy triggers calls for reform and transparency
06 August 2026Football governing body criticised over governance and accountability measures after ill-fated proposal to sell off stakes in future World Cups and tournaments
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Australian securities regulator reflects on first mandatory climate disclosure cycle
05 August 2026ASIC Commissioner Kate O'Rourke discusses early observations on the first year of reporting under Australia's ISSB-aligned requirements
