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  • Australian Treasury looks to ease sustainability assurance requirements

    26 August 2026

    Government consults on alternative measures to simplify sustainability reporting and assurance requirements, including whether to scrap reasonable assurance

  • Democrats revive tax transparency efforts

    24 August 2026

    Disclosure of Tax and Offshoring Act, introduced to Congress, would require full public country-by-reporting from US Multinationals

  • Sustainability disclosure is "still a mess" - reporting policy expert warns

    21 August 2026

    Pressure 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?

  • King V - Integrated thinking, double materiality, and giving boards a voice

    19 August 2026

    Mervyn 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

  • US applies further pressure over EU sustainability rules

    17 August 2026

    Government calls on EU policymakers to honour 2025 commitments and reduce CSDDD requirements for US businesses

  • ISSB's technical questions on SASB raise the old architecture conundrum

    14 August 2026

    Comment letters on the board's SASB overhaul keep circling back to the same unresolved point: what are the standards, exactly, supposed to be?

  • Lawyers pulled into corporate sustainability sphere as regulation bites

    12 August 2026

    Sustainability and legal functions increasingly collaborating, with disclosure and due diligence requirements cited as the biggest drivers

  • Australia's regulatory reassurances

    10 August 2026

    ASIC to focus on supporting companies in early years of mandatory reporting under AASB S2, as reporting and assurance requirements are phased in

  • The not so beautiful game: FIFA controversy triggers calls for reform and transparency

    06 August 2026

    Football governing body criticised over governance and accountability measures after ill-fated proposal to sell off stakes in future World Cups and tournaments

  • Australian securities regulator reflects on first mandatory climate disclosure cycle

    05 August 2026

    ASIC Commissioner Kate O'Rourke discusses early observations on the first year of reporting under Australia's ISSB-aligned requirements