Two leading organizations within the corporate sustainability ecosystem are deepening their collaboration to improve and streamline environmental reporting, following a Memorandum of Understanding that was signed between CDP and Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) during the COP29 Climate Change Conference in >>> read more
Over 1,000 companies have referenced the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) in their reports and 30 jurisdictions are making progress towards introducing ISSB Standards in their legal or regulatory frameworks. These are some of the key findings of a detailed progress >>> read more
Reporting matters, WBCSD’s leading initiative in partnership with Radley Yeldar, aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of corporate sustainability reporting, is proud to unveil its 2024 edition, titled “Changing Gears: How are companies navigating higher expectations and demands in sustainability reporting?”. In >>> read more
Accountants must understand the concepts, principles, challenges and opportunities of nature related reporting to engage with boards and management on this increasingly vital issue. The global accountancy body ACCA has issued a paper Empowering business: navigating nature-related reporting, designed to assist >>> read more
The Commission is adopting a package of infringement decisions due to the absence of communication by Member States of measures taken to transpose EU directives (including the CSRD) into national law. The Commission is sending a letter of formal notice >>> read more
Cristina Gil White has been appointed interim CEO of GRI, stepping up from her role as Chief Operational Officer. With a diverse track record in sustainability leadership, Cristina joined GRI’s management team one year ago, after serving as a Supervisory >>> read more
Today EFRAG publishes its XBRL Taxonomy for ESRS Set 1, which enables the digital tagging of ESRS statements. In addition, EFRAG publishes the XBRL Taxonomy for Article 8 disclosures that the EC requested EFRAG prepare. The digital taxonomies enable the marking up (‘tagging’) >>> read more
Following last year’s recognition of the best organizations in Germany, the ESG Transparency Award is now expanding its analysis process to the European level. The global market research and certification institute EUPD Research, established in the sectors of renewable energy, >>> read more
The European Commission has today published a set of frequently asked questions (FAQs) to support stakeholders in the implementation of the EU corporate sustainability reporting rules. The publication is part of the Commission’s continuous effort to make the EU sustainable finance >>> read more
EFRAG is pleased to issue today its Study: ‘State of play as of Q2 2024 | Implementation of European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS): Initial Practices from Selected Companies’. The objective of this study is to illustrate preliminary practices related to the implementation >>> read more
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) have today published a joint interoperability mapping resource that gives a detailed overview of alignment between the TNFD Disclosure Recommendations and metrics and the GRI Standards. Over the >>> read more
An updated online database, Business reporting on the SDGs: An analysis of the Goals and Targets, was made available today to improve business reporting on the SDGs, featuring a comprehensive inventory of potential disclosures at the targets level for each of the >>> read more