In an increasingly complex reporting landscape, firms are faced with an overabundance of frameworks and standards against which they can report their sustainability credentials. As stakeholders progressively highlight the need for consistent and comparable data1, standard-setting bodies are taking note. Public consultations for the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) General Sustainability and Climate exposure drafts (IFRS S1 and S2), and the European Financial Advisory Group (EFRAG) Draft European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) were both live in Q2, 2022. The introduction of two draft standards with a potentially wide reach signals a trend towards the standardization of ESG reporting across jurisdictions.
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