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15 Dec 2020

Will 2021 be the turning point for sustainability reporting in Europe?

CDSB's Policy Manager, Axelle Blanchard, shares her views on the current state of reporting policies and corporate practices following the launch of CDSB’s latest analysis of 2020 environmental disclosure by Europe’s major companies in order to assess what is ahead of us in 2021.
02 Dec 2020

People and Planet in the Accounts: non-financial disclosures – the rubber’s not hit the road… yet

Mardi McBrien says that when it comes to putting people and planet into the accounts, the moment of truth is still some way off but is fast approaching.
27 Nov 2020

Briefings: disclosure under the EU Non-Financial Reporting Directive

The CDSB has held a series of briefings around the disclosure under the EU Non-Financial Reporting Directive ahead of a major report launch in December.
25 Nov 2020

The Value Reporting Foundation – What is next for CDSB?

Mardi McBrien, Managing Director of CDSB, comments on the formation of the Value Reporting Foundation, announced by SASB and IIRC, and the role of CDSB.
29 Sep 2020

Beyond harmonisation: Building a non-financial reporting community of practice

Dr Tim Kasim, member of the CDSB Technical Working Group, discusses harmonisation as an opportunity for creating a community of practice which transcends institutional boundaries, and offers some insight for harnessing tensions into a productive friction in a community of practice.
03 Sep 2020

Breaching the data gap: CDSB's response to joint ESA consultation on ESG disclosures

Axelle Blanchard summarised the key points of CDSB's response to the joint consultation
25 Aug 2020

Are we feeling the shark’s teeth?

Francesca Recanati takes a deep dive into the meaning of water-related financial risks for business and shares insight into CDSB's ongoing work on water-related disclosure.
21 Jul 2020

2020: The disruption and the lasting change

Last week the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, announced that it voted against 53 companies worldwide due to lack of progress on climate concerns. CDSB’s Senior Technical Officer, David Astley, warns that the “freshness” of climate reporting phenomenon should not be mistaken for fleetingness.
20 Jul 2020

Climate and financial reporting

How can we advance the integration of climate-related matters into financial reporting? CDSB's Technical Manager, Sundip Jadeja, shares insight into the work of the Technical Working Group on Climate Accounting Standards.
03 Jul 2020

Four steps to a stronger TCFD disclosure

Ricardo, a global strategic engineering and environmental consultancy that specialises in the transport, energy and scarce resources sectors, outlined four steps to strengthen climate-related disclosure in line with the TCFD Recommendations.

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