EU Non-Financial Reporting Directive

22 Jun 2020

Coalition publishes 7 recommendations for the upcoming Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD)

ACCA, Accountancy Europe, Association of German Banks (BdB), CDSB, EFAMA, Frank Bold, IIGCC, Schroders, ShareAction, WWF have decided to form an informal group on Sustainable Finance. The group is used as a platform for collaboration and coordination and can serve in the future as a useful forum for further interactions with the EU institutions.
19 Jun 2020

Final approval of the EU Taxonomy: a key step towards more transparency on sustainable investments

CDSB welcomes the final adoption of the EU Taxonomy Regulation after this week’s vote in the European Parliament.
03 Jun 2020

Is the EU Non-Financial Reporting Directive falling short of its intended goals?

CDSB's Policy Manager, Axelle Blanchard shares key takeaways and useful resources from the launch of CDSB’s latest analysis of environmental and climate-related disclosure by Europe’s major companies.
19 May 2020

78% of Europe’s largest companies falling short of adequately reporting environmental and climate-related risks despite EU guidelines

Current corporate reporting practices could fall short on delivering on the objectives of the European Green Deal and the 2050 climate neutrality target.
28 Apr 2020

New EU renewed sustainable finance strategy: challenges and opportunities

As the EU’s new strategy for a sustainable financial system is debated in Brussels, CDSB’s Policy Manager Axelle Blanchard identifies some challenges and opportunities of this important initiative.
31 Mar 2020

EU Green Deal and NFRD review: Will the EU manage to turn strategies into actions and move towards more consistent and comparable non-financial reporting?

As the new European Commission is currently implementing the priorities set out in the 11 December Communication on the European Green Deal, CDSB’s Policy Manager, Axelle Blanchard, gives insight into the first round of feedback from stakeholders from the initial inception impact assessment consultation on the NFRD review.
10 Mar 2020

Tips for making effective environmental disclosures under the EU Non-Financial Reporting Directive

Following the launch of the EU Environmental Reporting Handbook, CDSB's project manager, Gemma Clements, shares four essential tips on how to disclose environmental information in line with reporting requirements in Europe.
27 Feb 2020

The review of the Non-Financial Reporting Directive – why it’s significant and what to watch for?

Last week the European Commission launched the public consultation on the review of the Non-Financial Reporting Directive.