Extreme weather, failure of climate-change mitigation and adaptation, as well as natural disasters ranked as top 3 most severe risks in the WEF annual report.
The Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) has been listed as a key player to watch by the 2019 State of Green Business report produced in partnership with Trucost, part of S&P Global.
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) in collaboration with thinktank, Ex'Tax Project published a new report “Tax as a Force for Good”, outlining how shifting tax burden from labour to natural resource use, pollution and consumption could help meet the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement, the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and an inclusive circular economy.
Hosted by C2ES, this webinar focuses on frameworks developed by the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) to facilitate the implementation of TCFD recommendations.
Today the Coalition Group (of which CDSB is a member), together with the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), launched the Wates Corporate Governance Principles for Large Private Companies.
Major international corporate reporting standard setters and framework providers have today announced a ground-breaking new two-year project focused on driving better alignment in the corporate reporting landscape, to make it easier for companies to prepare effective and coherent disclosures that meet the information needs of capital markets and society.
