The unification of ESG reporting standards took a further step this week when the Value Reporting Foundation, one of the early innovators in setting ESG disclosure guidance and founder of the Integrated Reporting Framework (IRF) and SASB Standards, was amalgamated into the IFRS Foundation. Their functions will continue within the International Sustainability Standards Board, which was created at the Glasgow COP26 summit last year.
The EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) outlines extensive rules designed to ensure transparency across sustainable financial markets. It also demands huge volumes of non-financial ESG data to be sourced, managed and governed, some of which is difficult to find, and much of which is unstructured and of variable quality. The data challenge is exacerbated...
The absence of standard global reporting structures has long been seen as an impediment to the effective allocation of resources into ESG-themed projects and products by financial institutions. Now they are finding similar handicaps as they try to navigate the net-zero transition space, according to a report by leading greenhouse gas reduction framework setter Science-Based...
Now in its 4th year, the RegTech Summit in London explores how the European financial services industry can leverage technology to drive innovation, cut costs and support regulatory change.
The ESG landscape is changing faster than anyone could have imagined even five years ago. With tens of trillions of dollars expected to have been committed to sustainable assets by the end of the decade, it’s never been more important for financial institutions of all sizes to stay abreast of changes in the ESG data...
