Changes to ESG reporting
As
an ESG Consultant in Dubai in 2020, there
were several noteworthy consolidations of ESG reporting foundations. The International Financial Reporting Standards
(IFRS) Foundation announced the creation of the International Sustainability
Standards Board (ISSB) at the COP22 climate conference in November 2020. The
IFRS Foundation Trustees, who also manage the International Accounting
Standards Board, will be in charge of the ISSB (IASB). The ISSB was established
and structured such that the IFRS Substance would treat financial accounting
and sustainability accounting equally.
As
an ESG Consultant in Dubai the
Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) standards, which are
shareholder-focused and industry-specific, are expected to be accepted by the
ISSB. The ISSB used and combined most of the well-known ESG standards and
frameworks while creating the new international standards; thus, they did not
start from zero.
The
ISSB is also consolidating administrations and employees in addition to
standards. By June 2021, the Value Reporting Foundation (VRF) and the Climate
Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) will have combined into the IFRS Foundation.
The SASB and the International Integrated Reporting Council were succeeded by
the VRF (IIRC). When the SASB and IIRC joined in June 2020, the VRF was
created.
We
believe as a ESG Consultant in Dubai which the fact that the information
revealed in ESG reporting is frequently neither highly relevant nor similar across
organizations has been a problem. Large public companies frequently employ a
variety of standards and frameworks for their ESG strategy. This is so that businesses can select the ESG
standard or framework they want to apply to their ESG strategy. Additionally, it is typical for businesses working
in the same sector to release their ESG reports at various intervals and in
various reporting formats, metrics, and accounting systems. Since the ISSB's
standards are projected to be the dominant ESG standards focused on
innovativeness value or shareholders, the creation of the ISSB is expected to
address these differences and improve the comparability of ESG information.
The
VRF advises businesses to succumb ESG data now rather than waiting for the full
ISSB guidelines to be published. While the ISSB standards are being developed, companies
are urged to continue using the existing ESG strategy.
Existing
ESG Frameworks & Standards
We
believe as a ESG Consultant in Dubai that three essential ESG
standards and outlines used are the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Standards, Task Force on Climate-related Monetary Disclosures (TCFD), and SASB
Standards.
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