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About the Jurisdictional Adopters Working Group
The Jurisdictional Adopters Working Group facilitates multilateral discussions among a community of jurisdictional authorities about strategic regulatory considerations affecting the degree of adoption and other use of International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) Standards. This includes adoption or other use for local regulatory frameworks and how ISSB Standards can serve as a global passport, benefiting capital markets worldwide and addressing emerging cross border issues.
Originally called the Jurisdictional Working Group, the initial membership was expanded in 2026 to reflect the growing number of jurisdictions using or planning to use ISSB Standards. The working group—consisting of jurisdictional representatives and representatives from the IFRS Foundation—has an established dialogue for enhanced compatibility between the ISSB’s work and that of ongoing jurisdictional initiatives on sustainability disclosures. The Jurisdictional Adopters Working Group meets at least twice per year, supplemented by additional meetings as warranted.
The ISSB’s mission is to deliver a high-quality global baseline of sustainability disclosures. The global baseline addresses the needs of capital market participants around the world and can be directly used on a voluntary basis by market participants or incorporated into jurisdictional mandatory requirements (which might also serve broader public policy or multistakeholder needs). The ISSB operates in an inclusive manner in this mission.
The field of sustainability-related financial disclosures based on jurisdictional regulatory requirements is a relatively new discipline and many jurisdictions are participating in this process at scale for the first time. Many developments and associated public consultations are occurring in parallel.
These ongoing activities present an opportunity to align, as much as possible, requirements at a jurisdictional and international level to deliver the global baseline that has been welcomed by public authorities and market participants, including the G20, the G7, the International Organization of Securities Commissions and the Financial Stability Board.
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