Investors globally have called on companies to voluntarily apply ISSB Standards to provide investors with decision-useful, globally comparable information in the absence of regulatory requirements to apply ISSB Standards.
To support companies meet this demand, the IFRS Foundation has today—at New York Climate Week—published Voluntarily applying ISSB Standards—A guide for preparers. The guide aims to support companies as they start to apply ISSB Standards voluntarily as well as helping them communicate their progress to investors.
As increasing numbers of jurisdictions take steps to introduce sustainability disclosure requirements—including through widespread use