Strategic Focus: The Future Of Voluntary Sustainability Reporting
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Executive Summary
Despite looming ESG disclosure regulations, support for voluntary sustainability reporting remains high on the corporate agenda. This report provides chief sustainability officers (CSOs) with an overview of the current work by the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) to create a global baseline for voluntary sustainability reporting, as well as guidance on how corporates can manage voluntary and regulated reporting side by side.
Table of contents
Interoperability between voluntary and mandatory reporting standards is the critical success factorThe ISSB’s objective is a global reporting baseline, not standardization
Corporate appetite for voluntary reporting remains high
Corporates will continue to juggle voluntary and mandatory reporting for the foreseeable future
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Figure 1. Formation of the ISSB standardsFigure 2. Interoperability table of major standards
Figure 3. ESG and sustainability processes funding priorities
Organisations mentioned
Alphabet, AXA, CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project), Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB), Cognizant, Deloitte, DuPont, ERM, European Central Bank (ECB), European Commission, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI), European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG), EY, FigBytes, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Goldman Sachs, GRESB, Halliburton, Integrated Reporting (IR) Framework, International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation (IFRS), International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), Kirkland & Ellis, KKR, KKS Advisors, KPMG, LinkedIn, Microsoft, NASDAQ, Position Green, pulsESG, PwC, Said Business School, SLR Consulting, Sphera, Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), Unilever, University of Oxford, US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Value Reporting Foundation (VRF), Workiva, World Economic Forum (WEF), WSPAbout the authors
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