Asset owners have welcomed draft sustainability reporting standards from ISSB and EFRAG, but also identified some rough edges.
Agreement on corporate sustainability disclosures paves way for ‘two-speed Europe’, investors warned.
Current approach may result in less decision-useful information to investors, standards setter warns.
UN SDGs’ 2030 deadline driving impact focus, but social measurement and reporting remain a “heavy lift”.
Double materiality-based standards designed to underpin Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive.
Asset owners, asset managers and hedge funds prioritise transparency in long-short portfolio ESG reporting, says MSCI.
Feedback requested for general and climate-focused disclosure drafts, which will be finalised by end of 2022.
Multiple versions will be open to feedback over 18-month period ahead of finalisation in 2023.
Ásthildur Hjaltadóttir, Chief Regional Officer, GRI, makes the case for a two-pillar reporting structure.
Interoperability between reporting standards and across jurisdictions is key to establishing a global baseline, says Chair.
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