Sustainability & SDGs

September 26, 2023

The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) recommendations announced

After years of development and testing including by some of the world’s largest conglomerates, the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures' (TNFD) final recommendations for nature-related risk management and disclosures were released on 18 September 2023.
September 14, 2023

At The Inflection Point Of Sustainability Reporting

Within the past three years alone, we have witnessed a slew of important developments that are driven by the demand for decision-useful information from stakeholders who support climate action or other sustainability causes. We are at the cusp of sustainability reporting being part of mainstream reporting and can expect the adoption of sustainability reporting to accelerate in the near future.
August 10, 2023

At The Inflection Point Of Sustainability Reporting

Within the past three years alone, we have witnessed a slew of important developments that are driven by the demand for decision-useful information from stakeholders who support climate action or other sustainability causes. We are at the cusp of sustainability reporting being part of mainstream reporting and can expect the adoption of sustainability reporting to accelerate in the near future.
August 1, 2023

Significant initiatives taken by ICAP in the area of Sustainability

Corporate Sustainability reporting and assurance has gained significant attention and momentum in Pakistan. It is recognised that accountancy bodies and accountancy professionals have an important role in developing, promoting and implementing sustainability reporting and assurance regime in Pakistan.
July 27, 2023

CA ANZ welcomes momentous step towards harmonising global sustainability reporting

The release by the International Sustainability Standards Board’s (ISSB) of its first two standards marks an important milestone for finance professionals and finance teams, according to Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ). The ISSB’s standards aim to provide a comprehensive global baseline of sustainability disclosures for capital markets […]
July 10, 2023

Nature and biodiversity ascend the ESG agenda

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) topics are currently top of mind in business and finance. Climate change has dominated under the ‘E’ of ESG, but nature and biodiversity are catching up. Three developments have helped drive the momentum: the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures, the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, and the new Global Biodiversity Framework.
July 10, 2023

Professor Adam Dixon shares why sustainable capitalism is the way forward

Some see sustainable capitalism as an oxymoron, others as ‘woke mumbo jumbo’. But to Professor Adam Dixon, inaugural Adam Smith Chair in Sustainable Capitalism at Edinburgh Business School, if this is really the way forwards, it needs to be subject to open and honest enquiry.