30 October, 2020
BlackRock backs global sustainability reporting standards
BlackRock, the world’s biggest fund manager, has put its shoulder behind the creation of a single set of global sustainability reporting standards. The support is timely. If implemented, new stan...
30 October, 2020
Sustainability in spotlight at IIRC Global Conference
The growing importance of integrated reporting will be explored in November when experts, business leaders and investors from around the world gather online to explore the issue of sustainable value c...
18 February, 2020
Better sustainability disclosures require clear reporting boundaries
Following news of Oxford Brookes University’s recent analysis and the
27 January, 2020
How to hold businesses to account on carbon? Include their supply chains
Donald Trump may not believe climate change is happening, but most business leaders do and it is no surprise to see it
24 January, 2020
UK firms urged to improve carbon emissions reporting
UK companies need to improve their carbon emissions reporting, according to new research. The study uncovered big spikes in reported emissions, suggesting unexplained volatility. The examination of...
14 January, 2020
Hong Kong companies ‘failing to integrate ESG’ into policies and planning
Hong Kong markets often draw the eye of global observers, but this time it's for the wrong reasons. A report says that companies in the territory have yet to integrate environmental, social and govern...
14 August, 2019
Controversy in Hong Kong over mandatory ESG reporting
While protests over Hong Kong’s political future make headlines around the world, there is another much quieter battle going on behind the scenes over the future of the territory’s corporate gover...
5 July, 2019
Integrated reporting: a framework for a more sustainable future
The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) are working together to help companies report their performance, as the world looks to ach...
26 June, 2019
‘Single all-encompassing framework’ needed for sustainability reporting
When it comes to sustainability reporting, corporate accounting departments are confronted with a plethora of choices; a huge number of systems that could be used to report a company’s environmental...
18 June, 2019
