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Tuesday, August 3, 2021 Remarks by U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler indicate that the SEC may soon respond to increasing demand from investors for information on how to better evaluate a firm’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks. The SEC is considering a number of changes in how such risks are measured, as a first step toward driving progress. Gensler provided a broad outline of the rule revisions he has asked SEC staff to consider in his re...

The ESG-standard-setting organizations SASB and IIRC officially merged, creating the Value Reporting Foundation.

When it comes to integrated reporting, the US lags its peers.

The Tipping Point Fund on Impact Investing Awards a Combined $500,000 in Grants to IIRC and SASB to Help Drive Harmonization of Enterprise Value Reporting Funding for the International Integrating Reporting Council (IIRC) and Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) will support efforts to develop a standardized framework for impact reporting and sustainability disclosure that can be used by both investors and companies News provided by Share this article Share this article NEW YORK, Ma...

The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board is finalizing a merger with the International Integrated Reporting Council, while watching efforts to establish a standard-setter overseen by the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation.

The SEC’s Time To Act A New Strategy for Advancing U.S. Corporate and Financial Sector Climate Disclosures February 19, 2021, 5:00 am Getty/CQ-Roll Call Inc./Bill Clark A flag flies outside of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission building in Washington, D.C., July 2020. Julia Cusick Introduction and summary Climate change poses major risks to U.S. companies, the domestic economy, and the planet. Those risks include the loss of jobs. The 2008 financial crisis resulted in the loss of...

Institute of Management Accountants president and CEO Jeff Thomson is predicting six mega trends in the finance and accounting profession this year.

Donogl/Dreamstime Reporting standards in the world of environmental, social and governance investing, long a thicket of competing frameworks, could converge within 12 to 24 months, said Janine Guillot, head of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board. Guillot spoke to Barron’s in a joint interview with Brian Moynihan, CEO of Bank of America, this month. During the interview, Moynihan endorsed the work of SASB, which has a leading framework to report sustainable metrics. He a...