As we addressed here, the International Sustainability Standards Board has issued its first two exposure drafts, General Sustainability-related Disclosures and Climate-related Disclosures, both open for comment until July 29, 2022. Let’s continue where we left off last time, surveying some of the reaction to the proposals relating to disclosing “Scope 3” greenhouse gas emissions. This…

As we addressed here, the International Sustainability Standards Board has issued its first two exposure drafts, General Sustainability-related Disclosures and Climate-related Disclosures, both open for comment until July 29, 2022. To recap the background on a key aspect of the climate-related proposals, the most commonly cited standard for measuring greenhouse gas emissions is the GHG…

As we addressed here, the International Sustainability Standards Board has issued its first two exposure drafts, General Sustainability-related Disclosures and Climate-related Disclosures, which were both open for comment until July 29, 2022. If you doubted that this was big news, here’s a recent bulletin from politician Leslyn Lewis, a current contender for leader of Canada’s…

As a summer treat, it’s time now for another selection of recent tweets that made mention of IFRS in one form or another, presented here in their original form, typos and oddities and obscenities all intact (the last edition was here). In the past I’ve often pointed out examples of “IFRS” being used as an…

As we addressed here, the International Sustainability Standards Board issued its first two exposure drafts, General Sustainability-related Disclosures and Climate-related Disclosures, which were both open for comment until July 29, 2022. The draft on climate-related disclosures includes the following proposed requirements: An entity shall disclose information that enables users of general purpose financial reporting to…

Here’s an extract from a recent IASB staff paper, prepared in connection with the Primary Financial Statements project: The staff recommends the IASB explores an approach that would require that an entity discloses, for all operating expenses disclosed in the notes, the amounts included in each line item in the statement of profit or loss.…

As we addressed here, the International Sustainability Standards Board has issued its first two exposure drafts, General Sustainability-related Disclosures and Climate-related Disclosures, both open for comment until July 29, 2022. Here are some extracts: Sustainability-related financial information is broader than information reported in the financial statements and could include information about… the entity’s reputation, performance…

Here’s another of the issues arising from extracts of enforcement decisions issued in the past by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA); this is from their 25th edition: The issuer is a biotechnology company. In October 2017, the issuer issued debt fully subscribed by company B, for an amount representing around 30% of the…

As we addressed here, the International Sustainability Standards Board has issued its first two exposure drafts, General Sustainability-related Disclosures and Climate-related Disclosures, both open for comment until July 29, 2022. Here’s an extract from a comment letter submitted by the International Ethics Standard Board for Accountants: Sustainability reporting is increasingly important, not only in meeting…

The current exposure draft on climate-related disclosures would require disclosure, among much else of course, of the intended use of carbon offsets in achieving emissions targets… The disclosure would cover whether the offsets will be subject to a third-party offset verification or certification scheme and if so, which scheme, or schemes; the type of carbon…