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Get ready, Corporate America: The carbon disclosure mandates are coming

GreenBiz

The greenhouse gas protocol has been around for many years and sets out a detailed process (more than 700 pages) for measuring corporate carbon footprints. With the slow pace of standards development, companies are facing uncertainty about what information to collect.

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Will new global standard for corporate sustainability reporting corral wild west of ESG?

Corporate Knights

A breakthrough happened about 18 months ago at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow when the IFRS Foundation agreed to form the ISSB and establish a single sustainability reporting framework. It leaves the definition of materiality up to each company to determine, although this will likely be subject to verification by external auditors.