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IFRS Foundation Launches Course to Support Companies Starting Sustainability Reporting with ISSB Standards

ESG Today

The IFRS Foundation’s International Sustainability Standards Board was launched in November 2021 at the COP26 climate conference, with the goal to develop IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards to provide investors with information about companies’ sustainability risks and opportunities.

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Climate Finance: Moving Forward After COP26

3BL Media

SUMMARY: The need for climate finance – the local, national, or transnational financing that enables climate change mitigation and adaptation – was much debated at COP26. Bridging the Funding Gap at COP26: Governmental Pledges. Bridging the Funding Gap at COP26: Private Sector Initiatives. SOURCE: EcoVadis.

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IFRS Says 36 Jurisdictions Are Moving Towards Using ISSB Sustainability Reporting Standards

ESG Today

The IFRS Foundation’s International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) was launched in November 2021 at the COP26 climate conference, with the goal to develop IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards to provide investors with information about companies’ sustainability risks and opportunities.

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The Consumer Goods Forum Launches the "Net Zero Playbook For Consumer Industries", in Collaboration With Accenture

3BL Media

It has been launched at COP27, where a key theme is making good on the commitments made at COP26 and demonstrating action. Nigel Topping, UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for the UK, COP26 will introduce the Playbook as part of the Marrakech Partnership’s Industry Action Event on November 11TH, 2022 at 10:00 EET. link] #netzero.

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Jurisdictions Representing Over Half of Global GHG Emissions are Moving Towards Coverage by ISSB Sustainability Reporting Standards: IFRS Report

ESG Today

The IFRS Foundation’s International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) was launched in November 2021 at the COP26 climate conference, with the goal to develop IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards to provide investors with information about companies’ sustainability risks and opportunities.

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Fossil fuels phase-out pact fizzled at COP27. What more can be done?

Corporate Knights

The COP27 text reiterated the COP26 decision but failed to broaden it to encompass oil and gas, despite a proposal by India to that end (a move that would have helped take the emphasis off coal, of which it is a major consumer). COP decisions are not binding and the language on fossil fuels at COP26 was watered down during negotiations.

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A tidal wave of new carbon emissions data soon will be upon us

GreenBiz

And citizens and consumers will have the kind of granular information they need to more effectively target the decision-makers and brands standing in the way of a sustainable future. Slow-to-change investors and greenwashers in the business community will lose their cover to continue propping up the fossil fuel economy.