The New Zealand External Reporting Board (XRB) has published its Draft Climate Reporting Roadmap 2026 for public consultation, setting out a proposed pathway to align the country’s climate-related disclosure requirements…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed giving public companies the option to file semiannual reports instead of quarterly reports. Announced on May 5, 2026 (Release Nos. 33-11414;…
Key Updates
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has finalized revised ESG disclosure requirements under its Pillar 3 framework, significantly reducing reporting burdens for banks while extending ESG reporting obligations to…
More frameworks. More contributors. Same spreadsheet.
More jurisdictions. More assurance scrutiny. Same email chain.
Financial and ESG reporting converging into one obligation. Still managed as two separate documents.
That mismatch is the…
The SBTi Corporate Net-Zero Standard Version 2.0 has been officially released, introducing a more implementation-focused approach to corporate climate action. Developed by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)…
Audit-Ready Financial and ESG Reporting Workflows: A Complete Guide
Audit-ready financial and ESG reporting workflows share the same fundamental problem: evidence assembled after the reporting cycle ends is inherently harder…
The IFRS Foundation and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) have reaffirmed their commitment to aligning sustainability reporting standards, aiming to reduce disclosure complexity and improve interoperability for organizations reporting under…
The European Commission has released proposed ESRS revisions to the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) along with a new voluntary sustainability reporting standard aimed at reducing complexity, lowering reporting burdens,…
The International Organization for Standardization and Greenhouse Gas Protocol are advancing a joint effort to develop a unified product-level GHG accounting standard, addressing long-standing challenges around fragmented frameworks.
What’s…
Annual Report Season Tends to Look Similar Across Organisations
Many reporting teams managing the annual report cycle find themselves working across a dozen or more active files. The IFRS financial…
The Switzerland sustainability reporting law is evolving with new proposals from the Swiss Federal Council, introducing enhanced sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements aligned with key EU frameworks such as…
Financial disclosure management is undergoing a fundamental shift. For decades, finance teams relied on spreadsheets, email chains, and disconnected tools to prepare disclosures — approaches that once worked but now introduce…