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The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board is moving beyond environmental issues and more into the areas of social and governance reporting.
Read More »AICPA teams with GRI, SASB on sustainability assurance
The American Institute of CPAs has received an increasing number of questions on sustainability assurance engagements.
Read More »SEC reduces disclosures of legal proceedings, climate change and human capital risks
The changes represent probably the biggest overhaul of Regulation S-K disclosures in more than three decades.
Read More »ESG disclosures by companies fall short, according to GAO
Disclosures of nonfinancial information, such as environmental, social and governance issues, aren’t always “clear or useful,” according to a report by the Government Accountability Office.
Read More »SASB opens new project to set standards for plastics reporting
The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board voted during an online meeting last week to open a new standard-setting project to address single-use plastics and bio-alternatives in the chemicals and pulp and paper industries.
Read More »The tax rule that inspired billionaires and movie stars to back climate moonshots
A little-used part of the U.S. tax code allows foundations to use some of their endowments as “program-related investments.”
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