TECHNICAL ROUND UP – IPSASB TO CREATE PUBLIC SECTOR SUSTAINABILLITY REPORTING STANDARDS

The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB) will start detailed work developing sustainability reporting standards for public sector bodies. Ian Carruthers, IPSASB chair, said: “The public sector needs its own specific sustainability reporting framework and the IPSASB should lead its development.” The board will now create a Sustainability Task Force to lead research and scoping. Priority topics are general requirements for sustainability-related financial information disclosures; climate-related disclosures; and natural ...


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