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The agreement of the first two International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards may help new tech-based data networks unlock capital and investment flows to smaller businesses and especially in emerging markets, a symposium in Montréal, Canada, has been told.

A panel of development experts speaking at the event on Friday (Feb 17) noted how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine-learning-based data platforms can mesh with digitised smaller businesses, helping entice investors seeking sustainable opportunities.…

An International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) symposium in Montréal, Canada, has heard how accounting standards experts are striving to build a “global baseline” of regulation based on ISSB standards, despite the contrasting guidance being developed worldwide.

Speaking at the event on Friday (Feb 17), Mark Carney, UN special envoy for climate action and finance, and former central bank governor for the UK and Canada, said of the baseline: “It’s critical.…

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has updated its Principles for the Regulation and Supervision of Commodity Derivatives Markets, the first major overhaul of this core guidance since 2011. IOSCO said the changes were designed “to provide a resilient framework for the regulation and oversight of the commodity derivatives markets”, taking account of recent market developments and international events, such as the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.…

International sustainable reporting standards may seem like a worthy effort to corral companies into good fighting climate change but in Chile, integrated reporting is deemed an economic lifeline.

Its Financial Market Commission (CMF – Comisión para el Mercado Financiero) has issued a General Rule No.…

As regulators in jurisdictions worldwide prepare to pass laws making sustainability reporting mandatory for listed companies, the auto sector will need to reassess detailed environmental and social standards already developed by standard setting bodies.

That is the case for the US-owned and based auto sector, especially foreign companies making autos in the US and American companies with plants overseas.…

The chair of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) on Friday (Feb 17) announced that it had approved the final versions of its first two standards: IFRS S1 General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-related Financial Information and IFRS S2 Climate-related Disclosures will now be released by the end of Q2 2023, with a January 1, 2024 effective date said ISSB chair Emmanuel Faber.…

US and Ireland-based autonomous vehicle (AV) technology supplier Aptiv is one of many AV initiatives using the Asian city state of Singapore as a testbed for such vehicles, related sensors and relevant electronic components. The country’s proactivity on AVs has led to four generations of autonomous vehicles being approved for eventual use by Singapore transport authorities, which include models from Audi and BMW.…

Demand for US tobacco leaf is projected to remain robust, despite increased reluctance to use smoked products (worsened by concerns about respiratory disease prompted by Covid-19) and the ongoing China–US trade war launched by former US President Donald Trump.

Tobacco leaf was one of the Chinese export products hit by punitive US import duties of 25% imposed during 2019, with China responding in kind with additional 10% and 25% duties levied on US exports of tobacco leaf to China.…

Paradigm shifting technology involving collaboration between different scientific disciplines looks set to strengthen the impact of medical adhesives on clinical care as unhealthy lifestyles fuel increasingly diverse interventions, according to researchers and industry observers.

With sustainability “a front and centre priority”, said Paul Saunders, senior manager, global marketing, for Avery Dennison, a Los Angeles, USA-based material science company, issues such as bone reconstruction, wound management, haemorrhage prevention and drug dispensing devices are all being enhanced, with adhesives development a key element.…

The potential of the ‘metaverse’, the burgeoning network of 3D virtual worlds focused on social connection, for generating sales and exposure is proving extremely attractive for fashion brands. While digital clothes in the metaverse are never physically worn or touched, designers are harnessing virtual reality for marketing and helping consumers experience fashion in new digital ways.…