Assurance and Internal Controls

New insights into “what investors want” with respect to non-financial information shows a need for enhancing credibility

Geneva, Switzerland 5 November 2018: Today, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and PwC released a new report focused on what investors need in order to make decisions that consider non-financial information – that is, information outside of financial statements including environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics. The report, titled “Enhancing the credibility […]

Enhancing the credibility of non-financial information: the investor perspective

This report explores what value this information has for investors.

Insider perspective – Corporate Sourcing of Renewables at CEM9

Over the past two days, policymakers from around the world gathered at the Ninth Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM9) in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Accountancy Europe and WBCSD analyze ways to strengthen sustainability assurance practices

Today, Accountancy Europe and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) published a new report analyzing various ways to strengthen assurance practices related to corporate reporting on nonfinancial/sustainability information. Geneva, Switzerland, 15 May 2018: This important development comes on the heels of the EU nonfinancial reporting directive, which requires over 6,000 EU companies to disclose nonfinancial risks and […]

Responding to assurance needs on non-financial information

NFI reporting is increasingly important for investors and other stakeholders, but the practice is more mature in certain countries than in others.

Assurance: generating value from external assurance of sustainability reporting

How companies generate value from external assurance of sustainability reporting – leveraging WBCSD new Assurance Maturity Model.

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ERM convenes industry leaders to accelerate action on corporate sustainability

Insights from Cenk Alper on Joining WBCSD’s Executive Committee and Driving Sustainable Business Transformation

Landscape Action: A Business Imperative for Supply Chain Resilience

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