May monthly news summary
Please find below a brief summary of news and events from the IFRS®
Foundation over the past month:
Sustainability Standards Advisory Forum calls for candidates
The IFRS Foundation invites nominations of candidates for membership of the
Sustainability Standards Advisory Forum. Nominations and applications are invited by
11 July 2022.
Linda Mezon-Hutter and Robert Uhl appointed to the International Accounting Standards Board
The IFRS Foundation Trustees announced the appointment of Linda Mezon-Hutter and Robert Uhl
to serve as members of the IFRS Foundation’s International Accounting Standards
Board. The Trustees also announced the reappointment of Nick Anderson, Jianqiao Lu
and Ann Tarca to serve a second term.
Staff request for feedback to inform future development of the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Taxonomy for digital reporting
The staff request for feedback outlines staff recommendations
to inform the development of a taxonomy to enable digital consumption of
sustainability disclosures prepared using the International Sustainability Standards
Board’s IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards. The staff recommendations focus on
fundamental matters that need to be considered early to enable the ISSB to publish
the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Taxonomy on a timely basis.
Integrated Reporting—articulating a future path
The International Accounting Standards Board Chair Andreas Barckow and International
Sustainability Standards Board Chair Emmanuel Faber communicated plans for the future role, governance and
development of the VRF’s Integrated Reporting Framework and Integrated Thinking
Principles.
G7 welcomed ISSB's work to deliver global baseline of sustainability disclosures
The G7 welcomed the inauguration of the International Sustainability Standards
Board (ISSB) and its progress of work on the global baseline of
sustainability reporting standards. They welcomed the ISSB’s "path to global baseline" statement of 18 May 2022 and called on all relevant
stakeholders to participate in the ongoing consultation on the proposed
standards.
Path to global baseline: ISSB outlines actions required to deliver global baseline of sustainability disclosures
The IFRS Foundation’s International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)
outlined the necessary steps required to establish a comprehensive global
baseline of sustainability disclosures.
April 2022 IASB podcast
In this episode of the IASB podcast, IASB Chair Andreas Barckow
and Executive Technical Director Nili Shah share the highlights from the April IASB
meeting.
Compilation of Agenda Decisions—Volume 6 published
The IFRS Foundation’s sixth Compilation of Agenda Decisions brings together
agenda decisions published by the IFRS Interpretations Committee from November 2021
to April 2022.