The Council of Financial Regulators held its regular quarterly meeting on Friday, 27 November 2020. In a statement published last week, the Council noted that the policy responses to the pandemic have resulted in a very low rate of business insolvencies during 2020, despite difficult trading conditions, with an expected increase in insolvencies in 2021. … Continued
The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) last week announced their intention to merge into a unified organisation. The Value Reporting Foundation will merge the SASB and IIRC into a credible, international organisation that maintains the Integrated Reporting Framework, advocates integrated thinking, and sets sustainability disclosure standards for enterprise … Continued