{"id":25090,"date":"2024-08-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.labrador-transparency.com\/?p=25090"},"modified":"2026-06-05T15:52:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T14:52:19","slug":"key-takeaways-on-the-ifrs-sustainability-disclosure-standards-from-the-issb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.labrador-transparency.com\/en\/blog\/key-takeaways-on-the-ifrs-sustainability-disclosure-standards-from-the-issb\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Takeaways on the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards from the ISSB"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The IFRS Foundation began its work over 20 years ago developing voluntary international accounting standards through its International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). More than 140 jurisdictions around the world require that companies use the IFRS Accounting Standards in their financial reporting. The ISSB was created as a \u201csister board\u201d to IASB and is responsible for developing and maintaining a \u201ccomprehensive global baseline of disclosure standards to facilitate consistent and comparable disclosures on risks and opportunities related to sustainability and climate\u201d\u2014 namely, the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards or what we will call here the ISSB Standards.<\/span>2<\/sup><\/span><\/p>

The ISSB has four main objectives:<\/span><\/p>

  1. to develop standards for a global baseline of sustainability disclosures;<\/span><\/li>
  2. to meet the information needs of investors;<\/span><\/li>
  3. to enable companies to provide comprehensive sustainability information to global capital markets; and<\/span><\/li>
  4. to facilitate interoperability with disclosures that are jurisdiction-specific and\/or aimed at broader stakeholder groups.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>

    To help companies, the ISSB launched an online <\/span>Knowledge Hub<\/span><\/a> and a <\/span>Sustainability Disclosure Taxonomy<\/span><\/a> for digital tagging. Questions can be submit to the <\/span>ISSB\u2019s Transition Implementation Group (TIG)<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    1. See this <\/span>IFRS webpage<\/span><\/a> for more details. Infographic adapted from the IFRS.<\/span><\/li>
    2. \u00a0<\/span>MacCormac, Susan, Silva, Alfredo, and Onabanjo, Oluwabamise of Morrison Foerster LLP. (August 22, 2023). <\/span>\u201cInside the IFRS S1 and IRFS S2 <\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>Sustainability Disclosure Standards.\u201d<\/span><\/a> Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance.<\/span><\/i><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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      Key Takeaways<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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      There are several key concepts to understand before using the ISSB Standards, including how they compare with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards, the US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) climate rule, and the European Union (EU)\u2019s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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      How to use the standards<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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      How does the ISSB define sustainability and materiality?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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      Using the IASB\u2019s definition of material information, the ISSB Standards focus on financial materiality only:<\/span>3<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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      This Standard requires an entity to disclose information about <\/span><\/i>all sustainability-related risks and opportunities <\/i><\/b>that could reasonably be expected to affect the entity\u2019s cash flows, its access to finance or cost of capital over <\/span><\/i>the short, medium or long term<\/i><\/b>\u2026 In the context of sustainability-related financial disclosures, information is material if omitting, misstating or obscuring that information could reasonably be expected to influence decisions that primary users of general-purpose financial reports make on the basis of those reports, which include financial statements and sustainability-related financial disclosures and which provide information about a specific reporting entity.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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      US companies may want to work closely with their legal and financial teams to understand how the ISSB\u2019s definition of financial materiality may or may not differ from that of SEC rules. Such close collaboration may also be useful for those companies that may be subject to non-US jurisdictional reporting requirements that have or will adopt the ISSB Standards.<\/span><\/p>

      In addition to the ISSB\u2019s definition of financial materiality, we suggest that companies may want to pay attention to its stipulation that for those disclosures involving a high level of judgment or uncertainty\u2014including the identification of sustainability-related risks and opportunities and climate-related scenario analysis\u2014 a company use \u201creasonable and supportable information that is available to the entity at the reporting date without undue cost or effort.\u201d The standards only allow omissions if laws or regulations to which a company is subject prohibit disclosing certain information or if information about an opportunity is commercially sensitive. A company needs to disclose if it is omitting information for these reasons and cannot use these exemptions to not disclose information about sustainability-related risks.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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      When do the ISSB Standards take effect? Can I still use the old TCFD recommendations and SASB standards?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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      The new standards\u2014IFRS S1 and IFRS S2\u2014are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2024. Reports covering 2023 data are the last to use the SASB industry standards and TCFD recommendations on their own.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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      1. \u00a0<\/span>IFRS Foundation. (June 2023). <\/span>IFRS S1 Disclosure Standard: General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-related Financial Information. <\/span><\/i><\/a>London, UK: pages 6 and 8.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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        Where should ISSB Standards disclosures be made?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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        The standards require that companies provide disclosures as part of their general-purpose financial reports. Companies are required to use consistent reporting boundaries, dates, data and assumptions to the extent possible between their sustainability-related financial disclosures and their related financial statements.<\/span><\/p>

        Companies are also asked to share what accounting sources of guidance they use in both (e.g., the IFRS<\/span>\u00ae<\/span> Accounting Standards or other applicable generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) or practices).<\/span><\/p>

        Subject to any regulation or other requirements that apply, there are various possible locations in a company\u2019s general-purpose financial reports in which to disclose information required by the ISSB Standards: management commentary, management\u2019s discussion and analysis, operating or financial review, or in integrated reports, strategic reports, or similar financial reports. Information may also be included<\/span><\/p>

        by cross-reference to another report published by the company. Regardless of where the disclosures are shared, companies are asked to identify the financial statements to which their sustainability-related financial disclosures are related.<\/span><\/p>

        Finally, the ISSB notes that:<\/span><\/p>

        1. Companies may disclose information in the same location as information disclosed to meet other requirements, such as information required by regulators.<\/span><\/li>
        2. Sustainability-related financial disclosures should be clearly identifiable and not obscured by additional information.<\/span><\/li>
        3. Companies should help users of its reporting understand the connections between their sustainability-related risks and opportunities and among the disclosures themselves.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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          What relief exists to help companies transition to the new disclosures?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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          To ease reporting burden, the ISSB has put in place temporary or permanent relief measures depending on a company\u2019s circumstances. They include:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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          1. Providing only climate-related disclosures the first year of use, though companies can provide disclosures for all their sustainability-related risks and opportunities.<\/li>
          2. Omitting comparable information (i.e., prior year data) in its first year of using the standards, unless IFRS S1 or IFRS S2 state otherwise. If climate-only disclosures are shared the first year of use, then climate-only comparative information needs to be shared the second year of use.<\/li>
          3. Providing qualitative rather than quantitative information about anticipated financial effects of a sustainability-related risk or opportunity if a company does not have the skills, capabilities or resources to provide quantitative information. The assumption is that those skills, capabilities and\/or resources will be acquired over time to move towards quantitative information in future reporting.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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            Victoria\u2019s Secret & Co. is one of the only US companies to voluntarily move\u00a0one year early from the TCFD recommendations to IFRS S2 in\u00a0its 2023\u00a0ESG\u00a0Report.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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            1. Providing sustainability-related financial disclosures by half-year financial reporting instead of at the same time as annual financial statements, though still covering the same reporting period (e.g., prior fiscal year). This gives companies time to ensure third-party verification and assurance for key data.<\/li>
            2. Continuing to use a non-Greenhouse Gas Protocol \u2014 A Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard (GHG Protocol)<\/a> measurement methodology the first year the standards are used. In addition, companies required by jurisdictional regulations to use an alternative GHG emissions measurement methodology are exempt from using the GHG Protocol.<\/li>
            3. Not disclosing Scope 3 emissions the first year the standards are used. This includes relief from the requirements for companies that have asset management, commercial banking or insurance activities to provide additional information about financed emissions.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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              In what countries are the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards becoming required?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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              As of June 2024, the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) <\/span>\u23af<\/span>of which the SEC is a member alongside 129 other capital market authorities<\/span>\u23af<\/span>had endorsed the ISSB Standards. In addition, more than 20 jurisdictions had announced publicly that they planning to incorporate or align their own standards with the ISSB Standards. According to the IFRS Foundation, these jurisdictions account for over 50% of global gross domestic product (GDP), more than 40% of global market capitalization, and more than 50% of global greenhouse gas emissions.<\/span>4<\/sup> <\/span>Countries adopting or aligning with the ISSB Standards include Australia, Brazil, Canada, the European Union (as part of its Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)\u2019s European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS)), Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, T\u00fcrkiye, and the United Kingdom (UK). Some jurisdictions are adding their own additional requirements on top of what the ISSB Standards require. The IFRS maintains a <\/span>list of ongoing and completed jurisdictional consultations at the national or supra-national level<\/span><\/a> on its website.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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              1. \u00a0<\/span>IFRS Foundation. (May 28, 2024). <\/span>Jurisdictions representing over half the global economy by GCP take steps towards ISSB Standards.<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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                Canada and the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards5<\/sup><\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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                In March 2024, the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB) released the <\/span>first draft of<\/span> its corporate sustainability reporting standards<\/span><\/a>, which are adapted from the ISSB Standards. If approved, the standards will become part of the Canadian Sustainability Disclosure Standards (CSDS). The standards include CSDS 1 General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-related Financial Information and CSDS 2 Climate-related Disclosures.<\/span><\/p>

                While the CSSB Standards largely align with IFRS S1 and IFRS S2, Canadian-specific modifications include:<\/span><\/p>

                1. Extending the voluntary adoption date from January 1, 2024 to January 1, 2025.<\/span><\/li>
                2. Extending the ability to use climate-only standards for two years instead of ISSB\u2019s one year. For those companies that voluntarily adopt the CSSB standards on January 1, 2025, they will not be required to disclose information on all sustainability-related risks and opportunities until the reporting period beginning on or after January 1, 2027.<\/span><\/li>
                3. Extending the requirement to disclose Scope 3 emissions for two years instead of ISSB\u2019s one year. For those companies that voluntarily adopt the CSSB standards on January 1, 2025, they will not be required to disclose Scope 3 emissions until the reporting period beginning on or after January 1, 2027.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>

                  The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have stated that they will be considering the public feedback received on the CSSB\u2019s draft standards as they issue a proposal for a revised rule setting out climate-related disclosure requirements for Canadian companies. While any climate-related rule issued by the CSA will be required, the CSSB standards will remain voluntary.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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                  1. Marsh, Sarah, Morrison, Scott and Lawson, Jennifer. (March 14, 2024). <\/span>\u201cCanada\u2019s Draft Sustainability Disclosure Standards.\u201d <\/span><\/i>PwC Canada.<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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                    Structure and details of the standards<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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                    What is the basic structure of the new standards?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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                    The new IFRS S1 and IFRS S2 standards use the same overarching framework of the TCFD recommendations: namely, disclosures related to governance, strategy, risk management, and metrics and targets. IFRS S1 asks companies to disclose information under these four \u201cbuckets\u201d for all financially material sustainability-related risks and opportunities, whereas IFRS S2 focuses on climate only.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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                    Overview of IFRS S1 and IFRS S2 Requirements6<\/sup><\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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                    In addition to addressing general cross-industry requirements in IFRS S1 and IFRS S2, companies need to address industry-based requirements. The ISSB requires that companies review applicable <\/span>SASB Standards<\/span><\/a> to help them identify risks, opportunities, metrics, targets and disclosure requirements not outlined in<\/span><\/p>

                    IFRS S1 and IFRS S2. In addition, companies are encouraged to look at applicable regulations; the water and biodiversity-related disclosure guidance from the former <\/span>Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB)<\/span><\/a>; any recent pronouncements from investor-focused standard-setters; and sustainability-related risks and opportunities identified by companies that operate in the same industries or geographic regions. Finally, companies are encouraged to look to the GRI Standards and the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) for possible applicable disclosure requirements.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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                    1. Infographic adapted from Deloitte. (June 30, 2023). \u201cGlobal ESG Disclosure Standards Converge: ISSB Finalizes IFRS S1 and IFRS S2.\u201d <\/a>#DeloitteESGNow, Volume 30, Issue 11.<\/i><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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                      Role of SASB Standards in IFRS S1 and IFRS S27<\/sup><\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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                      What are the requirements of IFRS S1 General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-related Financial Information?<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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                      IFRS S1<\/span><\/a> requires a company to disclose complete, neutral and accurate (in IFRS\u2019s words \u201cfair\u201d) information representative of <\/span>all <\/i><\/b>its financially material sustainability-related risks and opportunities <\/span>across its entire value chain<\/i><\/b>. The required disclosures are grouped into the \u201cbuckets\u201d of governance, strategy, risk management, and metrics and targets.<\/span><\/p>

                      When a company uses the same risk management process to identify, assess, prioritize and\/or monitor different sustainability-related risks and opportunities, it can integrate its disclosures for all its financially materially topics rather than providing separate disclosures for each sustainability-related risk and opportunity.<\/span><\/p>

                      Two final requirements under IFRS S1 merit attention. IFRS S1 requires information about <\/span>current and anticipated financial effects <\/i><\/b>of sustainability-related risks and opportunities. In addition, it requires an \u201cexplicit and unreserved statement of compliance\u201d along with the disclosures. Companies can only claim compliance if they meet all requirements of the standard.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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                      What are the requirements of IFRS S2 General Requirements for Disclosure of Climate-related Financial Information?<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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                      IFRS S2<\/span><\/a> follows closely the former TCFD recommendations. Companies are asked to share details on their governance, strategy, risk management, and metrics and targets related to their climate risks and opportunities.<\/span><\/p>

                      Companies are also asked to review <\/span>industry-specific climate guidance<\/span><\/a> to help identify climate-related risks, opportunities, metrics, targets, and other disclosures. Companies are still required to conduct climate-<\/span>related scenario analyses to identify and prioritize their short, medium and long-term risks and opportunities. Where companies have similar information for IFRS S2 as they would for IFRS S1, they can integrate those disclosures for IFRS S2 into IFRS S1.<\/span><\/p>

                      The IFRS Foundation has released <\/span>more detailed information<\/span><\/a> comparing IFRS S2 with the TCFD recommendations.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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                      1. Infographic adapted from IFRS Foundation. <\/span>\u201cSASB: Your pathway to ISSB.\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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                        Comparisons with other sustainability reporting regulations or voluntary standards<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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                        While the ISSB Standards were developed to align or be interoperable with several other sustainability reporting regulations and voluntary standards, there are key differences.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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                        <\/th>\r\n IFRS (ISSB Standards)<\/th>\r\n SEC ESG-Related Rules<\/th>\r\n GRI<\/th>\r\n CSRD\u2019s ESRS<\/th>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <\/thead>\r\n
                        Audiences<\/strong><\/td>\r\n Investors and readers of financial reports<\/td>\r\n Investors and readers of financial reports<\/td>\r\n Broad range of stakeholders<\/td>\r\n Broad range of stakeholders<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
                        Materiality<\/strong><\/td>\r\n Financial<\/td>\r\n Financial (non-ESG)<\/td>\r\n Impact<\/td>\r\n Double; uses same or similar financial definition as IFRS and impact materiality definition as GRI<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
                        Topics in scope<\/strong><\/td>\r\n E, S and G topics

                        Climate for all<\/td>\r\n                         		\r\n Human Capital Management<\/a>

                        \r\n                         Cybersecurity<\/a>

                        \r\n                         Climate<\/a>\r\n <\/td>\r\n                         		E, S and G topics<\/td>\r\n E, S and G topics

                        Climate for all<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
                        Industry standards<\/strong><\/td>\r\n SASB standards, which will be revised over time<\/td>\r\n None<\/td>\r\n Sector-specific standards released and in development<\/td>\r\n Sector-specific standards in development<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
                        Location of disclosures<\/strong><\/td>\r\n Included as part of general purpose financial reporting, such as in management commentary, but flexible on location.

                        No financial statement footnote required<\/td>\r\n                         		Climate rule (stayed):

                        included in separate section of annual report or registration statement

                        Climate rule (stayed): financial statement footnote to include disclosure of impact of severe weather and transition-related activities<\/td>\r\n                         		ESG or Sustainability report

                        GRI content index<\/td>\r\n                         		Included within dedicated section of management report

                        No financial statement footnote required<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
                        Emissions and Assurance<\/strong><\/td>\r\n Scopes 1, 2 and 3

                        Defers to jurisdictional requirements<\/td>\r\n                         		Scopes 1 and 2 (if material)

                        Limited to Reasonable assurance over time<\/td>\r\n                         		Scopes 1, 2 and 3

                        Recommends assurance<\/td>\r\n                         		Scopes 1, 2 and 3

                        Limited to Reasonable assurance over time<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
                        Timing<\/strong><\/td>\r\n 2025 covering 2024 data though can use\u00a0now<\/td>\r\n HCM and cybersecurity in use\u00a0now

                        Climate on hold but could be phased in starting in Fiscal Year\u00a02025<\/td>\r\n                         		In use now with updated energy and climate topic standards coming\u00a02025<\/td>\r\n Depends on location and size

                        Non-EU headquartered companies and certain industries in\u00a02026<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <\/tbody>\r\n <\/table>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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                        How does IFRS S2 compare to the former TCFD recommendations?<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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                        IFRS S2 is very similar to the former TCFD recommendations. However, IFRS S2 requires climate-related information be included in annual financial statements, whereas companies tended to include disclosures that followed the TCFD recommendations in their annual sustainability or environmental, social and governance (ESG) reports and\/or in separate TCFD-focused reports. In addition, IFRS S2 asks for more information than the former TCFD recommendations in some key areas:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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                        Governance<\/strong><\/td>\r\n \r\n
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                        • How the body with ultimate oversight over climate ensures that the appropriate skills and competencies are available to oversee strategies designed to respond to climate-related risks and opportunities<\/li>\r\n
                        • Climate-related remuneration for executives and management linked to climate-related considerations<\/li>\r\n <\/ul>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
                        Strategy<\/strong><\/td>\r\n \r\n
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                        • Current and anticipated adaptation and mitigation efforts, including how companies are currently resourcing or plan to resource responses to climate-related risks and opportunities: e.g., effects on financial position and performance and cash flows for reporting period and over short, medium and long-term; changes to production processes, products, and workforce; etc.<\/li>\r\n
                        • Climate resilience details, including information on significant areas of uncertainty for strategy resilience<\/li>\r\n
                        • Financial information on carbon prices and capital deployment, including the amount of capital expenditure, financing or investment deployed toward climate-related risks and opportunities<\/li>\r\n
                        • Climate transition plans (if applicable), including plans to achieve climate-related targets and the use of carbon offsets<\/li>\r\n <\/ul>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
                        Risk Management<\/strong><\/td>\r\n \r\n
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                        • More detail on climate scenario analyses conducted, including:\r\n
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                          • How the scenario analysis was carried out, including data sources, scope of operations covered, which climate-related scenarios were used and why (including which align with the latest international agreement on climate change), time horizons, and key assumption details (climate-related policies in jurisdictions in which a company operates, macroeconomic trends, national or regional variables, energy usage and mix, and technology developments)<\/li>\r\n
                          • Detail on how risks (physical and transition) and opportunities are integrated into overall risk management processes and structures<\/li>\r\n <\/ul>\r\n <\/li>\r\n\r\n
                          • Amount and % of assets or business activities vulnerable to physical risks<\/li>\r\n
                          • Amount and % of assets or business activities vulnerable to transition risks<\/li>\r\n
                          • Amount and % of assets or business aligned with climate-related opportunities<\/li>\r\n
                          • Amount of capital expenditure, financing or investment deployed towards climate-related risks and opportunities<\/li>\r\n
                          • Note:<\/em> IFRS S2 requires that companies at a minimum update their climate-related scenario analysis in line with their strategic planning cycle. However, an assessment of the company\u2019s resilience is required to be carried out annually to reflect updated insight into the implications of climate uncertainty for the company\u2019s business model and strategy.<\/li>\r\n <\/ul>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
                        Metrics and Targets<\/strong><\/td>\r\n \r\n