Setting the standards for sustainability-related reporting

Date

September 30, 2021, 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Virtual Event

Nicolas Véron (PIIE), Lucrezia Reichlin (IFRS Foundation) and Samantha Ross (AssuranceMark)

Event Summary

Demand from private investors and public policymakers is accelerating the search for consistent global practices of reporting climate- and sustainability-related data by companies and other financial market participants. This session explored possible responses to this sustainability reporting challenge, including the creation by the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation of a dedicated global standard-setting body.

Joining this episode of Financial Statements were:

HOST

Nicolas Véron
Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

GUESTS

Video

Series

About This Series

Financial Statements is a biweekly virtual event series hosted by Nicolas Véron that explores changes in the world of finance, encompassing themes of financial services regulation, corporate finance and governance, systemic fragility and crises, and structural changes driving business and policy trends in the financial sector.