Large companies, investors, and stock exchanges from around the world are among nearly 400 organizations that declared support Monday for the International Sustainability Standards Board’s work, as the standard-setter looks to persuade governments to endorse its new climate reporting rules.
Top accounting firms also signed the commitment to advance adoption of the board’s standards for how companies should report on topics such as greenhouse gas emissions.
“Climate risks are increasingly having a real effect on companies and capital,” the signatories said, adding that they support “the establishment of market infrastructure to enable consistent, comparable climate-related disclosures at a global level.” ...
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