2023 was poised to be “the year of interoperability” of sustainability reporting. With the highly anticipated release of the International Sustainability Standards (ISSBs) IFRS global reporting standards, formal adoption of the EU’s CSRD, and promises of existing standards to align and harmonize across the alphabet soup of ESG, While final rules and details were delayed, private markets took the lead, with large corporations announcing ambitious climate plans focused on supply chain decarbonization. Across these developments, the consensus is clear: scope 3 emissions are critical to climate accountability, and efforts have shifted to focus on supply chain decarbonization.
In many ways, 2023 is the year that heralded a new standard for sustainability in business worldwide. Join our team of experts as they discuss pivotal moments of 2023 and guide companies on how to best prepare for what’s coming in 2024 and beyond. During this webinar, we examined the past year's regulatory and voluntary reporting developments, highlighting overlap and distinction across the year’s most significant announcements.