IOSCO’s ESG Priorities, Ongoing Initiatives, and Potential Impacts

Open Resource

Year Published

2023

Contributing Organizations

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

Toronto Centre

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)

Type of Resource

Webinar or Podcast

Languages

English

Relevant Topics

Core Topic

Impact Assessment

Topic 2

Risk Management

Target Audience

All

Relevant Geography

Global

Europe

North America

Open Resource

Resource Description

This podcast features an interview with the Chair of IOSCO’s Sustainable Finance Task Force. It outlines IOSCO’s ESG priorities and ongoing efforts to strengthen sustainability reporting globally.

Why This Matters

This resource reflects IOSCO’s role in promoting globally consistent ESG disclosures, helping financial markets to provide comparable sustainability information.

Key Insights

Endorses IFRS S1 and S2 as a global baseline for consistent, comparable sustainability disclosures, to be adopted or adapted by jurisdictions
Highlights priorities for issuer disclosures, ESG ratings, assurance frameworks, and carbon markets, with emphasis on reducing greenwashing and improving data reliability
Stresses the importance of interoperability with regional frameworks like those in the EU and US to minimize duplicative reporting
Supports development of a global assurance framework, with standards expected ahead of 2025 reporting on 2024 data

Secondary File Resources

Secondary Resource Link(s)

Transcript: IOSCO’s ESG Priorities, Ongoing Initiatives, and Potential Impacts

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