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The IESBA Releases Update on Sustainability Work

The IESBA released "Continuing with the Development of Global Ethics and Independence Standards for Sustainability Reporting and Assurance," a publication providing an overview of the sustainability-related decisions made by the Board at its recent meeting and how those decisions will shape the Board's work in 2023 and beyond.

On 2 December 2022, the Board unanimously approved two new projects that will deliver the following:

Sustainability Project

  • Profession-agnostic independence standards for use by all sustainability assurance practitioners
  • Specific ethics provisions relevant to sustainability reporting and assurance 

Experts Project

  • Specific ethics and independence provisions addressing the use of experts by organisations as well as in the context of audit and assurance engagements (including sustainability assurance) 

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