Vincent Huck

While new standards are welcomed, emerging economies fear they might not be fit for purpose for their market realities

Alex Metcalfe, head of public sector at ACCA, discusses the professional body's focus on professionalising public sector finance staff and incorporating double materiality sustainability in public sector reporting. Interview by Vincent Huck

Isabelle Tracq-Sengeissen, board member at the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB), highlights the international standards setter work on sustainability.

Public announcement of an interoperability framework close but not there yet

Vania Maria da Costa Borgerth, Board Member at the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants, stresses the need for standardized sustainability reporting globally and highlights Brazil's endorsement mechanism

Saskia Slomp, EFRAG CEO, outlines the sustainability work of the advisory body this year and plans for 2023

Ian Carruthers, chair of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board, outlines the organization's achievements this year, current projects and plans for the future

But falls short of agreeing on GRI and ESRS

ISSB and EFRAG working on an interoperability table

What better timing than a COP Finance Day to do it