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Speech: IASB Chair on what sustainability reporting can and cannot achieve

When: 2 April 2019 

Where: Climate-Related Financial Reporting Conference, Cambridge University, UK 

Chair of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) Hans Hoogervorst delivered a speech at the Climate-Related Financial Reporting Conference in Cambridge, UK. Mr Hoogervorst describes how reporting that helps investors understand how companies are affected by sustainability issues offers a promising step forward, and the role that the Board intends to play in this area. At the same time, he cautions against exaggerated expectations for sustainability reporting as a catalyst for change in the absence of policy and political intervention. 


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