ESG reference library

Q2 2021 Quarterly Outlook

June 10, 2021

Quarterly update from KPMG on accounting and financial reporting developments, including SEC matters and FASB activity.

Special Alert | Immediate climate risk action

May 25, 2021

Executive Order directs regulators to climate risk quantification, disclosure, and mitigation

FRV podcast: Intro to ESG and financial reporting

July 30, 2021

Recent SEC activity and financial reporting considerations for ESG issues.

ESG reporting – a new opportunity for CAOs

May 05, 2021

How Chief Accounting Officers can lean into the challenge to enhance their strategic roles

European ESG reporting directive proposed

April 28, 2021

A new EU proposal would significantly expand the scope of ESG reporting and impact US companies.

The role of Finance in environmental, social and governance reporting

April 27, 2021

Finance can leverage its existing skills and framework to drive the organization’s ESG agenda.

SEC Examinations Risk Alert: Compliance issues in ESG investing

April 14, 2021

SEC Risk Alert dramatically increases the velocity with which compliance and controls must be expanded to cover ESG-related activity

ESG and the financial statements

March 23, 2021

FASB staff educational paper highlights how environmental issues may affect the financial statements.

2021 pulse survey: Views from the boardroom

March 09, 2021

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues – particularly climate risk, the focus on stakeholders and the spotlight on leadership – were key themes in our most recent director pulse survey.

SEC to focus on climate-related disclosures

March 04, 2021

KPMG reports on this latest SEC development: the disclosure requirements, and implications and actions for management.