Podcast overview
Maura Hodge, KPMG IMPACT Audit Leader, and Julie Santoro, Department of Professional Practice, share their personal Top 5 themes ahead of the 2021 reporting season.
Applicability
- All entities
Podcast contents
- 00:30 – Introductions and acronyms alert (see quick reference guide below)
- 01:00 – #1 The International Sustainability Standards Board and US relevance
- 04:30 – #2 The potential effects of climate risk on your financial statements
- 08:10 – #3 Climate competence at different levels of the organization
- 11:30 – #4 SEC scrutiny
- 14:20 – #5 The four Es to preparing for future success: educate, establish, engage, explore
- 17:10 – Recap and resources
Quick reference guide to acronyms
COP26 – 2021 United Nations climate change conference that was held in Glasgow in November
CDSB – Climate Disclosure Standards Board – an initiative of CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project)
IASB Board – International Accounting Standards Board
IOSCO – International Organization of Securities Commissions
ISSB – International Sustainability Standards Board
SASB – Sustainability Accounting Standards Board
TCFD – Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures
WEF – World Economic Forum
VRF – Value Reporting Foundation (which houses the Integrated Reporting Framework and the SASB Standards)
Other resources
Related content