• IASB releases Article on how Climate-related Disclosures related to IFRS Standards

IASB releases Article on how Climate-related Disclosures related to IFRS Standards

05 December 2019

Nick Anderson, member of the IASB, has published an article on how IFRS Standards may be applied to climate-related disclosures. The article discusses this in the context of:

  • How to make materiality judgments;
  • Applying IFRS Practice Statement 2 Making Materiality Judgments to climate-related and emerging risks;
  • Financial reporting considerations when applying IFRS Standards;
  • Disclosing climate-related and other emerging risks in the financial statements;
  • Management commentary: providing context to the financial statements; and
  • A summary: materiality judgments should serve investor’s information needs.

The article can be accessed here.