Beyond the GAAP no.147 - September 2020

Now that the pace of accounting standardisation has slowed down a little, and pending the IASB’s feedback (expected by the end of the year) on the 200-odd comment letters received in response to the exposure draft on the presentation of financial statements, this month’s edition of Beyond the GAAP turns to news about the non-financial reporting in relation with environmental, social and governance indicators (ESG).
The underlying trend observed for several months (indeed, years) towards a growing overlap between financial and non-financial reporting seems even more pressing at a time when the European Union has shifted up a gear in its approach to the standardisation of non-financial reporting by involving EFRAG, the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group.