Overview

Date recorded:

The ISSB met in Montreal on Tuesday 13, Wednesday 14 and Thursday 15 December 2022. The following topics were discussed:

ISSB Consultation on Agenda Priorities

The ISSB has begun work on a Request for Information (RFI) as part of its consultation for developing its work plan. The RFI will include two main components: foundational work and potential projects. ISSB staff have conducted outreach and research activities to put together a short-list of potential projects to be considered for inclusion within the RFI. The four potential projects identified are biodiversity, including ecosystems, ecosystem services and other nature-related issues; human capital, with a focus on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI); human rights, particularly in the context of the value chain, with a focus on worker, labour and community rights; and connectivity in reporting, management commentary and integrated reporting. The ISSB voted in favour of including these four projects, with the caveat that they are further built out to include an expanded description as well as explicit examples of subtopics within each potential project.

General Sustainability-related Disclosures

The ISSB decided to provide some clarifications to the proposals: the framing and objective of [draft] S1 in with respect to the relationship between value and sustainability; and identifying sustainability-related risks and opportunities and assessment of material information.

Climate-related Disclosures

The ISSB decided to address specific feedback received during the comment period in relation to the disclosure requirements for Scope 1 and 2 GHG Emissions. For Scope 3 GHG emissions the ISSB decided to provide some dislcosure relief, introduce a framework for measuring Scope 3 GHG emissions, provide relief related to an entity’s value chain, require an entity to reassess the ‘scope’ of its sustainability-related risks and opportunities in its value chain only upon the occurrence of either a significant event or a significant change in circumstances, and confirm that no additional relief will be provided regarding the proposal that an entity is required to include information about which of the 15 Scope 3 GHG emissions categories described in the GHG Protocol Value Chain Standard are included within the entity’s measure of Scope 3 GHG emissions. In relation to financed emissions, the ISSB decided to confirm the proposed disclosure requirements for financed emissions for three industries—Asset Management & Custody Activities, Commercial Banks and Insurance but not for the Investment Banking & Brokerage industry. The ISSB decided to make other more detailed changes recommended by the staff.

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