We call for a set of universally accepted standards for the disclosure to shareholders of climate change-related information1 connected to financial performance and to mainstream financial reporting.2 We propose that policy makers endorse collaboration between all relevant stakeholders to form an independent standard setter charged with achieving these goals.

We call on policy-makers to endorse the establishment of an independent, stakeholder-led standard setting body with appropriate accountability to public authorities, tasked with the development of a single set of universal standards for businesses to make climate change-related disclosures, linked to financial performance and mainstream financial reports. We believe that this will promote provision of more trusted, accurate and reliable information to investors and other stakeholders, thus enabling them to make better-informed decisions and drive the scale of behavioral change necessary to achieve a low-carbon economy.