IFRS Foundation Trustees and Due Process Oversight Committee hold February 2020 meeting
26 Mar 2020
The IFRS Foundation Trustees and the Due Process Oversight Committee (DPOC) met in Brussels on 19–20 February 2020.
Meeting activities included the following:
- Executive session:
- Report of the Executive Director — The Trustees received a report from the Executive Director Lee White on activities since the last meeting.
- Strategy review — The Trustees discussed non-financial reporting including sustainability reporting and climate change.
- Governance issues — The Trustees approved a change to (1) the IFRS Foundation Constitution regarding the IFRS Advisory Council’s role and (2) amendments to the IFRS Foundation’s Bylaws.
- Operations analysis — The Trustees received presentations on the analysis of jurisdictional compliance with IFRS Standards.
- Committee reports — The Trustees discussed reports from the Business Process and Technology Committee, the Audit and Finance Committee, the Human Capital Committee, the Nominating Committee, and the DPOC. (A report of the DPOC meeting is attached to the meeting summary.)
- IASB Chairman’s report — The Chair of the IASB provided the Trustees with a general update on the IASB’s technical activities, especially on the proposed amendments to IFRS 17 and the project to revise IFRS Practice Statement 1 Management Commentary.
- External engagement — The Trustees met with IFRS Foundation Monitoring Board. In addition, they held a stakeholder event with the EFRAG entitled Financial reporting: remaining relevant in a changing environment.
For more information, see the press release, which also offers an article on the stakeholder event, and the full summary on the IFRS Foundation Trustees’ and DPOC meeting on the IASB’s website. Our own report of the stakeholder event is available here.