ISSB webcast highlights importance of industry-specific disclosures to investors

New educational material explains how companies can use the SASB Standards to meet IFRS S1 requirements

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SASB Standards updated to enhance international applicability

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The evolution of the SASB Standards—A conversation with Jeff Hales

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SASB Standards: Your pathway to ISSB

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ISSB's initial phase of enhancements to SASB Standards

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SASB Standards put companies in prime position for ISSB adoption

The IFRS Foundation’s International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) encourages companies to keep using the SASB Standards

DECISION-USEFUL
SASB Standards identify the subset of sustainability issues most relevant to financial performance in each of 77 industries.
MARKET INFORMED
SASB Standards were developed based on extensive feedback from companies, investors, and other market participants as part of a transparent, publicly-documented process.
INDUSTRY BASED
Industry-based disclosures are decision-useful for investors and cost-effective for companies to provide.
Get Started with SASB Standards
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See Where Risks Are Concentrated
The Materiality Finder provides investors and other market participants with a visual representation of their portfolio’s exposure to specific sustainability risks and opportunities.
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Download Industry-Based Standards
SASB Standards are industry-based, but are sorted by sector for your convenience.
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Understand how SASB Standards Support ISSB Disclosure
Industry-based guidance is integral to the ISSB Standards and the SASB Standards are a useful tool for ISSB implementation.

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Meet a few users of SASB Standards

Carine Smith Ihenacho NBIM's Chief Corporate Governance Officer and member of the SASB Standards IAG Read more here  

Our mission is to safeguard and build wealth for future generations. As a long-term, universal investor, we have an interest in sustainable development. We urge (the supply of) standardised, concrete and relevant sustainability data and we ask companies to go from words to numbers – because what gets measured gets managed.

Beth Sasfai Formerly SVP, Corporate Governance & Chief ESG Officer at Verizon Verizon See Reporting Companies  

Many of our largest investors strongly encouraged us to use the SASB framework as the preferred way to provide them with the most decision-useful Verizon ESG information.

Laurel Peacock Formerly Director of Sustainability NRG See all Alliance Members  

SASB helped us focus more specifically on investors as a key stakeholder audience for our sustainability disclosures.

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