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#41 Veronica Poole: ISSB Standards - What, Why and How?

Listen to Veronica Poole, Global International Financial Reporting Standards and Corporate Reporting Leader at big four accountancy company Deloitte.

In this episode, you’ll find out how Veronica has been at the forefront of moves to set sustainability reporting standards for business to the creation of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). She is both one of the leaders in the world with knowledge about the ISSB but also with responsibilities to help companies implement its recommendations.

In this episode, you’ll hear more about: 

  • The importance of enterprise value creation
  • The connection between broader sustainability issues and the material financial impact on the company
  • What is significant about new IFRS standards and which priorities should come next for the ISSB
  • Evolution of the assurance sector and if it’s ready for mandatory sustainability reporting

“We need to have an integrated approach to assurance, and that basically means that the assurance provider needs to be fluent in financial information and to be fluent in sustainability disclosure. If that is the case, we get to higher quality of audit and to higher quality of assurance through that connected approach.”

Veronica Poole in Frankly Speaking

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