Sustainability data: a financial revolution.
The world is experiencing a rapid emergence of a financial infrastructure built around sustainability data, driven by a surge in global regulations. This shift is fundamentally redefining value, risk, and performance, integrating climate, nature, and transition risks into financial decision-making processes. While still evolving, this foundational work is crucial for scaling action, tracking progress, and ensuring accountability in the global financial system.
Points clés
- Over 2,000 sustainability regulations have emerged globally in the past decade.
- There has been a 155% surge in ESG-related rules since 2018.
- The EU’s CSRD & ESRS will impact over 50,000 companies, embedding double materiality.
- India’s BRSR Core is mandatory for the top 1,000 listed firms.
- California’s SB 253/261 reshape U.S. climate disclosures.
- Australia’s AASB S2 aligns with IFRS S2, effective in 2025.
- Brazil’s CVM 193 adopts IFRS-aligned sustainability standards.
- GRESB has made third-party verified performance data (GHG, energy, water, waste) a best practice in the real estate sector.
- ESG metrics are now more embedded in due diligence for loans, equity, and new acquisitions.
- Standards like IFRS S1/S2, CSRD, and the GHG Protocol are setting the stage for credible, comparable sustainability data.
À retenir
So, apparently, the world of finance is getting a sustainability makeover, and it’s happening whether we like it or not. With all these new rules and regulations popping up, it seems like companies will actually have to start caring about things like carbon emissions and water usage. Who knew? It’s almost as if ignoring the planet isn’t a great long-term business strategy. But hey, at least now we’ll have some fancy data to prove it when things go south. Just remember, if you’re not tracking your environmental impact, you’re basically gambling with your future, and nobody wants to be a climate change gambler, right?
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