I don’t have live access to current news feeds right now, but I can summarize the latest IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards (ISSB) developments up to early 2026 and point you to where to find the newest updates.
Direct answer
- The IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards (ISSB) continue to be adopted and aligned across jurisdictions, with many countries progressing toward integrating ISSB standards into local reporting regimes and increasing assurance and interoperability requirements. For the very latest, check jurisdiction-by-j jurisdiction progress reports published by the IFRS Foundation and major professional-services firms.
Key recent trends (through 2025–early 2026)
- Global adoption progress: Dozens of jurisdictions have started incorporating ISSB standards into law or regulation, with many aiming for mandatory or phased-in timelines for financial years starting in 2024–2026. This trend reflects a move from purely voluntary alignment toward more formalized reporting obligations in multiple regions. This broad progress is reported by the IFRS Foundation in its global-progress updates. [generated context]
- Alignment and interoperability: Regulators and standard-setters emphasize aligning ISSB disclosures with other major frameworks (TCFD, SASB, CDSB, etc.) to improve comparability and reduce duplication, while pursuing interoperability with local accounting and regulatory regimes. This is highlighted in IFRS Foundation and Deloitte/IAS Plus briefings. [generated context]
- Assurance and credibility: There is increasing focus on assurance of sustainability disclosures to improve trust and reliability, with several jurisdictions exploring or implementing assurance requirements alongside ISSB adoption. Industry analyses and regulator updates note this trend. [generated context]
Where to find the latest updates
- IFRS Foundation: Global progress reports on ISSB adoption, jurisdictional alignment, and timelines. These are published periodically and provide country-by-country status and expected effective dates. [generated context]
- Major professional services firms: Industry briefs and country-by-country adoption tables (often updated quarterly) that track which jurisdictions have adopted, proposed timelines, and whether assurance is required. [generated context]
- Independent analyses: Legal and accounting firm summaries that compare TS (TCFD) migration paths with ISSB adoption, including earliest mandatory dates and scope.
Would you like me to pull the latest public updates from IFRS and a couple of major firms and present a concise country-by-country snapshot with upcoming mandatory dates and any assurance requirements? I can also tailor the summary to your province of interest (e.g., Quebec/Canada) and provide the closest upcoming reporting period since you’re in Montréal.
Sources
On June 26, 2023, the International Sustainability Standards Board (“ISSB”) issued its inaugural sustainability reporting standards—IFRS S1 General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-related Financial Information (“IFRS S1”) and IFRS S2 Climaterelated Disclosures (“IFRS S2”) (together, the “Standards”). The ISSB, which was established by the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation in 2021, released the Standards with the express intent of creating a global baseline...
corpgov.law.harvard.eduOur latest insights and guidance on IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards
kpmg.comThe IFRS provide a global framework for companies to disclose sustainability-related information in a consistent and comparable way to help foster transparency for investors.
www.ibm.comErkki Liikanen
www.ifrs.orgOver 1,000 companies have referenced the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) in their reports and 30 jurisdictions are making progress towards introducing ISSB Standards in their legal or regulatory frameworks. These are some of the key findings of a detailed progress report presented to the Financial Stability Board (FSB) by the IFRS Foundation today. The report also sets out alignment of disclosures with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)...
www.ifrs.orgJurisdictions representing approximately 57% of global GDP have taken steps to incorporate ISSB standards into legal and regulatory frameworks.
www.lw.comThe IFRS Global Office of Deloitte has published an overview in tabular format about jurisdictions that have adopted or are in the process of adopting the ISSB standards. The document provides detail for each jurisdiction contained on the status of implementation, consultation deadlines (where applicable), the chosen adoption approach, the standards being adopted, the earliest mandatory effective date of any requirements, entities in scope and information on assurance requirements (where...
www.iasplus.comUnder the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards fashion companies must communicate the sustainability risks and opportunities they face.
www.just-style.comThe International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) launched its first two sustainability-related standards in June 2023, effective for annual reporting periods on or after Jan. 1, 2024.
www.spglobal.com