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The manager of Norway’s giant sovereign wealth fund has given its backing to the IFRS’ idea of creating a Sustainability Standards Board (SSB) alongside the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) it oversees – but only for financially-material information.
Broader sustainability reporting could better be handled by other institutions, Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) said in a response to the IFRS Foundation’s consultation on a global approach to sustainability reporting and the organisation’s possible role in those developments.
NBIM wrote: “Over time, we believe that a coherent set of reporting standards responding to the needs of both investors and other stakeholders is required.