October 2023: Speaking Sustainability

In this month's episode Laura is joined by Eleanor Larner and Katie DeKeizer to hear about PwC's Global CSRD Survey 2024, key sustainability reporting implementation challenges and new application guidance.

In this month’s episode, Laura Kennedy is joined by Karsten Ganssauge for an overview of the June 2024 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting.

Laura and Gary are joined by Nick Barlow from the IASB's technical staff, to talk about the new standard - IFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosures in Financial Statements.IASB IFRS 18 implementation support pagehttps://www.ifrs.org/supporting-implementation/supporting-materials-by-ifrs-standards/ifrs-18/PwC In brief ‘IFRS 18 is here: redefining financial performance reporting’https://viewpoint.pwc.com/dt/gx/en/pwc/in_briefs/in_briefs_INT/in_briefs_INT/ifrs-18-is-here-redefining-financial-performance-reporting.html

In this special edition, Laura is joined by Craig Smith from the IASB technical staff, for an overview of the IASB's latest consultation on proposals aimed at improving reporting about acquisitions.Exposure Draft Business Combinations—Disclosures, Goodwill and Impairment (open for comment until 15 July 2024)https://www.ifrs.org/news-and-events/news/2024/03/iasb-consults-on-proposals-to-improve-reporting-of-acquisitions/

Climate-related commitments, post-acquisition handovers and the IFRS 9 post-implementation review.In this month’s episode, Laura Kennedy is joined by Karsten Ganssauge for an overview of the March 2024 IFRS Interpretations Committee meeting.Find out more at PwC’s IFRS Talks https://viewpoint.pwc.com/dt/gx/en/pwc-ifrs-talks/PwC-IFRS-talks/Listen-to-the-latest-episode.html

Seven years since the IASB issued its most recent Standard (IFRS 17), 2024 is set to be the year of IFRS 18 and IFRS 19. And that 's not all. This month Laura is joined by Marie Kling and Netta Mikkilä to take a look at the IASB's standard-setting agenda for the year.Find out more at PwC’s IFRS Talks homepagehttps://viewpoint.pwc.com/dt/gx/en/pwc-ifrs-talks/PwC-IFRS-talks/Listen-to-the-latest-episode.html

Trust, tech and transformation. As we kick-off the new year, Laura Kennedy is joined by PwC’s Global Reporting Leader Nadja Picard, and Eleanor Larner from our global investor engagement programme to find out what investor’s want to know about how companies are managing crises and staying resilient, while creating and protecting long-term value in today’s fracturing world.PwC’s Global Investor Survey 2023https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/issues/c-suite-insights/global-investor-survey.html

Does a company need to record a balance sheet liability for the costs associated with its net zero commitments?In this month’s episode, Laura Kennedy is joined by Karsten Ganssauge and Scott Bandura for a special edition of our IFRIC Update, focusing on accounting implications of net zero commitments, as well as other climate-related matters.Guidance referred to in this episode:PwC 2023 Illustrative Consolidated Financial Statements (Appendix E: Impact of climate change on financial statements)PwC In brief: ESMA’s report on disclosures of climate-related matters in the financial statementsPwC In depths:Impact of ESG matters on IFRS financial statementsIFRS Financial reporting considerations for entities participating in the voluntary carbon marketAccounting for green/renewable power purchase agreements

In this month’s episode, Laura Kennedy is joined by Andy Wiggins and Gary Berchowitz to talk about the OECD’s global minimum tax (aka ‘Pillar Two’ or ‘GLoBE’).Listen in for an overview of the rules, practical challenges, safe harbours, and accounting implications.

In this month's episode, Laura Kennedy is joined by Katie DeKeizer and Jan-Ben Wiese to talk about sustainability reporting.Listen in for key developments so far in 2023, what's to come, and a guide to commonly used acronyms and terms including alphabet soup, double materiality and interoperability.Guidance referred to in this episode: PwC’s global sustainability reporting page.