Last week's prayers from the WWF for more consistent emissions reporting were met by the International Sustainability Standards (ISSB) as it confirmed it will issue new sustainability reporting standards for global firms that are due to come into effect next year. New analysis from the WWF revealed that greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting efforts are a 'mishmash of methodologies', making investors' efforts to compare corporate emissions 'nearly impossible'. The report warns that the plethora of different emissions reporting standards could prove counterproductive for efforts to deliver on ...
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