Tom Seidenstein, Chair of the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB), has called on policymakers and practitioners to adopt the ‘ISSA 5000’ standard as the global baseline for auditing corporate sustainability reporting, at a webinar organised on Tuesday 12 November by representatives of European and international accountants, Accountancy Europe and IFAC.
Having been implemented in 2024 for the publication of sustainability reports in accordance with ‘ESRS’...