Entries by Husam Shareef

IASB issues new standard providing a reduced disclosure framework for subsidiaries

The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has published the new standard IFRS 19 ‘Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures’, which permits a subsidiary to provide reduced disclosures when applying IFRS Accounting Standards in its financial statements. IFRS 19 is optional for subsidiaries that are eligible and sets out the disclosure requirements for subsidiaries that elect to…

May 2024 ISSB meeting agenda posted

The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has posted the agenda for its meeting, which will be held in Montreal on 16 May 2024. The ISSB will be discussing its consultation on agenda priorities, maintenance of the SASB standards and supporting the implementation of IFRS S1 and IFRS S2.

ISSB standards available in Simplified Chinese

The IFRS Foundation has published a Simplified Chinese translation of IFRS S1 ‘General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-related Financial Information’ and IFRS S2 ‘Climate-related Disclosures’. The documents accompanying IFRS S1 and IFRS S2 have also been translated into Simplified Chinese.