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Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting (ISAR) 35th SESSION 24 - 26 October 2018 Room XVII, Palais des Nations, Geneva Thursday, 25 October 2018 Morning Session Agenda Item 3. Enhancing comparability of sustainability reporting: Selection of core indicators for entity reporting on the contribution towards the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals Presented by Maria Mora Chair of the Best Practices Board XBRL This material has been reproduced in the language and form as it was provided. The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of UNCTAD.

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Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International

Standards of Accounting and Reporting (ISAR)

35th SESSION

24 - 26 October 2018 Room XVII, Palais des Nations, Geneva

Thursday, 25 October 2018 Morning Session

Agenda Item 3. Enhancing comparability of sustainability reporting: Selection of core indicators for entity reporting on the contribution towards the attainment of the Sustainable

Development Goals

Presented by

Maria Mora Chair of the Best Practices Board

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This material has been reproduced in the language and form as it was provided. The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of UNCTAD.

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Are SDGs core indicators enough? XBRL has a role to play 

Maria MoraChair of the Best Practices Board at XBRL International

Principal Engineer on AI at Fujitsu Laboratories of [email protected]

ISAR 35THGENEVA

October 25th, 2018

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XBRL INTERNATIONAL: OUR ROLE

DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN THE XBRL STANDARDS ENHANCE ACOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY SUPPORT ITS ADOPTION IN THE MARKET PROMULGATE/PRESCRIBE BEST PRACTICES

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WHAT IS XBRL?Used by over:20 millions companies135 regulatorsand 70 governments.

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XBRL IN NON‐FINANCIAL REPORTING

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XBRL IN NON‐FINANCIAL REPORTING

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XBRL IN NON‐FINANCIAL REPORTING

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BUSINESS STRATEGYBUSINESS STRATEGY

ACCOUNTINGACCOUNTING

SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING

SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING

TECHNOLOGYTECHNOLOGY

Lack of coordinated work between departments

The unfamiliarity of how sustainable aspects have an impact on financial outcomes and vice versa.

Lack of a generally accepted framework ‐> different guidelines to follow

Lack of uniformity in basic principles (i.e. threshold of materiality)

Lack of alignment /correspondence between the different reporting frameworks

Limited level of assurance

‐ Decentralization and lack of data connectivity‐ Lack of accessibility

‐ Lack of validation‐ Lack of structured information‐ Lack of comparability‐ Lack of reliability ‐ Lack of consistency‐ Lack of precision and accuracy

ProductionDistributionConsumption

PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS IN SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING

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