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Thursday, February 25, 2021

House Financial Services Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Climate Change and Social Responsibility

House Financial Services Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship and Capital Markets hearing on “Climate Change and Social Responsibility: Helping Corporate Boards and Investors Make Decisions for a Sustainable World”, features testimony from: Andy Green, Senior Fellow for Economic Policy, Center for American Progress Heather McTeer Toney, Environmental Justice Liaison, Environmental Defense Fund and Senior Advisor, […more]

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Wednesday, February 24, 2021

SEC Announces Public Review of FASB Proposed Implementation Guides

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that the FASB had published two new proposed implementation guides based on the 2021 US GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy which is currently under consideration by the SEC. The two proposed guides are available during a public comment period as noted below and will cover: Dimensional Modeling for Disclosures […more]

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Monday, February 22, 2021

Five ESG Myths Busted!

In a recent blog post, Mohini Singh,  ACA, Director of Financial Reporting Policy at CFA Institute, points out that “.. demand for sustainability information continues to grow as businesses are increasingly focused on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. Investors need it in order to assess how companies are managing these questions and the impact […more]

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XBRL US Comments on Treasury Do Not Pay Initiative

XBRL US submitted a letter commenting on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) – Proposed Designation of Databases for Treasury’s Working System Under the Do Not Pay Initiative. The OMB proposal would add 12 databases to the DoNotPay (DNP) web portal, which federal agencies use to evaluate, track, and monitor the individuals and organizations […more]

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Wednesday, February 3, 2021

SEC Final Rule: Administration of EDGAR System

The Securities and Exchange Commission final rule Administration of the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval System was published in the Federal Register. This new rule adopts new Regulation S-T which addresses actions the Commission may take to promote reliability and integrity of EDGAR submissions. The XBRL US Regulatory Modernization Working Group submitted a comment […more]

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SEC Announces EDGAR BETA Test Environment

On February 3, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that they will be releasing a limited access pilot test environment for beta-testers, to help filers and vendors try out the impact of a new URL that will be used for EDGAR submissions.  The test environment, EDGAR BETA, will give filers and vendors early […more]

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Tuesday, February 2, 2021

New SEC Position Announced: Senior Policy Advisor for Climate and ESG

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the appointment of Satyam Khanna in a new role as Senior Policy Advisor for Climate and ESG in the office of Acting Chair Allison Herren Lee. This new SEC position will focus on advising the agency on environmental, social, and governance matters, and to advance new initiatives across the […more]

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Tuesday, January 26, 2021

BlackRock CEO on “Why Data and Disclosure Matter”

Larry Fink, Chairman and CEO of BlackRock, published a letter to CEOs which included a section on “Why Data and Disclosure Matter”. He reiterates BlackRock’s support for SASB and TCFD standards; advocates a move to a single sustainability standard; encourages private, as well as public companies, to adopt these standards; and notes the importance of […more]

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Monday, January 25, 2021

Finextra Interview: SASB & XBRL’s recipe for better ESG reporting

Finextra, an independent newswire and information source for the worldwide financial technology community, published an interview with Campbell Pryde, President and CEO, XBRL US, and Madhu Mathew, Director of Technology at the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) in conversation with Richard Peers, founder of ResponsibleRisk Ltd. The discussion addresses financial and non-financial reporting, consolidation, standardization, […more]

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Monday, January 11, 2021

XBRL US Comments on MSRB Notice

XBRL US submitted a letter commenting on the MSRB’s Strategic Goals and Priorities which asks the MSRB to consider how data standards would impact the current EMMA (Electronic Data Municipal Markets Access) data collection and dissemination process. We pointed out that we support the use of data standards to improve efficiencies in the reporting and […more]



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