The IFRS Foundation, which developed financial reporting standards, established the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB: International Sustainability Standards Board) in 2021 to oversee the development of sustainability disclosure standards. This was in response to requests to integrate various types of sustainability disclosure standards. The ISSB has integrated the Climate Change Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB: Climate Disclosure Standards Board) and the Value Reporting Foundation (VRF: Value Reporting Foundation), both existing frameworks and standards formulating bodies, into itself. It, and is working with the Global Reporting Initiative, the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures, and others to develop uniform frameworks and standards related to sustainability disclosure. In response to this trend, discussions are underway in Japan, Europe and the United States to include sustainability information in statutory disclosures based on the ISSB disclosure standards.
The disclosure of sustainability information is expected by a diverse range of stakeholders in the local communities surrounding the company, including customers and business partners, and broadly in society. In recent years, expectations from shareholders and investors in particular have risen sharply with increasing ESG investments.
WePwC believes that it is important to disclose sustainability information that meets the requirements of stakeholders. To this end, in addition towe monitoring developments in international standards for information disclosure and complying with such standards. In addition,, we recognisze the importance of accurately understanding the behaviour and mindset of stakeholders and influencers that affect stakeholdersthem and stakeholders.
We will clarify gaps between disclosure standards and stakeholder requirements and corporate disclosure information, and provide wide-ranging support so that our clients can meet external expectations of sustainability information disclosure.
The PwC Japan Group released the results of PwC’s 28th Annual Global CEO Survey Japan edition. This edition focuses on 148 Japanese CEOs among the respondents of the survey published by PwC on 20 January 2025.
PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan LLC and Takara Printing Co., Ltd. announced today the launch of a joint business relationship to bring English disclosure support services for annual securities reports and other disclosure documents.
The PwC Japan Group today released Annual Review 2024. The annual review introduces to a wide variety of stakeholders the PwC Japan Group’s FY2024 (July 2023 - June 2024) business results and the specific initiatives to bring their strategy to life.
The PwC Japan Group announced the results of its ‛Transformation and Alternatives on the Dining Table’ study, a survey and analysis of global technology development trends in food value chain-related technologies that help to reduce environmental impact.
