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The Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB) wants your feedback on its Exposure Draft, CSDS 1, General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-related Financial Information. Read our Exposure Draft and submit your comments to have your say in the adoption of sustainability disclosure standards in Canada. We welcome feedback until June 10, 2024.

The Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB) wants your feedback on its Exposure Draft, CSDS 2, Climate-related Disclosures. The Standard includes proposed requirements for disclosing climate-related risks and opportunities. Read our Exposure Draft and submit your comments to have your say in the adoption of sustainability disclosure standards in Canada. We welcome feedback until June 10, 2024.

The Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB) Consultation Paper, Proposed Criteria for Modification Framework, is now open for comment. The Paper sets out how the Board proposes to introduce changes, if required, to IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards for use in Canada. Submit your comments to the CSSB by June 10, 2024

Canada’s first proposed Canadian Sustainability Disclosure Standards (CSDS) are out for public comment until June 10, 2024. Exposure Drafts on CSDS 1, General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-related Financial Information, and CSDS 2, Climate-related Disclosures align with the 2023-released IFRS S1 and S2 global baselines, with modifications introduced to align with Canadian-specific needs. Also out for comment is a paper discussing how the CSSB proposes to introduce changes, if required, to IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards for use in Canada. The Board will be offering a variety of ways to take part in the consultation, ensuring a wide range of perspectives are considered before finalizing the proposals.

The CSSB has issued two Exposure Drafts, “CSDS 1, General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-related Financial Information,” and “CSDS 2, Climate-related Disclosures.” This webpage provides a plain and simple overview of the Exposure Drafts and ways you can provide your input.

What You Need to Know about Changes to the Fraud Audit Standard

Short on time but want to know about our proposed changes to the fraud audit standard? Find out how our proposals will impact you as an auditor, management, or a user of financial information. Read more about key changes to the standard.

Share your views on the AASB’s Exposure Draft, “Proposed Amendments to CAS 240, The Auditor's Responsibilities Relating to Fraud in an Audit of Financial Statements.” Read more about the proposed standard and related conforming and consequential amendments. Respond to our Exposure Draft by May 6, 2024, and have your say! 

The IFRS Accounting Standards Discussion Group wants to hear about the challenges you face when applying IFRS Accounting Standards. Submit your issue by March 15, 2024, for consideration as a discussion topic at our May 14, 2024, meeting.

The AASB issued an Exposure Draft proposing not to adopt at this time the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB)’s proposed narrow-scope amendments. The IAASB’s proposal stems from revisions to the definitions of listed entities and public interest entities in the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants’ International Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (Including Independence Standards). We welcome your feedback on this Exposure Draft. Submit your comments by April 8, 2024, and tell us what you think. 

The Accounting Standards Oversight Council met on February 27, 2024, to discuss the Public Sector Accounting Board’s and the Accounting Standard Board’s activities and related matters. Read the full report for more information.