ISSB podcast June 2026

And yes, Sue, it's been a good couple of weeks for us meeting with companies, meeting with other key stakeholders to discuss the progress of implementation.

I was in Montreal a couple of weeks ago, and I had a lot of great conversations with market participants about the opportunities, but also the challenges that they perceive in using the standards.

But also here in Frankfurt, where we met both German and international finance sector stakeholders in various meetings this week.

What about you, Sue?

Well, from my side, I was in the US, so I had the same types of conversations with companies and also with banks who are starting to think about how they can use the ISSB standards to meet investor information needs.

And because our standards provide information that's material for investors, and we know that companies in the US want to be able to communicate their risks and opportunities to investors, there's real interest there, which is great.

Also earlier this week, before I got to Frankfurt, I joined some events at London Climate Action Week, which was perfect timing as the UK prepares for the adoption of disclosure standards based on the ISSB standards.

So there's still a lot going on on the adoption front.

And it was really a good moment in London to remind people of the opportunity that comes from using our standards.

which provide the chance to explain the company's strategy for its long-term success and resilience, given the risks and opportunities they face both in their own operations and throughout the value chain.

So great to see the progress on implementation there as well.

Yeah, and as you mentioned, the UK, from a regulatory perspective, I have to say over the last few months, we had the excitement to see statements from regulators in jurisdictions such as Ethiopia, Oman, Peru, Kazakhstan, Honduras, and most recently, Mongolia.

And so it's great to see a really diverse group of jurisdictions seeing the value in the ISSB standards.

When we speak to them, it becomes quite clear that it's more and more because of their trade and their capital markets partners that are also adopting.

And when we speak about this, as a reminder, it's one of our commitments to keep the market informed about jurisdictional developments in terms of adoption, And we work with jurisdictions to develop profiles and snapshots since May 24 that describe their plans to use the ICSP standards.

And we've just very recently updated those.

So please visit the IFRS Foundation website if you want to find more on those.

And you will find more of those given, again, the growing number of jurisdictions that are progressing on their pathway.

Having said that, not all of them progress on the pathway or the pathways may not be linear.

And one thing I would like to note as we are touching on adoption here is that we're living in a very fluid landscape where jurisdictions have to balance priorities and to take all the feedback And I've spoken recently about my view publicly on this, that it makes ISSB standards all the more important in the current climate, while of course jurisdictions will have to consider a range of factors And that tension therefore requires for us the need to constantly propose ways to optimize the decision usefulness and the cost effectiveness equation of the implementation of the standards.

And finally, the last thing I'll say about adoption is that we look forward to welcoming a number of jurisdictions to the first in-presence meeting of our jurisdictional adopters working group next week.

There are 40 members in this group.

And we'll have more on that meeting next month, but I'm looking forward to a good discussion with those that can be there on how we can further support efficient disclosures by companies operating across borders that results in global comparability for investors.

So quite a lot of things happening on adoption.

And frankly, Sue, I think this is only the start with the 17 jurisdictions going live this year.