“During a virtual session Monday, Kristen Sullivan, CPA, CGMA, a partner with Deloitte & Touche LLP and the firm’s Americas region sustainability services leader, gave an overview of the concerns public companies, directors, and auditors have about the new regulatory focus on ESG disclosures.

To date, ESG disclosures have tended to be separate from regulatory filings. But the CAQ’s road map is meant to help guide capital market participants through the frequency and consistency of the disclosures and whether the information is comparable from company to company, Sullivan said.”

[COMMENTARY] I’ve long believed that CSR/ESG disclosures need to be audited and attested to by a regulated and licensed auditing entity. Only in this way can investors and stakeholders have confidence in the facts, data, and material being presented. Furthermore, there must be, as is now occurring, some standardization of such facts, data, and material. It should also be shown in what way it might be material to the activities and financial performance of a company.
Auditors may see increased demand for ESG attestation, by Joseph Radigan, May 28, 2021, Journal of Accountancy, USA.