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Choosing topics and metrics under IFRS S1 and S2

IFRS S1 requires an entity to refer to and consider SASB and other sources when identifying risks and the information to disclose, and IFRS S2 applies the same logic to its industry-based guidance. These guides cover human capital, nature, industry metric selection and company-specific measures.

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IFRS S1 / S2 (August 2026)

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10 Aug 2026

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Human Capital Disclosures Under IFRS S1: Risks, Opportunities and Industry Metrics

Workforce dependencies, skills, safety, retention, labour relations, value-chain workers and financial prospects

Decision guide · 8 min
Nature-Related Risks Under IFRS S1: How TNFD and SASB Can Support Disclosure

From dependencies and impacts to material risks, opportunities, location-specific evidence and entity-specific metrics

Decision guide · 8 min
IFRS S1 and S2 Industry-Based Metrics: How to Select Relevant SASB Guidance

A practical method for diversified groups, activity metrics, non-applicability and entity-specific information

Decision guide · 11 min
IFRS S1 Company-Specific Disclosures: What to Do When No Dedicated ISSB Standard Exists

Source hierarchy, SASB and CDSB guidance, GRI/ESRS/TNFD considerations, metric design and disclosure of judgement

Decision guide · 9 min
Are IFRS S1 and IFRS S2 Mandatory?

How to check adoption, scope and reporting claims in your jurisdiction

Decision guide · 16 min
IFRS S1 Reporting Entity and Boundary: Financial Statements, Value Chain and GHG Data

How to distinguish the consolidated reporting entity from upstream and downstream relationships, associates, joint ventures and metric-specific measurement boundaries

Decision guide · 15 min
IFRS S1 and S2 Compliance Checklist and Free Disclosure Matrix

A practical control matrix covering reporting basis, materiality, the four pillars, financial effects, GHG emissions, industry metrics, reliefs, comparatives, evidence and the …

Decision guide · 13 min
Estimates, Data Gaps and Uncertainty

A practical IFRS S1 and IFRS S2 guide with an estimate register

Decision guide · 14 min
Comparatives, Restatements and Errors

A practical reporting guide for IFRS S1 and IFRS S2

Decision guide · 16 min
GHG Protocol and IFRS S2: reporting entity, organisational boundaries, equity share, control, jurisdictional methods, GWP values and Scope 1 and Scope 2 disaggregation

How to reconcile the financial reporting group, GHG consolidation choices, jurisdiction-specific methods, GWP values and IFRS S2 presentation requirements.

Decision guide · 14 min
IFRS S1 and S2 Board Briefing: Ten Questions Directors Should Ask Before Approval

A concise approval agenda covering material risks, financial effects, climate scenarios, GHG emissions, targets, reliefs, controls, assurance readiness and the compliance statement.

Decision guide · 17 min
IFRS S1 and S2 Gap Assessment: How to Test Readiness and Prioritise Remediation

A requirements-and-evidence matrix, maturity model and remediation method for governance, strategy, risk management, metrics, climate, GHG, controls and reporting.

Decision guide · 14 min
First IFRS S1 and S2 Reporting Cycle: A 12-Month Implementation Plan

An end-to-end first-year roadmap for adoption, materiality, SASB, climate assessment, finance integration, data, controls, assurance readiness, approval and publication.

Decision guide · 17 min
How to Prepare an IFRS S1 and IFRS S2 Report

A complete step-by-step guide and 12-month implementation plan

Decision guide · 18 min
IFRS S1 Materiality Assessment

A step-by-step guide for investor-focused reporting

Decision guide · 16 min
IFRS S1 Metrics and Targets: Industry-Based, Entity-Specific and Performance Disclosures

How to select decision-useful metrics, apply SASB guidance, explain methods and estimates, and report targets, baselines, progress and changes without turning the …

Explainer · 16 min
IFRS S1 and S2 Proportionality

'Undue cost or effort' and commensurate approaches explained

Decision guide · 13 min
How to Use SASB Standards When Applying IFRS S1

A practitioner guide to the refer-and-consider requirement, industry selection, disclosure topics, metrics, technical protocols, modifications, additional sources and the SASB applicability matrix.

Decision guide · 15 min
First-Time Application of IFRS S1 and IFRS S2

Reliefs, comparatives and practical choices

Decision guide · 14 min
IFRS S1 Climate-First Relief

What you can omit and what happens in year two

Decision guide · 13 min
How to Identify Sustainability-Related Risks and Opportunities Under IFRS S1

A business-model and value-chain method covering resources, relationships, dependencies, impacts, time horizons, evidence and completeness controls.

Decision guide · 13 min
The Four Pillars of IFRS S1 and IFRS S2: Governance, Strategy, Risk Management, Metrics and Targets

How the core content works as one connected disclosure architecture rather than four independent reporting chapters.

Explainer · 10 min
IFRS S2 for Banks: Financed Emissions, Credit Risk and Climate Metrics

A practitioner guide to commercial-banking portfolio boundaries, industry classification, gross exposure, financed emissions, credit-risk integration, targets and assurance-ready controls.

Explainer · 16 min

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