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Behind the Numbers: UK SRS – what’s in it, and the FCA consultation

ICAEW Season 1 Episode 122

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UK Sustainability Reporting Standards (UK SRS) are bringing sustainability reporting in line with international standards. So who will be mandated to use them and how will they apply in practice? The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is consulting on this at the moment. One of the people behind the international standards joins us and ICAEW’s Sustainability Reporting and Assurance Director to discuss the implications of this.

Links

UK Sustainability Reporting Standards - https://www.gov.uk/guidance/uk-sustainability-reporting-standards

FCA Consultation - https://www.fca.org.uk/publications/consultation-papers/cp26-5-sustainability-disclosures

IFRS Sustainability Disclosures navigator - https://www.ifrs.org/issued-standards/ifrs-sustainability-standards-navigator/

ICAEW Government publishes UK SRS - https://www.icaew.com/insights/viewpoints-on-the-news/2026/feb-2026/government-publishes-uk-sustainability-reporting-standards

Host

Philippa Lamb

Guests

  • Ravi Abeywardana, ICAEW's Director of Sustainability Reporting and Assurance
  • Richard Barker, a member of the International Sustainability Standards Board

Producer 

Natalie Chisholm

Series Lead

Mark Rowland

Episode first published: 10 March
Podcast recorded: 9 February