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Auditing ESG reports on climate change and sustainability

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Jan 31, 2022

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Marie-Laure Delarue, global assurance vice chair at EY, discusses how accounting firms can provide audit and assurance services to help companies with their ESG reporting and the formation of the new International Sustainability Standards Board.

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Jan 31, 2022

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