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The ECG welcomes the CEAOB's draft guidelines on limited assurance for sustainability reporting, aimed at avoiding fragmentation and encouraging consistent practices until a limited assurance standard...

The European Contact Group (ECG) and Accountancy Europe (ACE) organised a roundtable (by invitation only) on 14 June 2024 in Brussels, to debate the readiness of preparers, assurance providers, users,...

The ECG welcomes the opportunity to comment on ESMA’s draft technical standards of the EU Green Bonds Regulation. The EU Green Bond standard can help attract investment into EU markets and external...

The ECG publishes its non-binding illustrative assurance report and accompanying appendices, which together aim to present the results of an audit conducted to assess designated Very Large Online Plat...

The European Contact Group (ECG), which brings together the six largest professional services networks in Europe (BDO, Deloitte, EY, Grant Thornton, KPMG, and PwC), is pleased to announce the publicat...

The ECG welcomes the opportunity to comment on ESMA’s draft guidelines and supports the objective to establish consistent, efficient and effective enforcement of sustainability information. The E...

The ECG is publishing FAQs on the Delegated Regulation on independent audits to assess compliance of Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) and Very Large Online Search Engines (VLOSEs) with the Digital...

The ECG welcomes the significant work the IAASB has accomplished in developing ED-5000 and supports the creation of a global baseline of standards for sustainability assurance engagements.  The EC...

The ECG has provided feedback on the EC’s draft template for the description of consumer profiling techniques and audit of such reports that designated gatekeepers will have to submit annually under...

The ECG has provided feedback on the EC’s draft delegated regulation on the first set of European sustainability reporting standards (ESRS) as required under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting D...

The ECG has provided feedback on the EC’s draft delegated regulation on the methodology for the audits of very large online platforms (VLOPs) and very large online search engines (VLOSEs) as require...

The ECG organised a roundtable to bring together participants from industry, civil society, academia, and EU institutions to discuss and challenge the findings of the Oxera report on an enhanced corpo...

The European Contact Group (ECG), which brings together the six large professional services networks in Europe (BDO, Deloitte, EY, Grant Thornton, KPMG and PwC), responded to the the public consultati...