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Licensing allows an organisation to enhance its products and services by incorporating IFRS® Sustainability Disclosure Standards (ISSB Standards) into its workflow. Why not join leading companies who are already harnessing the power of ISSB Standards?

Many organisations—but most especially asset managers, data and research firms, consultants and providers of software for corporate reporting—can more readily utilise sustainability-related financial disclosures. By licensing IFRS S1, IFRS S2, SASB Standards and/or the Sustainable Industry Classification System® (SICS®), you too can focus your processes and products on the sustainability information that matters most to investors.

Examples of licensing organisations:

Why license ISSB Standards?

  • Investor focus—To provide investors with industry-specific, comparable and decision-useful insights.
  • Easier integration—To access ISSB Standards in a format that is seamlessly integrable into your systems, products and services.
  • Market leadership—To stay ahead as jurisdictions globally move towards mandating or aligning with ISSB Standards, preparing your offerings for future compliance.
  • Updated information—To continuously receive updated content as ISSB Standards evolve, ensuring your systems are easily maintained and up to date.
  • Brand recognition—To boost the credibility of your products and services, assuring clients and stakeholders that your offerings are aligned with globally trusted Standards. Licensees gain permission to use the ISSB Standards Inside logo; see the full list of licensees.

The ISSB Standards can be used for free for personal non-commercial purposes, such as preparing corporate disclosures. Any other use, such as their integration into reporting software, investment analysis, data services and product development, is not permitted without a separate licence from the IFRS Foundation.

See a list of firms licensing our Standards

Who licenses ISSB Standards?

  • Software solutions—Integrate Standards into technology services to enhance data collection, control, assurance, materiality assessment and reporting; to pre-populate sustainability topics; and to provide technical protocol guidance on data collection.
  • Data and analytics firms—Integrate Standards into data platforms and data feeds to highlight material information, enhance comparability, develop scores and provide client-specific sustainability performance insights.
  • Investors—Use Standards to inform proprietary scoring methodologies, index products and active management strategies, to integrate material sustainability-related topics into risk management processes and to guide capital allocation towards investments with positive environmental or social impacts.
  • Educators—Offer professional training on implementing the Standards and embed the Standards into the curriculum to help students understand the importance of sustainability-related disclosure.
  • Consultants—Assist companies in assessing sustainability practices against global benchmarks, provide support to help companies disclose in line with ISSB Standards and enhance the development of strategies to manage sustainability-related risks and opportunities.

Get started with licensing

The IFRS Foundation offers many licensing options to ensure that each licensee can access the content that best supports its own products or services. Content that may be licensed includes IFRS S1, IFRS S2, SASB Standards and the Sustainable Industry Classification System® (SICS®). To learn more, watch an introductory webinar or contact us to select a package that meets your needs.

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Testimonials

Integrating standardised reporting from the ISSB Standards is a great way of improving efficiency, both from ourselves as investors and a sustainability stewardship organisation, but also from the companies themselves.

Justin Bazalgette,
Associate Director, Federated Hermes Limited

At its core, licensing enables trusted, integrated and assured reporting, the kind that delivers real business value and global impact.

Alana Chartier,
Sustainability Analyst, Workiva

The SASB Standards really are the backbone of these company‑level assessments and allow us to cut through the weeds and focus on material issues.

Jay Eisenhardt,
Director of Sustainable Integration, Northern Trust Asset Management

The IFRS Sustainability Licensing Programme has been key to bringing authoritative, financially material sustainability information to the heart of our analytics.

Karol Gawrych,
Director of Sustainable Investment, FactSet

Licensee access to the SASB Standards Navigator and Materiality Map

Organisations licensing the SASB Standards also have access to:

  • the SASB Standards Navigator, an online portal that allows users quickly to view and filter the SASB Standards; and
  • the SASB Materiality Map, which portrays how 26 general sustainability issues manifest across 77 industries.

If you work for a licensing organisation and would like access to the above resources, please fill out this form.

Licensing for jurisdictional use

If you are a jurisdictional authority (for example, a national standard-setter, regulator, government body or a stock exchange), explore how IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards and SASB Standards can enhance your reporting framework. Contact our Translation, Adoption and Copyright team for more information.

Jurisdictional use enquiries

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Read for further details about the Foundation’s licensing products: