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VI.A.2. Sustainability-related disclosure frameworks should be consistent with high quality, 
understandable, enforceable and internationally recognised standards that facilitate the 
comparability of sustainability-related disclosure across companies and markets. 
The efficiency of capital markets is enhanced if investors are able to compare sustainability-related 
disclosure by companies, including those listed in different jurisdictions, helping investors decide how best 
to allocate their capital and engage with companies. Consistency and interoperability between regional or 
national sustainability-related disclosure frameworks and internationally recognised standards can still allow 
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for flexibility of complementary local requirements, including on matters where specific geographical 
characteristics or jurisdictional requirements may influence materiality 
VI.A.3. Disclosure of sustainability matters, financial reporting and other corporate information 
should be connected.
Corporate disclosure frameworks, including financial reporting standards and regulatory filing requirements 
(e.g. public offering prospectuses), should have the same goal of providing information that a reasonable 
investor would consider important in making an investment and voting decision. It follows that information 
understood as material in a sustainability-related report should also be considered and assessed in the 
preparation and presentation of the financial statements. The same level of rigour applied to the 
measurement and reporting of financial information should be applied to the measurement and reporting of 
sustainability-related information. Ensuring such connectivity between different corporate disclosures implies 
the consideration of material sustainability matters in financial estimates and assumptions in the financial 
statements, as well as in the disclosure of risks that have had or are likely to have a material impact on a 
company’s business.