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

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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.

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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 2026

Podcast recorded: 9 February 2026

All views expressed on this podcast are those of the contributors and don’t necessarily reflect those of ICAEW or its members.

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