ESG Accounting Standard Setter Adds Two New Board Members

The International Sustainability Standards Board has added two new members, it said Thursday, noting that it would nonetheless remain below full strength when it holds its first meeting next week.

The additions mean that 10 of the planned 14 ISSB members have been hired, although only one of them will start before the first meeting. The ISSB now has enough members in place for decision making, it said in a statement. It expects to have hired all 14 board members by September.

• “We have a unique opportunity to build a new standard-setting board from scratch and will shortly have ...