About
XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) is an international standard for digital business reporting.
The XBRL standard provides the basic specifications defining how to add computer-readable tags to human-readable business data. By publishing reports with XBRL tags, companies can have confidence that their reported data can be accessible and analysed accurately by both machines and humans.
Why digital sustainability disclosures?
The world is moving towards mandatory sustainability reporting. This is a significant change for companies and will provide new information for investors, regulators, policymakers and wider community stakeholders. Digital reporting in countries around the world can use different sustainability standards. Each standard can have differing definitions for reporting requirements.
What is XBRL?
XBRL is a standard that provides the basic specifications defining how to add computer-readable tags to human-readable business data. By publishing reports with XBRL tags, companies can have confidence that their reported data can be accessible and analysed accurately by both machines and humans.
How does the XBRL standard support digital sustainability reporting?
XBRL flexibility enables using the standard for digital sustainability reporting. Anticipating future planning and implementing challenges, we prepared a list of articles that should help to adapt XBRL for specific use cases.
What is the value of using XBRL for digital sustainability disclosures?
Reporting sustainability disclosures with XBRL enables building on the XBRL experience to provide richer sustainability information.
What is XBRL International?
XBRL International is a global not-for-profit consortium operating in the public interest. Our purpose is to improve the accountability and transparency of business performance globally, by providing the open data exchange standard for business reporting.