The U.K. government promised to introduce Sustainability Reporting Standards (U.K. SRS) in its manifesto. Almost a year after it came to power, it launched a consultation on June 25 on draft plans for these standards, which are largely based on those of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)

Ruth Prickett graduated from Cambridge University with a BA hons in History and has specialized in business and finance journalism for the past 20 years. She was editor of Financial Management, the magazine...