Herbert Smith Freehills Podcasts

Reporting For Duties: ESG Reporting in Australia - Verification

April 04, 2024 Herbert Smith Freehills Podcasts
Herbert Smith Freehills Podcasts
Reporting For Duties: ESG Reporting in Australia - Verification
Show Notes

The process to test and verify the integrity of climate-related information will be critical in ensuring public disclosures match internal practices, and that claims can be substantiated if challenged.

As well as being a baseline expectation of the Board, a thorough verification process will be important to substantiate claims and underpin assurance. In this episode, we talk about verification approaches, key learnings so far, and linkages to more fulsome auditing of reports in due course.